What law is Paul referring to when he says believers are 'dead to the law' in Romans 7:4?
Paul refers to the law of Moses, the Mosaic system, in Romans 7:4. That is the law believers become dead to. This death occurs by the crucified body of Christ, enabling them to be married to another, even Him raised from the dead, so they may bring forth fruit unto God.
Les teaches that in Romans 7:4 Paul is addressing believers and declares them dead to the law of Moses, the Mosaic system. He clarifies this is not the invisible body of Christ, the organism of believers baptized into Christ, but Christ's body of flesh with which He was crucified. By that crucified body, believers become dead to the Mosaic system so they can be married to another, even the One raised from the dead, and bring forth fruit unto God. Les also illustrates that just as a husband and wife are held together by the law of the land and cannot function without it—like income tax filing jointly or separately—Paul uses that kind of legal picture to sort out the believer's relationship to the Mosaic law.
Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God.
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How do believers become dead to the law in Romans 7:4?
Believers become dead to the Mosaic law through the body of Christ mentioned in Romans 7:4.