What does Romans 7:5 mean by 'bring forth fruit unto death'?
Romans 7:5 teaches that when people are in the flesh, without spiritual life, the motions of sins worked in their bodily members to bring forth fruit unto death. The unsaved live only for physical death, and their unsaved works will come before the Great White Throne Judgment, producing death as their fruit.
Les explains that Romans 7:5 describes the condition of being 'in the flesh,' meaning we had no spiritual life. The motions of sins—the activity the Law would condemn—worked in our members, the body of flesh, to bring forth fruit unto death. Les says this is what the unsaved person is living for: all he lives for is the day when he dies physically, and the works of his unsaved experience will come up before him at the Great White Throne Judgment. That is the fruit they will have: death.
For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death.
More Questions
What does 'members' mean in Romans 7:5?
In Romans 7:5, 'our members' refers to the body of flesh.
What are the motions of sins in Romans 7:5?
The 'motions of sins' in Romans 7:5 are the activity of what the Law would condemn a person for.
What did the motions of sins work in our members to bring forth in Romans 7:5?
The motions of sins, which were by the Law, worked in our members to bring forth fruit unto death.