What did the motions of sins do in our members according to Romans 7:5?
According to Romans 7:5, when we were in the flesh without spiritual life, the motions of sins, which were by the Law, worked in our members—the body of flesh—to bring forth fruit unto death. That activity is what the Law would condemn, and its fruit is death.
Les explains Romans 7:5 in the context of being in the flesh, meaning we as yet had no spiritual life. The motions of sins are the activity of what the Law would condemn us for. These motions, which were by the Law, did work in our members, that is the body of flesh, and they worked in our members to bring forth fruit unto death. He further notes that this is what the unsaved person is living for: all he is living for is the day when he dies physically, and the works of his unsaved experience are going to come up before him at the Great White Throne Judgment some day. That is the fruit they are going to have—death. Verse 6 then follows.
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.
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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 does 'motions of sins' mean in Romans 7:5?
The phrase 'motions of sins' refers to the activity of what the Law would condemn us for.