What does it mean to be "in the flesh" in Romans 7:5?
Being "in the flesh" means having no spiritual life yet, the unsaved condition. The motions or activity of sins that the Law condemns worked in the members, that is the body of flesh, producing fruit unto death. This describes the unsaved person, whose works will face the Great White Throne Judgment.
Les teaches from Romans 7:5 that being "in the flesh" means "we as yet had no spiritual life." In that condition, "the motions of sins"—the activity of what the Law would condemn us for—were "by the Law" and "did work in our members," that is, "the body of flesh." Those motions worked in the members "to bring forth fruit unto death." He explains 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 will come up before him at the Great White Throne Judgment someday. 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.
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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.
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.