Section 2
death. This means that death is the pay received for your work of sin. For example, you may lose your temper. This is a work of sin, and the pay ment for doing this work is death. When people work overtime, they receive higher wages. Like wise, if you sin a little, you receive little pay, but if you sin a great deal, you will receive extra pay.
KILLING THROUGH THE LAW
In 7:11 Paul says, "For sin, taking occasion through the commandment, deceived me, and through it killed me." According to this verse, sin does two things: it deceives us and it kills us. To kill something is to put it to death. Thus, to say that sin kills us means that sin puts us to death. This happens through the law, for sin takes occasion through the commandment. In a sense, sin takes advantage of the law to kill us.
Before you were saved or before you were stirred up in spirit to seek the Lord, you might have lost your temper frequently without being aware of any killing. The reason for this is that you had not made up your mind not to lose your temper any more. But after you were saved or were stirred up to seek the Lord, you prayed, "O Lord, I know that as one who is seeking You, I should not lose my temper. This damages my