Section 3
sinners by our very constitution. The amount of good or evil we have done makes no difference because sin is now in our being. Although our deeds may not be sinful outwardly, we have a sinful nature inwardly.
THE RESULTS OF SIN
Sin results in a number of things. It has brought in both the flesh and the law. Hence, we have the problems of sin, the flesh, and the law. But we have still another problem, the ultimate issue of sin, which is death. Where there is sin, there is death. In 5:12 Paul says, "as through one man sin entered into the world and death through sin; and so death passed to all men because all have sinned." Death comes in through sin and reigns because of sin. Therefore, sin issues in three things: the law, the flesh, and death.
FREED FROM SIN, LAW, AND FLESH
Romans 5 reveals that we have been consti tuted sinners, and Romans 6 reveals that "the body of sin" has been "made of none effect" (6:6) since our old man has been crucified with Christ. Through the death of the old man, we are freed from sin. In Romans 6 we are freed from sin, in Romans 7 we are freed from the law,