The Ministry of Law produced sin

Romans: 7:8-9

⁸ But sin, seizing the opportunity afford by the commandment, produced in me every kind of covetous desire. For apart from law, sin is dead.

⁹ Once I was alive apart from law; but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life and I died. 

            As we see in verse 8, the law produced me in every kinds of covetous desire. We had just mentioned about the law reveals that we are a sinner, but here not only reveals we are sinner but also the law which is given to us produced more sin in our life.

            Here my point that, the ministry of law produced sin, when the law has come to our life. The law reveals that we are a sinner and through that law, we can understand what to do and not to.       

            This shows us how, through the law, Paul came to know sin. He speaks of the covet, “for I have not known the lust except He said, you shall not lust, but sin taking occasion by the commandment, produced in me all manner of lusting” this gives a deeper view of the tenth commandment than the mere words suggest. The law has driven sin from its concealment. Then the law was not sin, but holy. That is the external, overcoming the opposition of the internal. It indicated furnishing the material ground of attack.

            Since Paul was a devout Pharisee, seeking to obey the Law before his conversion. After his conversion he can understand that sin is personified as a powerful enemy, who has established a base of operations within the stronghold of Man soul. That sin Produce in human being all kinds of wrong desires.

            Something in human nature wants to fight back whenever a law is given. While I was studying in a school, I was looked at the newly painted benches; and I noticed a sign on each wet bench: “Do Not Touch.” As I watched, I saw many student were intentionally reach out and touch the wet paint! Why? Because the sign told them not to! “Because the carnal mind is hate against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be” (Rom 8:7).

            Believers who try to live by rules and regulations discover that their lawfulness system only produce more sin and creates more problems.  Because the Law produced sin in our nature.