The Cincinnati Church

Alive Without the Law (Rom 7:9)

I. The purpose of this study is to provide a proper Biblical understanding of Rom 7:7-13 and to answer the following questions:
1. Was Paul referring to being spiritually alive (in possession of eternal life) when he said that he was "alive without the law once"?
2. Was Paul referring to living in sinless innocence prior to the law coming to him when he wrote "without the law sin was dead"?
3. Did Paul die spiritually when the commandment came and sin revived and slew him?
4. If not, then what kind of death was he referring to?

Fighting Satan and Sin
I. We must not be ignorant of Satan's devices lest he take advantage of us. 2CO 2:11. A. Satan brings us into bondage by exploiting the strengths of his ally which is our flesh and
blinding us to the ugliness and sinfulness of sin. EPH 2:3; TIT 3:3; ROM 6:19-21. B. Satan holds us in bondage by blinding us to the truth about deliverance and liberty. C. Satan's entire operation is based upon one concept: the lie. He is the father of lies.
JOH 8:44.

Fighting Satan and Sin
I. We must not be ignorant of Satan's devices lest he take advantage of us. 2CO 2:11.
A. Satan brings us into bondage by exploiting the strengths of his ally which is our flesh and
blinding us to the ugliness and sinfulness of sin. EPH 2:3; TIT 3:3; ROM 6:19-21.
B. Satan holds us in bondage by blinding us to the truth about deliverance and liberty.
C. Satan's entire operation is based upon one concept: the lie. He is the father of lies.
JOH 8:44.
1. His power is in the lie: the telling of it and our love of it.

Fighting Satan and Sin
I. We must not be ignorant of Satan's devices lest he take advantage of us. 2CO 2:11.
A. Satan brings us into bondage by exploiting the strengths of his ally which is our flesh and
blinding us to the ugliness and sinfulness of sin. EPH 2:3; TIT 3:3; ROM 6:19-21.
B. Satan holds us in bondage by blinding us to the truth about deliverance and liberty.
C. Satan's entire operation is based upon one concept: the lie. He is the father of lies.
JOH 8:44.
1. His power is in the lie: the telling of it and our love of it.

Pastor Boffey teaches on the cleansing of the leper from Leviticus 14 and shows parallels in the New Testament church.

The Church and its Minister
I. All sinners have a problem with submitting to authority.
A. “...sin is the transgression of the law” (1JO 3:4).
B. law: A rule of conduct imposed by authority.
C. For someone to say that he has no problem with authority is to say that he has no sin,
which is self-deception and in effect charges God with lying. 1JO 1:8, 10.
D. Honesty and sincerity demand that we admit that we have a natural reluctance to submit
to godly authority because it gets in the way of our sins, our liberties, our plans and our
pride.

Whispering, Backbiting, Talebearing
I. The tongue has a capacity for good and evil. JAM 3:9-12; PRO 18:21.
A. Of all the parts of the body, it is the most difficult to tame. JAM 3:2-8.
1. It is easier to tame a lion than the tongue.
2. It has the capacity to condemn oneself. LUK 19:22.
3. It has the capacity to spue venom to another's injury. PSA 140:3.
B. One's religion is invalidated by an unbridled tongue. JAM 1:26.
C. To tame one's tongue requires taming one's heart. MAT 12:34-35.
II. Definitions.

Leviticus 10
A. Leviticus sets forth the laws that governed the priesthood which sprang from Levi.
B. Leviticus was Israel's order of divine service. HEB 9:1.
C. Among other things, Leviticus provides us with principles and patterns of service to God, and is
therefore profitable and educational. HEB 8:4-5; 2TI 3:16; ROM 15:4.
1. Baptized believers are a holy, royal priesthood of God's spiritual house, the church.
1PE 2:5, 9 c/w 1TI 3:15.
2. There is a limited correspondence between O.T. priests and N.T. ministers of Jesus Christ.
1CO 9:13-14.

The Day of Atonement
Leviticus 16
I. Though a daily sacrifice was made for sin under the Law (HEB 7:27; 10:11), God ordained an
annual day of atonement for Israel. LEV 16:29-34.
A. Unlike the other sacrifices, this was to be done only by the high priest once each year in the
holiest place of the tabernacle (where the ark and God's presence dwelt). HEB 9:6-7.
B. As the high priest alone made an atonement in the holy place, Christ BY HIMSELF
purged our sins. HEB 1:3; 1PE 2:24.
C. The Levitical high priest had to make this atonement once each year whereas our High

Pastor Boffey teaches on the cleansing of the leper from Leviticus 13 and shows parallels in the New Testament church.

Leviticus 10
A. Leviticus sets forth the laws that governed the priesthood which sprang from Levi.
B. Leviticus was Israel's order of divine service. HEB 9:1.
C. Among other things, Leviticus provides us with principles and patterns of service to God, and is
therefore profitable and educational. HEB 8:4-5; 2TI 3:16; ROM 15:4.
1. Baptized believers are a holy, royal priesthood of God's spiritual house, the church.
1PE 2:5, 9 c/w 1TI 3:15.
2. There is a limited correspondence between O.T. priests and N.T. ministers of Jesus Christ.
1CO 9:13-14.

Aliens

I. Abraham the alien.
1. Abraham was a man of faith (Rom 4:3).
2. Abraham is the prototypical man of faith in the Bible.
A. Prototypical - Of the nature of or serving as a prototype; prototypal.
B. Prototype - 1. a. The first or primary type of anything; the original (thing or person) of which another is a copy, imitation, representation, or derivative, or to which it conforms or is required to conform; a pattern, model, standard, exemplar, archetype.
C. Abraham was strong in faith, who against hope believed in hope (Rom 4:16-21).

Leviticus 10
A. Leviticus sets forth the laws that governed the priesthood which sprang from Levi.
B. Leviticus was Israel's order of divine service. HEB 9:1.
C. Among other things, Leviticus provides us with principles and patterns of service to God, and is
therefore profitable and educational. HEB 8:4-5; 2TI 3:16; ROM 15:4.
1. Baptized believers are a holy, royal priesthood of God's spiritual house, the church.
1PE 2:5, 9 c/w 1TI 3:15.
2. There is a limited correspondence between O.T. priests and N.T. ministers of Jesus Christ.
1CO 9:13-14.

Pastor Boffey teaches on the cleansing of the leper from Leviticus 13.

Leviticus 10
A. Leviticus sets forth the laws that governed the priesthood which sprang from Levi.
B. Leviticus was Israel's order of divine service. HEB 9:1.
C. Among other things, Leviticus provides us with principles and patterns of service to God, and is
therefore profitable and educational. HEB 8:4-5; 2TI 3:16; ROM 15:4.
1. Baptized believers are a holy, royal priesthood of God's spiritual house, the church.
1PE 2:5, 9 c/w 1TI 3:15.
2. There is a limited correspondence between O.T. priests and N.T. ministers of Jesus Christ.
1CO 9:13-14.

Leviticus 10
A. Leviticus sets forth the laws that governed the priesthood which sprang from Levi.
B. Leviticus was Israel's order of divine service. HEB 9:1.
C. Among other things, Leviticus provides us with principles and patterns of service to God, and is
therefore profitable and educational. HEB 8:4-5; 2TI 3:16; ROM 15:4.
1. Baptized believers are a holy, royal priesthood of God's spiritual house, the church.
1PE 2:5, 9 c/w 1TI 3:15.
2. There is a limited correspondence between O.T. priests and N.T. ministers of Jesus Christ.
1CO 9:13-14.

The Sonship of the Lord Jesus Christ
I. The importance of understanding the Sonship of Christ is not to be trivialized. God is known
through His Son (MAT 11:27; 1JO 5:20) and therefore a correct understanding of the nature of
His Sonship is critical to knowing the true God.
A. Is Jesus Christ an eternally begotten Son of God in His divine nature, a timely begotten
Son of God in His human nature, or both?
B. Men are exhorted to believe on the ONLY begotten Son of God. JOH 3:16-18.

"The Husband of One Wife" (1Ti 3:2; Tit 1:6)

I. One of the qualifications a man must meet to be ordained and hold the office of a pastor/bishop/elder/overseer is that he must be "the husband of one wife" (1Ti 3:2; Tit 1:6).
A. Does this mean that a pastor must be married?
B. Does this mean that a pastor cannot be a widower?
C. Does this mean that a pastor who is a widower cannot remarry?
D. Does this mean that a pastor cannot be divorced?
E. Does this mean that a pastor that is divorced cannot remarry?

How To Deal With Problems
I. We will have problems in this world. JOH 16:33.
II. View problems from God's perspective.
A. God's dominion extends over all. DAN 4:34-35.
B. There can be no problem without God's permission. JOB 1:12; 2:6; 1CO 10:13.
C. God has a purpose worthy of Himself in that which He permits. PSA 76:10.
D. God knows all about your problem. JOB 23:10; PSA 139:1-3; 31:7; 147:5.
E. God loves and cares for His people, and purposes to do us good even when He chastens us.
1JO 4:9-10; 1PE 5:7; HEB 12:5-11.