{"id":1667,"date":"2010-04-26T20:39:55","date_gmt":"2010-04-27T02:39:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ministryofgrace.org\/blog\/?p=1667"},"modified":"2010-04-26T20:39:55","modified_gmt":"2010-04-27T02:39:55","slug":"romans-711-deception-and-confession","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ministryofgrace.org\/test\/romans-711-deception-and-confession\/","title":{"rendered":"Romans 7:11 – Deception and Confession"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Romans 7:11<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it killed<\/span> me.<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

Truth to Learn<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Sin is deceptive and causes separation between us and God.<\/p>\n

Behind the Words<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cTaking occasion<\/span>\u201d is translated from aphorm\u0113<\/span><\/em>. This is a compound word made up of apo<\/span><\/em>, meaning \u201cfrom\u201d or \u201caway from\u201d and horm\u0113<\/span><\/em>, meaning \u201can onset or an impetus.\u201d When put together we get a word that means \u201can opportunity or casual circumstance producing a tendency toward something else.\u201d<\/p>\n

The word translated \u201cdeceived<\/span>\u201d is a form of the Greek word exapata\u014d<\/span><\/em>, which is another compound word. This one is made up of ek<\/span><\/em>, used as an intensifier and apata\u014d<\/span><\/em>, meaning \u201cto seduce or deceive.\u201d Hence exapata\u014d<\/span><\/em> means \u201cto deceive completely, to beguile, to seduce\u201d or \u201cto lead out of the right way into error.\u201d This is translated from the same word used in 2Corinthians 11:3<\/span><\/strong> where it is rendered \u201cbeguiled<\/span>\u201d in reference to Satan,<\/p>\n

But I fear lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve in his craftiness \u2026.<\/span><\/p>\n

Meaning Explained<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

This verse is almost a repeat of verse eight but with a slight variation. Whereas in verse eight Paul said that sin completely produced in him all kinds of lust, in this verse he says that it deceived him. <\/em><\/p>\n

What Paul is saying is that his corrupt and rebellious tendencies being excited by the Law, led him astray causing him to sin in spite of himself. As a result of his sin, as he said before, he was killed spiritually; that is, he became spiritually separated from God.<\/p>\n

Do you find that you sometimes feel deceived by your own inner tendencies? Do you find that you do things that you know are wrong but you do them anyway? In just a few verses we will see that Paul faced this same struggle and the resulting frustration at his inability to control his sinfulness.<\/p>\n

The bottom line is that we all sin in this way. But thanks be to God, the Apostle John has told us what to do about it:<\/p>\n

If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our<\/span> sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.<\/span> (1 John 1:8,9<\/span><\/strong>)<\/p>\n

Faithful means that God will always do it (forgive us), and just means that His righteousness requires<\/strong> Him to do it. When we sin, we turn away from God and walk another direction. When we confess our sins and repent, we turn around and begin walking with Him again.<\/p>\n

Application<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Are you struggling right now with, as the writer of Hebrews put it in Hebrews 12:1<\/span><\/strong>, that sin that so easily ensnares you? You are not alone, my friend. When sin deceives you and you realize it, simply confess it and get back in the race. Remember that God casts our sins away as far as the east is from the west, so each time we sin it is as if it is the first time to God. The only one who knows your sin history is you.<\/span><\/p>\n

In God\u2019s service, for His glory,<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Romans 7:11 For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it killed me. Truth to Learn Sin is deceptive and causes separation between us and God. Behind the Words \u201cTaking occasion\u201d is translated from aphorm\u0113. This is a compound word made up of apo, meaning \u201cfrom\u201d or \u201caway from\u201d and horm\u0113, meaning […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[807,817,818,819,820,276],"class_list":["post-1667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-aphorme","tag-deceived","tag-exapatao","tag-killed","tag-occasion","tag-sin"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pd5geA-qT","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ministryofgrace.org\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1667","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ministryofgrace.org\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ministryofgrace.org\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ministryofgrace.org\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ministryofgrace.org\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1667"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ministryofgrace.org\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1667\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ministryofgrace.org\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ministryofgrace.org\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ministryofgrace.org\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}