We are in Romans chapter 7, verses 7 to 12, and a brief portion, powerful portion, but we're looking at a message titled just when you thought it was over.

Just when you thought it was over is the title of our message, Romans 7, verse 7 to 12, and our scripture reading is here, and I'll pick up the odd verse, and you guys know what to do with the even numbered verses.

What shall we say then, is the law sin, certainly not, on the contrary. I would not have known sin except through the law, for I would not have known covetousness unless the law had said, you shall not covet.

I was alive once, says the Apostle Paul, listen to this, I was alive once without the law, but when the commandment came, sin revived and I died.

For sin taken occasion by the commandment deceived me, and by it killed me.

Father, we pray in Jesus name that you would bless the going forth of your word, and we ask it now in the glorious, wonderful, awesome, eternal name of Jesus.

And all God's people said, amen, you may be seated church, and by way of introduction, this is some years ago now where I had the honor and the opportunity to be part of a team of pastors.

It was Pastor John Miller and Pastor John Corson. Anybody remember Pastor John Corson? And myself, and we were leading a host on a trip on the footsteps of the Apostle Paul tour through the Mediterranean.

And so we had left Los Angeles, we had flown to Rome where we got our connection, and the tour was to begin in Athens. And so as we were taking off, we got on the plane, everything was fine.

I think if I remember right, it was Olympic air, the national airline of Greece. And so we took off from Rome, and we noticed that when we got up, it was a little bit bumpy, but it's just kind of normal.

There was just some turbulence. And then as we were going along, and as we reached in God over Greece, the turbulence really began to get intense.

And I remember, because of what was transpiring, I remember exactly where I was sitting, I remember that once you had me on the aisle with his legs stretched out because he was a big guy, is John Corson.

And then in front of me was a guy by the name of Bob, who was a UPS freight airline captain, and we had another captain on the tour from Delta Airlines.

And I want to read to you what was going on, and to make sense to you in a moment, that just after takeoff, we had encountered light turbulence, and it's not uncommon.

It was summer in the Mediterranean, but it began to get even more bumpy. And then we knew, and I remember hearing that we were a hundred miles out from Athens, the pilot announced, and he said,

we'll soon begin our descent into Athens. And just when you thought it was over, the title of this message, we ran into what is called moderate chop.

If you're a pilot, if you've studied anything like that, you know what that is. It's definitely keeps you in your seat. I'll tell you that.

And then that increased to what is called moderate turbulence, and that's intense.

Stuff's flying around inside the plane, and people are hanging on.

And I remember looking over at John Corson, and he's got a hold of the seat in front of him, and he's praying. That's how bad it was.

People are crying. There's a little bit of screams up and down when the plane would just drop, and I remember the two pilots who were separated began to talk to each other, and I have this.

The Delta pilot said to the UPS pilot, not good, not good. This is not good. The UPS pilot answered to Delta saying,

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