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Romans 8 versus 3 and 4.

For what the law could not do, weak as it was through the flesh God did.

Sending his own son in the likeness of sinful flesh and as an offering for sin he

condemned sin in the flesh in order that the requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us who do not

walk according to the flesh but according to the spirit. And before I pray and ask for God's help for me and you, let me just tell you where we're going and related to last Sunday's message. You remember last Sunday I cut it short and left one question to be answered

left one question to be answered that's all I want to do is answer to try to answer

that one question this morning namely what does it mean that we for

whom Christ died are to fulfill the requirement of the law, which is what you just saw read in verse four.

Or specifically I put a point on it and I said you mean my imperfect love or my imperfect

obedience really is supposed to qualify as a fulfillment of the law.

And I explained, at least in one service I did,

they all ran together and I forget that a lot of people take this

text to simply mean that Christ in doing what the law could not do, weak as it was through the flesh,

condemned sin in the flesh by living a perfect lawkeeping life for us and then dying as a substitute and pardon for us.

So that when it says that the law might be fulfilled or that the requirement of the law might be fulfilled,

it means he fulfilled it for us, not that we fulfill it by his power. And I said, while I, theologically, I believe that

with all my heart and believe it's taught in Romans 519 and 2nd Corinthians 521 and Romans 104 I don't think that's the point

here in other words here I think when it says what the law

could not do weak as it was to the flesh God did sending his own son in the likeness

of sinful flesh and forced sin. he condemned sin in the flesh in order

that the just requirement of the law might be fulfilled.

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