Understanding Romans 7 part II

In verses 8 through 13 the apostle Paul talks about the law.  This section sounds very confusing when you just read through it.  In one sentence Paul mentions how holy and good the law is, and in the next sentence he mentions how the law is a death sentence, and condemns.   In order to break this section of Romans 7 down, we need to take a good look at the apostle Paul himself.

Before his conversion on the road to Damascus, Paul was a devout religious Jew.  He followed the law to the letter, and excelled in his religion far above his peers.  But on the flip side of this, he went around persecuting his fellow Jews who accepted the fact that Jesus was their Messiah.  In Paul’s mind, he was following the law by capturing, torturing, and putting to death, the followers of Jesus. He was convinced he was keeping the law of God, by doing this.  So the question becomes, was Paul correct by doing this, or was he actually going against the law of God?  Since it was Jesus who gave the law to Moses, it becomes clear that the law Paul thought he was upholding, was actually the law that was going to condemn him and put him to death for what he was doing. 

It was not the fault of the law, the law as given by Christ was good and holy and for the good of all mankind.  It was Paul himself that got off track, through his religion he let sin come in and take control of him, and he lost sight of the true law, and he was destroying himself in the process.

Romans 7: 8-13  8) But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence (immoral thinking). For without the law sin was dead. 9) For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died. 10) And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death. 11) For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me. 12) Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just and good. 13) Was then that which is good made death unto me? God forbid. But sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is good; that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful.