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Now if I do what I do not want, I agree with the law, that it is good.
So now it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells within me.
For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh. For I have the desire to do what is right, but not the ability to carry it out.
For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I keep on doing. Now if I do what I do not want, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells within me. So I find it to be a law that when I want to do right, evil lies close at hand. For I delight in the law of God, in my inner being, but I see in my members another law waging war against the law of my mind and making me captive to the law of sin that dwells in my members. Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death? Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself serve the law of God with my mind, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin. Romans 7:16-25.
There’s a conflict between two parts of us: the old nature and the new nature. These are like two different "I's" within us. The first "I" represents the old nature, which insists on its own way. The phrase "For what I would" refers to what the new nature wants to do, but then the old nature rebels and refuses to do it. The phrase "But what I hate" represents what the new nature hates, yet the old nature goes ahead and does it anyway.
Do you experience this struggle in your Christian life? Do you find yourself doing things you later regret and feel guilty about, crying out to God, "Oh, how I've failed You!"? I think every believer goes through this. Paul talks about his own experience with this struggle. He went through three stages in his life. First, as a proud Pharisee under the Mosaic law, he deceived himself by thinking that sacrifices and rituals could make him right with God, even though the Law was condemning him. Then, after he met Christ on the road to Damascus, Paul turned to Christ as his Savior but still believed he could live a Christian life on his own. His new nature wanted to live for God, but he kept failing and struggling. Eventually, Paul found victory not through his own efforts, but through yielding to Christ and allowing the Holy Spirit to live the Christian life through him. John Piper deals with the text of this Scriptures.
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Now if I do what I do not want, I agree with the law, that it is good.
So now it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells within me.
For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh. For I have the desire to do what is right, but not the ability to carry it out.
For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I keep on doing. Now if I do what I do not want, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells within me. So I find it to be a law that when I want to do right, evil lies close at hand. For I delight in the law of God, in my inner being, but I see in my members another law waging war against the law of my mind and making me captive to the law of sin that dwells in my members. Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death? Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself serve the law of God with my mind, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin. Romans 7:16-25.
There’s a conflict between two parts of us: the old nature and the new nature. These are like two different "I's" within us. The first "I" represents the old nature, which insists on its own way. The phrase "For what I would" refers to what the new nature wants to do, but then the old nature rebels and refuses to do it. The phrase "But what I hate" represents what the new nature hates, yet the old nature goes ahead and does it anyway.
Do you experience this struggle in your Christian life? Do you find yourself doing things you later regret and feel guilty about, crying out to God, "Oh, how I've failed You!"? I think every believer goes through this. Paul talks about his own experience with this struggle. He went through three stages in his life. First, as a proud Pharisee under the Mosaic law, he deceived himself by thinking that sacrifices and rituals could make him right with God, even though the Law was condemning him. Then, after he met Christ on the road to Damascus, Paul turned to Christ as his Savior but still believed he could live a Christian life on his own. His new nature wanted to live for God, but he kept failing and struggling. Eventually, Paul found victory not through his own efforts, but through yielding to Christ and allowing the Holy Spirit to live the Christian life through him. John Piper deals with the text of this Scriptures.
Each month, Elder Tolliver offers a spiritually encouraging book to help you in your walk with Christ for any size donation. Please go to biblicaltalks.com website to take advantage of this opportunity.
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Have a blessed day, and thanks for listening! Visit my website to learn more at https://www.biblicaltalks.com