Romans 5-7 Week 7 – A Persistent Struggle
Key passage: Romans 7:14-25
In Romans 7:14-23, Paul’s seems to share three laments which are very similar
A Statement of FactRomans 7:14I am of the flesh.Romans 7:18Nothing good lives in me.Romans 7:21When I want to do what is good, evil is present with me.An Offer of ProofRomans 7:15I don’t do what I want to do…Romans 7:18b-19I practice the evil that I do not want to do.Romans 7:22-23aA raging war between the body and mind.A Suggestion of CauseRomans 7:20I am no longer the one that does it…Romans 7:23b…taking me prisoner in my body.Galatians 5:16-17Walk by the power of the Holy Spirit.Flesh and Spirit are opposed to each other.The Final Cry (vv. 24-25)
An Intense DeclarationRomans 7:24What a wretched man that I am!A Desperate PleaRomans 7:24bWho will rescue me from this body of death?Rescue = rhyomai (Greek: ῥύομαι) – to draw to one’s self, to rescue, to deliver; the delivererA Certain and Joyful AnswerRomans 7:25aGod through Jesus Christ our Lord!The Battle SummarizedRomans 7:25bWith my mind I serve the law of God but with my flesh I serve the law of sin