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Romans 5-7 Week 7 – A Persistent Struggle

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Romans 5-7 Week 7 – A Persistent Struggle

Dave Riddle – 2/25/2018

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 Fact
    • Romans 7:14
      • I am of the flesh.
      • Romans 7:18
        • Nothing good lives in me.
        • Romans 7:21
          • When I want to do what is good, evil is present with me.
          • An Offer of Proof
            • Romans 7:15
              • I don’t do what I want to do…
              • Romans 7:18b-19
                • I practice the evil that I do not want to do.
                • Romans 7:22-23a
                  • A raging war between the body and mind.
                  • A Suggestion of Cause
                    • Romans 7:20
                      • I am no longer the one that does it…
                      • Romans 7:23b
                        • …taking me prisoner in my body.
                        • Galatians 5:16-17
                          • Walk by the power of the Holy Spirit.
                          • Flesh and Spirit are opposed to each other.

                            • The Final Cry (vv. 24-25)

                            • An Intense Declaration
                              • Romans 7:24
                              • What a wretched man that I am!
                              • A Desperate Plea
                                • Romans 7:24b
                                  • Who will rescue me from this body of death?
                                  • Rescue = rhyomai (Greek: ῥύομαι) – to draw to one’s self, to rescue, to deliver; the deliverer
                                  • A Certain and Joyful Answer
                                    • Romans 7:25a
                                      • God through Jesus Christ our Lord!
                                      • The Battle Summarized
                                        • Romans 7:25b
                                          • With my mind I serve the law of God but with my flesh I serve the law of sin
                                            • ...more
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