This powerful exploration of Romans 7 confronts a universal truth we all experience: the internal war between who we want to be and who we actually are. We've all been there—making resolutions to pray more, be more patient, eat healthier, control our anger—only to find ourselves back at square one within days. It feels like two people live inside us: one who loves God and one who sabotages every good intention. The Apostle Paul doesn't shy away from this reality. In a raw moment of honesty, he confesses: 'I don't really understand myself. I want to do what is right, but I don't do it. Instead, I do what I hate.' This isn't Paul at his worst; this is Paul at his most transparent. The message here is liberating: if we're struggling, that struggle itself is proof that grace is working in our lives. The law reveals our sin like an X-ray shows a broken bone, but it has no power to heal us. Only Jesus can break sin's power. We discover that we're not fighting for victory because Jesus already won it. We're fighting from a position of victory, standing in His righteousness. The breakthrough comes in Romans 8:1: 'There is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.' This means no accusation and no punishment waiting, none, not any, never. We're completely free to live for Jesus, empowered by the Holy Spirit, no longer enslaved to guilt but walking in the freedom of grace.