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Romans 7:14-25
As we have gone verse by verse through Romans, we have learned all about being saved by grace!
Today Paul continues giving his testimony.
To be honest, this is probably one of the most relatable passages in the whole Bible.
When hearing these verses, everyone can put their masks down and admit, “yep, that’s me too!”
Truth is whether we admit it or not, this passage describes all of us.
I have heard that Paul is talking to the carnal Christians here.
But if that were true he wouldn’t be using the present tense when he speaks.
He is saying, “Hey, I struggle with this even now!”
Why?
Because we still have our sinful flesh!
Paul no longer struggles with this, because he is now in Heaven.
And one day we will not struggle with it!
So let’s go along with Paul, and just be honest!
Paul has just talked about the Law being Holy, just and good in verse 12, Now He stats the fact that the law is spiritual
14 For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin.
The problem isn’t the Law.
The problem is us!
The Law is a good thing, it tells us what is right ...and anything contrary to that is wrong.
The Law is good because it came from God…and God is good.
The verse continues and says, …but I am carnal, sold under sin
The word carnal means dealing with the flesh
The old man is still with us.
And he has more control over us than we wish to admit.
The flesh - the carnal man - is always and will always be sold under sin.
Which is why we need to yield to the New Man - through the Holy Spirit.
We are in an invisible battle today!
And it is described in detail in the following verses:
I. Paul’s Failures
15 For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I.
16 If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good.
17 Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.
18 For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.
19 For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.
20 Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.
Sound familiar?
That’s because Paul’s failures is our failures too.
A. The Struggles
15 For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I.
16 If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good.
Paul describes here the struggles that exists in all of us!
The word allow here is the Greek word ginosko which means to know.
what he is saying, “What I am doing, I know not.”
He doesn’t even know why he does what he does.
Have you been there?
He wants to live right …what I would
But he doesn’t do it…that do I not
He hates doing wrong …but what I hate
And yet he does it anyway… that do I
This is the struggle is going on inside of him.
So we have seen the Struggles of Paul
B. The Strugglers
18 For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.
We’ll come back to v 17
But in verse 18 He is saying there are basically these two sides inside of us and they are struggling with each other
The strugglers are the flesh and the Spirit.
The old man and the new man.
In his flesh…the old man…is no good thing.
He wants to do right, but he can’t seem to find the way to do it.
19 For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.
We want to please God, but something is fighting us all the way.
We ought to just give up!
No, the true growth is in the struggle…the yielding, not in the victory.
In verses 17 and 20 we see that Paul comes to a conclusion.
This is all because of...
C. The Sin Nature
17 Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.
20 Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.
What is the sin that dwelleth in us…That old sin nature!
Paul isn’t making excuses for his sin.
Paul is telling us that there is a new man living in his body, and that new man is above the old sinful lifestyle.
That new man loves the Lord and will fight until the day he is delivered from this body of sin.
We have seen Paul’s Failures.
Now We move on to...
II.
Paul’s Findings
21 I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me.
22 For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:
23 But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.
Paul finds some something when he looks closer...
A. A Companion
21 I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me.
He has a companion with him, when he wants to do good.
Evil is present with him!
Every time we try to do the right thing, evil is right there to tempt us…and to struggle against us.
Any victories we have are because we fought against the evil nature in us, and yielded to the Spirit.
I have often said, “You can judge a persons actions, but you can’t judge their motives.”
I can see the things people do, but I can’t say…they did that because...
I can’t see their heart!
Only God can judge their motives.
This is like the struggle inside of us.
Even though we try to do right it is still tainted…the motive isn’t always pure.
Not impossible…just difficult.
If we yield to this old nature…this evil that is present with us…we do wrong.
But God has given us a new nature!
But to go against what is natural always will be a struggle.
swimming up stream
rubbing the fir of a cat the wrong way
yielding to the Spirit.
So Paul says that he has found that there is a companion always with him.
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