2023 0521 Romans 7 Good vs Evil
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Struggle between Good and Evil
Struggle between Good and Evil
We know that the law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin. I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do. And if I do what I do not want to do, I agree that the law is good. As it is, it is no longer I myself who do it, but it is sin living in me. For I know that good itself does not dwell in me, that is, in my sinful nature. For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. For I do not do the good I want to do, but the evil I do not want to do—this I keep on doing. Now if I do what I do not want to do, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it. So I find this law at work: Although I want to do good, evil is right there with me.
Serve in the New Way
Serve in the New Way
Romans 7:6 But now, by dying to what once bound us, we have been released from the law so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit, and not in the old way of the written code.
Law is Good
Law is Good
Romans 7:12 So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, righteous and good.
I am Unspiritual
I am Unspiritual
Romans 7:14 We know that the law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin.
default state of a human being
I am unspiritual
I am a slave to sin
the law cannot
We Need Understanding
We Need Understanding
I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do.
the human condition
we want to do good
we like to think of ourselves as essentially good
every man, every woman has got it wrong
if we are not saved , we do not have eternal life
we are sold to sin
we have death as our reward
Our Situation Reveals God’s Provision
And if I do what I do not want to do, I agree that the law is good.
* previous weeks showed the law was good and righteous
the law came form God himself so no argument there
the final nail in the coffin of the law
the law only identifies sin in us
it is completely unable to save
Default of Sin
Default of Sin
As it is, it is no longer I myself who do it, but it is sin living in me.
this is not an excuse
it is not ignoring the personal responsibility
it is an acknowledgement of the power of sin
there is conflict between the spiritual redeemed man and the sinful nature
Powerless
Powerless
For I know that good itself does not dwell in me, that is, in my sinful nature. For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out.
recognize that sinful nature
humanistic thought is that mankind is essentially good
this is not the position of God
man has been thoroughly corrupted
Jesus is the only answer to restore us to the perfected nature man was created in
Keep on Doing Evil
Keep on Doing Evil
For I do not do the good I want to do, but the evil I do not want to do—this I keep on doing.
Paul is on this loop of thinking
it is the point of frustration
he wants to do good but doesn’t
he actually keeps doing evil
even when he knows Jesus
we are in the same predicament
we are fully redeemed, regenerated
we are new in Christ
yet we still do evil
The Persistence of Sin
The Persistence of Sin
Now if I do what I do not want to do, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it.
a final statement of the power of sin
it is at work in the unredeemed and the redeemed
Paul will go on to say there is no condemnation for those in Jesus
for now, for the purpose of his argument
sin is still at work in man
the sinful nature is ever present