2. Paul’s and Our Reality- Romans 7:14-25

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.  FOR IN MY INNER BEING I DELIGHT IN GOD’S LAW; BUT I SEE ANOTHER LAW AT WORK IN ME, WAGING WAR AGAINST THE LAW OF MY MIND AND MAKING ME A PRISONER OF THE LAW OF SIN AT WORK WITHIN ME.  WHAT A WRETCHED HUMAN I AM!  WHO WILL RESCUE ME FROM THIS BODY THAT IS SUBJECT TO DEATH?  THANKS BE TO GOD, WHO DELIVERS ME THROUGH JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD!  SO THEN, I MYSELF IN MY MIND AM A SLAVE TO GOD’S LAW, BUT IN MY SINFUL NATURE A SLAVE TO THE LAW OF SIN. ROMANS 7:14-25