Read Romans 7:15-25a
15I do not understand what I do; for I
don’t do what I would like to do, but instead I do what I hate. 16Since
what I do is what I don’t want to do, this shows that I agree that the Law is
right. 17So I am not really the one who does this thing; rather it
is the sin that lives in me. 18I know that good does not live in
me—that is, in my human nature. For even though the desire to do good is in me,
I am not able to do it. 19I don’t do the good I want to do; instead,
I do the evil that I do not want to do. 20If I do what I don’t want
to do, this means that I am no longer the one who does it; instead, it is the
sin that lives in me.
21 So
I find that this law is at work: when I want to do what is good, what is evil
is the only choice I have. 22My inner being delights in the law of
God. 23But I see a different law at work in my body—a law that
fights against the law which my mind approves of. It makes me a prisoner to the
law of sin which is at work in my body. 24What an unhappy man I am!
Who will rescue me from this body that is taking me to death? 25Thanks
be to God, who does this through our Lord Jesus Christ!
Think
It is easy to identify with
this passage: "For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want
is what I do."
Some people say that once you
become a Christian your battle with sin will be over - but in reality we'll
always be missing the mark and we will always depend on the grace of Christ.
In the same way - lets offer
each other some grace.
Pray
Lord, you know how I struggle
with sin. Thank you for your patience;
help me with mine.
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