Romans 7:14-25 (CWSB)
The Sin in Me
14 For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin.
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.
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.
24 O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?
25 I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.
Conclusion:
The sin in me
1️⃣Knowledge of the rules is not the answer.
2️⃣Self-determination (struggling in one’s own strength) doesn’t succeed.
3️⃣Becoming a Christian does not stamp out all sin and temptation from a person’s life.
➡️Genesis 3:9-11 (KJV Strong's) (Be obedient)
9 And the Lord God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou? 10 And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself. 11 And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?
📍Walk by faith not by sight
Hebrews 11:1 (CWSB)
“By Faith”
1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
Romans 10:17 (CWSB)
17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
📍Don’t live to just be Blessed, live to be a Blessing.
Job 42:10 (NIV)
10 After Job had prayed for his friends, the Lord restored his fortunes and gave him twice as much as he had before.
Luke 22:31-32 (KJV)
31 And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat: 32 But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.
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