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15 For I do not understand my own
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actions. For I do not do what I want,but I do the very thing I hate. 16 Now if I do what I do not want, I agree with the law, that it is good.
17 So now it is no longer I who do it,
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but sin that dwells in me. 18 For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, my flesh. For I have the desire to do what is right, but not the ability to carryit out….
19 For I do not do the good I want, but
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the evil I do not do want is what I keep on doing. 20 Now if I do what I do not want, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells in me.
~ The Apostle Paul in Romans 7:7-8
“I would not have known
what it is to covet if the law
had not said, ‘You shall not
covet.’ But sin, seizing an
opportunity through the
commandment, produced in
me all kinds of coveting….
Sin, seizing an opportunity
through the commandment,
deceived me….”
17 So now it is no longer I who do it,
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but sin that dwells in me. 18 For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, my flesh. For I have the desire to do what is right, but not the ability to carryit out….
The Self Viewed From One Perspective:
“The Flesh”
The Self Viewed From Another Perspective:
“New Creation”
My old self / former way of life My new self / new way of life
Sin living in me Christ living in me
Participates in this present evil age
Participates in the new age to come
Bows to serve sin as its master Bows to serve Christ as its master
Me living for myself Me living for Christ
The old person “in Adam” The new person “in Christ”
The fading outer person The renewed inner person
21 So I find it to be a law that when I
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want to do right, evil lies close at hand.22 For I delight in the law of God, in myinner being, 23 but I see in my membersanother law waging war against the lawof my mind and making me a captive tothe law of sin that dwells in my members.
When I decided to follow Jesus that night in
Atlanta, I assumed that becoming a Christian
would make life easier. I thought the rest of my
life would be smiling and smooth sailing.
~ Lecrae, Hip Hop ArtistFacebook, Feb 16, 2016
I assumed I wouldn’t be tempted by women and partying and acceptance
and all the things I’d been a slave to for so many years.
I thought I would walk around with a continual
inner-peace and serenity like Gandhi or something.
~ Lecrae, Hip Hop ArtistFacebook, Feb 16, 2016
This turns out to be a lie that too many
people believe. You’ll actually experience
more temptation, not less, after you
become a Christian.
~ Lecrae, Hip Hop ArtistFacebook, Feb 16, 2016
24 Wretched man that I am! Who will
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deliver me from this body of death? 25 Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord!
Following Jesus doesn’t mean you’ll start living perfectly
overnight. It certainly doesn’t mean that your problems will
disappear.
~ Lecrae, Hip Hop ArtistFacebook, Feb 16, 2016
Rather than ridding you of your problems or
temptations, following Jesus just means that
you have a place—no, a person—to run to when
they come. And the power to overcome them.
~ Lecrae, Hip Hop ArtistFacebook, Feb 16, 2016
…you must ultimately hope in the salvation of Jesus.
*As a Christian…
…you will sometimes feel like a walking contradiction
…you will always live with an internal enemy
…you will continually experience ongoing war
****
Application:
Choose this day to side with the war that Christ by his Spirit
is fighting against your sin.
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