The Rumble In The Jungle Of Our Souls
Romans 7:14-25
So the trouble is not with the law, for it is spiritual and good. The trouble is with me, for I am all too human, a slave to sin. I don't really understand myself, for I want to do what is right, but I don't do it. Instead, I do what I hate. But if I know that what I am doing is wrong, this shows that I agree that the law is good. So I am not the one doing wrong; it is sin living in me that does it. And I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my sinful nature. I want to do what is right, but I can't. I want to do what is good, but I don't. I don't want tot do what is wrong, but I do it anyway. But if I do what I don't want to do, I am not really the one doing wrong; it is sin living in me that does it. I have discovered this principle of life-that when I want to do what is right, I inevitably do what is wrong. I love God's law with all my heart. But there is another power within me that is at war with my mind. This power makes me a slave to the sin that is still within me. Oh, what a miserable person I am! Who will free me from this life that is dominated by sin and death? Thank God! The answer is in Jesus Christ our Lord. So you see how it is: In my mind I really want to obey God's law, but because of my sinful nature I am a slave to sin.
- The Struggle Is Real
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- Mark 10:18
- Psalm 53:3
- Romans 3:23
- 1 John 1:18
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- The Fight Can Be Won
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- Romans 8:5-6
- Romans 8:11-12
- Romans 8:37
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- How To Hit Back
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- Romans 8:5-6
- Matthew 5:27-28
- Proverbs 4:23
- Isaiah 26:3
- James 1:14-15
- Colossians 3:2
- Philippians 4:8
- 2 Timothy 1:7
- Romans 8:11-12
- 1 John 1:9
- Psalm 51:10-12
- Psalm 139:23-24
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