Romans 7:24 O wretched man that I am! Who shall deliver me from the body of this death?

 

Many believers find the 7th Chapter of Romans difficult to understand. The Apostle Paul wrote this long after his conversion experience on the Road to Damascus. He was saved, born again, filled with the Holy Spirit, and called to be an Apostle and yet, he suffered with some sort of sin in his life. How could this be?

 

Paul wrote about his dilemma the 7th Chapter of his Epistle to the Romans. Has then what is good become death to me? Certainly not! But sin, that it might appear sin, was producing death in me through what is good, so that sin through the Commandment might become exceedingly sinful. For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am carnal, sold under sin. For what I am doing, I do not understand. For what I will to do, that I do not practice; but what I hate, that I do. If, then, I do what I will not to do, I agree with the law that it is good. But now, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells in me. For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh) nothing good dwells; for to will is present with me, but how to perform what is good I do not find. For the good that I will to do, I do not do; but the evil I will not to do, that I practice. Now if I do what I will not to do, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells in me.

 

I find then a law, that evil is present with me, the one who wills to do good. For I delight in the law of God according to the inward man. 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. O wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death? 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. (Romans 7:13-25)

 

The above Passage of Scripture is rarely preached on or discussed because most people do not understand it. It would appear that Paul didn’t understand it either. He knew he was Saved. He knew he had been filled with the Holy Spirit and he knew he was Called by God to be an Apostle. If that were true, how could he still be suffering from this sin in his life? That was the question and it remains the question in the hearts of many (if not millions) of born-again believers today.

 

Paul soon came to the answer and we will discuss it tomorrow. Hold on! Help is on the way.

 

 

Hold on. God will……..….turn the tide……….in your life.

 

Just hold on!         Doreen

 

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