Doing the things we should want to do

Continuing in Romans 7, Paul remains on his thought about the law and how it can be sin when we look to it for salvation. In this next section Paul opens his heart to us and gives us an insight into how he sees himself. Verse 13-25 show a man who recognises that he doesn't do the things he should, but rather continues in sin because that is how we are naturally inclined.

The climax of this passage is his honest statement in verse 24: Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death? Paul asks the question we all need to ask. How can we be free from sin. Paul comes back with the simple answer in verse 25. There he exclaims,

Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself serve the law of God with my mind, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin.

Jesus is still the answer to our problem with sin and his arms are open wide to receive us. Our guest speaker, Alan Hanna, leads us through this passage so we might know how to live for Christ, free from sin.

Romans - The heart of the Gospel is a teaching series from Annalong Presbyterian Church. Find out more at www.annalongpc.org/sermons.