Roms 7: 14 # daily devotions #scriptures #bible studies
The trouble is with me, for I am all
too human.
Paul is expounding
on the law of God that has been given to all men. He is humble to acknowledge
that in no way is he a perfect man, in fact there is no perfect man on earth except
the Lord Jesus Christ while He was on the earth. Though Paul was a Pharisee
before his born again experience through Jesus Christ, he knew the law very
well and he knew that he had transgress against the law.
He confessed
that he knew the law very well and it was well engraved in his mind but he acknowledged
that he was still a sinner because the law is perfect but he was imperfect. Just
knowing the law does not make a man perfect, rather we must obey it and follow
it. Paul therefore acknowledged that he couldn’t uphold the law in his life
because he was human and therefore had many weaknesses.
Our imperfection
is because we have failed in obeying the law. In this world there are many
struggles that we face daily. Paul wrote in Rom 7:18 For I know that good itself does not dwell in me, that is, in
my sinful nature. For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry
it out. This was not only Paul’s struggle in his Christian life but it is
also the same with us.
However if
we do not deny this fact, then we would be able to consciously and diligently
work towards overcoming all the temptations of the flesh by studying and
holding firmly to the scriptures and also seeking the help of the Holy Spirit. When
we have the scriptures in our heart and we determine to resist all temptations
and we keep in fellowship with the Holy Spirit, then we would be able to
overcome all temptations.
Paul knew
this truth and he confessed it and in turn reminded the Church that only when
we allow the scriptures to guide our hearts and mind, only then would we be
able to overcome the desires of the flesh. Struggles in the mind we will have
but we have this hope and assurance of help from God’s words and the Holy
Spirit to guide us.
In the next
few verses Paul described it in Rom
7:22-24 but I see another law at work in me, waging war against the law of my
mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin at work within me.
Learning
from what Paul is teaching us in this passage, we can indeed have a victorious life
in Christ Jesus.
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