“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 to 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.”
Romans 7:15-25 NLT
I recently wrote a book titled, "Writing My Wrongs". It explains my testimony of God's transformation in my life --from death to a new life of fulfillment. The title can easily dissuade one into thinking I’m highlighting my sinful nature; or maybe that God would have pointed out my wrongs and would be displeased with my actions. But in truth, as the subtitle suggests, that while living in my sin I was being directed to Jesus through, "God's Love and Forgiveness". Romans ch. 7 really pinpoints God's redemptive love for us through His Son Jesus. God's Love is available to all of us once you repent and turn to Jesus and accept Him through faith. Living a life through Christ can only make all things right!
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