Mar 22, 2020
Romans 7:14-25 14 For we know that
the law is spiritual, but I am of the flesh, sold under sin.
15 For I do not understand my own actions. For I do not
do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate. 16 Now
if I do what I do not want, I agree with the law, that it is
good.17 So now it is no longer I who do it, but sin that
dwells within me. 18 For I know that nothing good dwells
in me, that is, in my flesh. For I have the desire to do what is
right, but not the ability to carry it out. 19 For I do
not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I keep
on doing. 20 Now if I do what I do not want, it is no
longer I who do it, but sin that dwells within me. 21 So
I find it to be a law that when I want to do right, evil lies close
at hand. 22 For I delight in the law of God, in my inner
being, 23 but I see in my members another law waging war
against the law of my mind and making me captive to the law of sin
that dwells in my members. 24 Wretched man that I am!
Who will deliver me from this body of death? 25 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.
Though there can be no doubt about the fact that we are living in
extraordinary times, these are not unprecedented times. The church
of the Lord Jesus has faced far greater calamities and
difficulties. As we worship this morning therefore, however
peculiar the circumstances, we do so knowing that His promises are
sure. Let us gather, wherever we are, in the spirit of unity and
hope. We’ll sing of the Rock of Ages, of the Lover of
Our Souls, of the Fount of Every Blessing. We’ll sing
of His Wondrous Love and we will reaffirm before a
watching world that, “God is our refuge and strength, a very
present help in trouble. Therefore, we will not fear though the
earth gives way, though the mountains be moved into the heart of
the sea, though its waters roar and foam, though the mountains
tremble at its swelling” (Psalm 46:1-3). —George Grant
Key Words: Law, Flesh, Sin, Hate, Desire, Evil,
War, Wretched, Deliver, Thanks
Keystone Verse: Wretched man that I am! Who will
deliver me from this body of death? (Romans 7:24)