I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do. And if I do what I do not want to do, I agree that the law is good. As it is, it is no longer I myself who do it, but it is sin living in me. I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my sinful nature. For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. For what I do is not the good I want to do; no, the evil I do not want to do—this I keep on doing. Now if I do what I do not want to do, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it. So I find this law at work: When I want to do good, evil is right there with me. For in my inner being I delight in God's law; but I see another law at work in the members of my body, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin at work within my members. What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death? Thanks be to God—through Jesus Christ our Lord!
ROMANS 7:15-25 (New International Version)
2 comments:
AMEN sister!
Sometimes I don't do evil, but the thought is there. I think, hey, I didn't say that nasty thing, or I didn't do that evil act. I can't wait to get to the point where I don't have evil thoughts. Please don't say that won't happen until God is finished with me. :)
Hey did you know that passage was in my reading on Monday? Well know you didn't... but it was one of the most sticky outy parts... I hear ya... I'll say a little prayer for you... and you could say a little prayer for me... Yea! Fellowship in Christ!
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