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5. Romans 7 14 We know that the law is holy. But I am not.
I have been sold to be a slave of sin. 15 I don't
understand what I do. I don't do what I want to do.
Instead, I do what I hate to do. 16 I do what I don't want
to do. So I agree that the law is good. 17 As it is, I am no
longer the one who does these things. It is sin living in me
that does them.
6. Romans 7 18 I know there is nothing good in my sinful
nature. I want to do what is good, but I can't. 19 I don't do
the good things I want to do. I keep on doing the evil
things I don't want to do. 20 I do what I don't want to do.
But I am not really the one who is doing it. It is sin living in
me.
7. Romans 7 21 Here is the law I find working in me. When I
want to do good, evil is right there with me. 22 Deep
inside me I find joy in God's law. 23 But I see another law
working in the parts of my body. It fights against the law
of my mind. It makes me a prisoner of the law of sin. That
law controls the parts of my body.
8. Romans 7 24 What a terrible failure I am! Who will save
me from this sin that brings death to my body? 25 I give
thanks to God. He will do it through Jesus Christ our Lord.
So in my mind I am a slave to God's law. But in my
sinful nature I am a slave to the law of sin.
9. Romans 7 24 What a terrible failure I am! Who will save
me from this sin that brings death to my body? 25 I give
thanks to God. He will do it through Jesus Christ our Lord.
So in my mind I am a slave to God's law. But in my
sinful nature I am a slave to the law of sin.
Conflicted
11. A Closer Look at Chapter 3
The Four-Chapter Gospel
Designed for Good
12. A Closer Look at Chapter 3
The Four-Chapter Gospel
Designed for Good Damaged by Evil
13. A Closer Look at Chapter 3
The Four-Chapter Gospel
Designed for Good Damaged by Evil
14. A Closer Look at Chapter 3
The Four-Chapter Gospel
Designed for Good Damaged by Evil
15. A Closer Look at Chapter 3
The Four-Chapter Gospel
Jesus
Designed for Good Damaged by Evil Restored for Better
16. A Closer Look at Chapter 3
The Four-Chapter Gospel
Jesus Jesus
Designed for Good Damaged by Evil Restored for Better Sent Together to Heal
17. Jesus was not God’s Plan B. When God gave the
Torah to the Jews, God knew then that their abuse
of it would eventually make it clear that only the
prophesied Messiah from the line of David was
capable of rescuing them from sin and death.
18. Jesus was not God’s Plan B. When God gave the
Torah to the Jews, God knew then that their abuse
of it would eventually make it clear that only the
prophesied Messiah from the line of David was
capable of rescuing them from sin and death.
Today, those of us who believe in the Bible abuse it in
the same way. God wants us to arrive at the same
conclusion as the Jews of old. We are only saved by
God’s grace and mercy, not by our good behavior.
19. So I’m ‘pre-wired’ to sin,
even if I know better. But if
Jesus will always forgive me,
why should I worry about
making bad choices?
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