[:en]ALL TOO HUMAN
Paul in Romans 7 wrote about how he struggled with sin. He said: “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” (vs. 15-20)
When we come in faith to Christ, admitting our wrongdoing and need of a Savior, we immediately become a new creation. But our spiritual formation remains a lifelong journey. We still struggle with sin. We can still become a prisoner of sin. But Our Lord will rescue us from the bondage of sin. “Thanks be to God, who delivers me through Jesus Christ our Lord:” (v. 25) – (Tim Gustafson)[:]