(Rom 7:24) “O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?”  Voiced by a person enlightened to see oneself as they really are – condemned by their own sin nature without any hope in self or their fellowman. John the Baptist put it so well speaking of the Christ: (Lk 3:16) “… the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose:…” It is He alone Who is the deliverer, Who bore your sin on the cross and then rose again to save your eternal soul!

(Rom 7:23) “But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.”  Seeing as it is pointed out plainly here that there is a battle taking place in our minds, shouldn’t it emphasis the great need of reprogramming it with the Word of God (Rom 12:1-2) and living by “every” Word that has come from the mouth of God (Matt. 4:4). Do you desire and spend time in the Word of God daily?

(Rom 7:23) “But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.” The mind is the true battlefield for the Child of God. Living in this flesh among a majority of unsaved corrupted thinking individuals, we are constantly in contact with their thoughts and actions. Our only defense is whatever time we spend in and the pondering of the things of God.

(Rom 7:22) “For I delight in the law of God after the inward man: (23)  But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.” My new nature given at the time of my spiritual birth longs to please God. My spirit links me into fellowship with God Who is Spirit (Jn 4:24). Yet, my flesh is linked to my corrupt nature of the fallen soul. Thus, the battle to do and live right.

(Rom 7:21) “I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me.”  This may very well be the first level of honesty and humility before God. To be saved, one must understand that their sin was the reason for Jesus’ sufferings and death. We then repent and by faith desire the gift of everlasting life.

(Rom 7:19) “For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do. (20)  Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.”  The struggle of the saved is to battle this flesh rather than give into it. 1 John teaches us that the true believer will not live in sin (practice it). They will at times yield, but then repent and seek to walk the holy road once again.

(Rom 7:18) “For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.” Instead of being sure they are truly born again, many seek to please God by going to church and doing various things. Works are not excepted by God until they come through His Spirit working through ours made alive by birth: (Zec_4:6)  “Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts.” 

(Rom 7:16) “If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good. (17)  Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.” This is by no means a dismissal of individual responsibility. Instead, it speaks of two things: first, the purity of God’s law; and second, that we indeed do sin and therefore need Jesus the only Savoir of man.

(Rom 7:15) “For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I. (16)  If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good.” The very fact that I now, as a believer would like to obey the law but my own flesh battles me, proves the law is the good; my desires the evil. Friend, that which is from God has to be good.

(Rom 7:14) “For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin. (15)  For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I.”  Have you ever thought something, only to realize later it was somehow sin against God, whether it be pride of heart, judgment of others, or even to somehow doubt the goodness of God? It is the carnal mind not fully reprogrammed (Romans 12:1-2).