(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).

(Rom 7:14) “For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin.”  This flesh is carnal – fleshly – corrupted by the old nature (fallen nature), that part of us that loves self and puts its pleasures before God. The law is the opposite, as are all the things of God. They are spiritual. This is why man does not naturally seek God.

(Rom 7:13) “Was then that which is good made death unto me? God forbid. But sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is good; that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful.” Death, the wages of sin, was always there. But through the law we can now plainly see the danger before us. It is now time, right now, to turn our hearts away from our sin and ask God for forgiveness and the gift of everlasting life.

(Rom 7:12)  “Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.”  Have you noticed that the characteristics of the law are the same as God’s. God is good. The law is good. When Israel first heard the law, Hebrews reveals, (Heb 12:20) “(For they could not endure that which was commanded,…” This is the heart of every unsaved thus unchanged in spirit person.

(Rom 7:12)  “Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.”  “Just”: equable to all men. Some people sin and say, “God knows my heart.” That’s the point. He knows. He knows you believe you are the exception to His rule. No one is.

(Rom 7:12) “Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.”  “Holy”: separate from all others as God is holy and none compares to Him. The law came from God, not man, and therefore is perfect like God – holy.