Romans 7:14-25 Law of God or law of sin?

The Conflict of Two Natures

      14For we know that the Law is spiritual, but I am of flesh, sold into bondage to sin. 15For what I am doing, I do not understand; for I am not practicing what I would like to do, but I am doing the very thing I hate. 16But if I do the very thing I do not want to do, I agree with the Law, confessing that the Law is good. 17So now, no longer am I the one doing it, but sin which dwells in me. 18For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh; for the willing is present in me, but the doing of the good is not. 19For the good that I want, I do not do, but I practice the very evil that I do not want. 20But if I am doing the very thing I do not want, I am no longer the one doing it, but sin which dwells in me.

      21I find then the principle that evil is present in me, the one who wants to do good. 22For I joyfully concur with the law of God in the inner man, 23but I see a different law in the members of my body, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin which is in my members. 24Wretched man that I am! Who will set me free from the body of this death? 25Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, on the one hand I myself with my mind am serving the law of God, but on the other, with my flesh the law of sin.

Paul is a great writer! How can I add to his words to provide a greater understanding?

I selected his principals and separated them below, hopefully they will sink in as you read them.

Law is spiritual,

but I am of flesh, sold into bondage to sin. 

for I am not practicing what I would like to do, but I am doing the very thing I hate.

no longer am I the one doing it, but sin which dwells in me.

For the good that I want, I do not do, but I practice the very evil that I do not want.

But if I am doing the very thing I do not want, I am no longer the one doing it, but sin which dwells in me.

I find then the principle that evil is present in me, (AND emphasis added) the one who wants to do good.

 I see a different law in the members of my body, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin which is in my members.

Wretched man that I am! Who will set me free from the body of this death?

on the one hand I myself with my mind am serving the law of God, but on the other, with my flesh the law of sin.

25Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord!

As we can see, only Jesus can set us free! We carry the sinful nature in us (AND) the loving grace from Jesus Christ. They are both at war inside us. Which one will prevail in the end?

When your members are at war, stop and ask, WWJD?

Remember,

Your soul has been forever marked by Him. Your name has been written in the Lambs Book of Life. Rejoice!

Blessings, David 

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