• An Honest Confession — Rom 7:14
  • The Law is spiritual
    • Holy in character
    • Must be obeyed in spirit
  • I am of the flesh
    • Sold under sin
    • The old nature is still sinful
    • Carnal lifestyle
      • Living by material means
      • Living by self-effort
• A Real Discovery — Rom 7:15-17
  • He did not want to sin — Rom 7:15a
    • His new nature
    • The new nature does not want to sin
  • He hated sin — Rom 7:15b
    • New nature hates sin
    • The unregenerate nature delights in sin
  • His heart approved the Law — Rom 7:16
    • "My heart consents to God's Law"
    • "But I am far from following it"
  • His old nature was "doing it"
    • "No longer I"
    • "It is sin dwelling in me"
    • Sin masters man
• An Accurate Analysis of Himself — Rom 7:18-20
  • Spiritual bankruptcy of the flesh — Rom 7:18a
    • It is total bankruptcy — no good thing
    • It is total depravity — emotional, intellectual, volitional
  • The longing for holiness — "to will is present with me"
  • The fact of human helplessness — "how to do that which is good—I find not"
  • Summary
    • There is no good thing in our old nature
    • We cannot will to do good
    • We are totally dependent on the Holy Spirit for any goodness
• The Bitter Conflict — Rom 7:21-24
  • Evil is present
    • It is ready to erupt
    • It is active
  • There is delight in holiness — Rom 7:22
  • The powerful principle of sin
    • It is warring in his members
      • Continuously offensive
      • Never at rest
    • Its goal is to take captive
      • Defeat
      • Immobilize
  • The hopeless condition, "O wretched man" — Rom 7:24
  • The right question — "Who shall deliver me from the body of death?
• The Triumph of the Believer — Rom 7:25
  • There is Someone who can deliver!
  • A body of life
  • There is victory!
  • A thankful heart

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