Hosea 6 & 7, Romans 7: 7-25, Psalm 108: 1-5
Romans 7: 24-25 (ESV)
“Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body
of death? Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself
serve the law of God with my mind, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin.”
Verses 24 and 25 from Romans 7 is the conclusion of Paul’s question
of whether the law is sin. Paul argues that sin eventually leads to death. Even
if we are saved in Jesus Christ and given a new life, we will still struggle
with sin. Paul writes “For I delight in the law of God, in my inner being, but
I see in my members another law waging war against the law of my mind and
making me captive to the law of sin that dwells in my members.” Even though we
may delight in the law of God, we will always face a struggle within ourselves
between our body and our mind to commit sin. Paul argues that the only way to
win this inner struggle with sin is to rely on Christ. We cannot face this
struggle alone. Faith in Jesus doesn’t take away the struggle, but Jesus works
through so we can victory over sin. David Guzik in his bible commentary has argued
that 1) the law teaches us what not do but we couldn’t do because of our sinful
nature, and 2) the law tells us what we need to do like a coach but we still
couldn’t do it, and 3) the law cannot heal our sinful nature; what we need is a
savior and that savior is Jesus Christ.
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