I Do What I Don't Want to Do

Rick Manis Ministries Podcast · Jul 8, 2018 · 37m · transcript

The struggle of Romans 7 illustrates a frustration many Christians feel. They want to do "right" but find themselves doing the very thing that they don't want to do. Then they feel shame, frustration and fear. They are acting as a slave to sin. By trying in their flesh to do better they present themselves as slaves to sin trying to get better. They are starting from the wrong premise. They are actually slaves of righteousness in Christ, new creations not subject to condemnation. When we submit to our new husband (the old law husband has died so we are free now to marry the new) we become…