"Why Do I Struggle With Sin?"- Chris Walls
Romans 7:14-25
I. The First Cry (v. 14-17)
A. The Condition (v.14)
B. The Conflict (v. 15)
C. The Conception (v.16-17)
II. The Second Cry (v. 18-20)
A. The Condition (v. 18)
In our on flesh there is nothing that is good, holy or
pleasing to God.
B. The Contradiction (v. 19)
There is a contradiction then. It is that we are new
creations that live in Christ, how can we sin. We do
not! It is the sin that dwells within us the stirs up
and we act on that fleshly desire.
C. The Conception (v. 20)
III. The Third Cry (v. 21-23)
A. The Condition (v. 21-22)
The presence of evil in a believer's life is so
universal that Paul refers to it not as an uncommon
thing but as such a common reality as to be called a
continually operating spiritual principle. Lingering
sin does battle with every good thing a believer
desires to do, every good thought, every good
intention, every good motive, every good word, every
good deed.
.B. The Confrontation (v. 23a)
C. The Conception (v. 23b)
IV. The Fourth Cry (v. 24-25)
A. The Condition (v. 24a)
B. The Conquest (v. 24b)
The conquest comes only through Jesus Christ and his
work of salvation in the life of the believer. It
comes cause we can seek forgiveness from God through
the shed blood of Jesus Christ. He is our advocate
before God to help us conquer the sin that wages
inside all of us.
C. The Conception (v. 25)