Just a few verses later Paul repeats his lament of this inner conflict, “For what I do is not the good I want to do; no, the evil I do not want to do – this I keep on doing.” (Romans 7:19) Here, Paul is bemoaning the real and bewildering inner conflict between the two natures within him…the old nature of sin and fleshly desires, and the new nature of grace and a renewed mind. This is where our Salvation and the “already and not yet” needs to come into play. As a Christain, we have been already liberated from the power of sin, but we are not yet free from the presence of sin. And so as long as we live here on earth, this conflict will continue to raise its slimy little head.
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