Romans 7.15-24
For I do not do the good I want, but I do the evil I do not want.
Now if I do what I do not want, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells in me.
So, then, I discover the principle that when I want to do right, evil is at hand.
For I take delight in the law of God, in my inner self,
but I see in my members another principle at war with the law of my mind,
taking me captive to the law of sin that dwells in my members.
Miserable one that I am! Who will deliver me from this mortal body?
-- Romans 7.15-24
Now that I've read this, I realize that I cannot escape it. Its is the core of my being. I know what I want to do, but my wordly self does not. My decisions as such are just that, decisions, but when it comes time for action I am not always the one in charge.
Now if I do what I do not want, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells in me.
So, then, I discover the principle that when I want to do right, evil is at hand.
For I take delight in the law of God, in my inner self,
but I see in my members another principle at war with the law of my mind,
taking me captive to the law of sin that dwells in my members.
Miserable one that I am! Who will deliver me from this mortal body?
-- Romans 7.15-24
Now that I've read this, I realize that I cannot escape it. Its is the core of my being. I know what I want to do, but my wordly self does not. My decisions as such are just that, decisions, but when it comes time for action I am not always the one in charge.