05/13/26 BE HONEST WITH ROMANS 7
If you disagree with the idea of deliverance from sin in this present evil world, maybe this post will be interesting to you.If God can keep you from willful disobedience for 5 seconds, then He can keep you for 5 minutes, or even 5 hours, or even 5 days, or even longer.
The only law that says we must sin is the Law of Sin and Death, in Romans 7. (The Law of Sin and the Body of Death comprise the sinful nature that all humans inherited from Adam).
Romans 7:21-25
21 I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me.
22 For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:
23 But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.
24 O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?
25 I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.
BUT Chapter 7 is not the final word on the sin problem, even in the book of Romans. At the end of Romans 7, Paul asked, "Who shall deliver me from the body of this death?" Paul immediately gave us God's answer, "I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord." The Holy Spirit continued to reveal more about this deliverance in the very next words of Romans 8.
Romans 8:1-11
1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.
3 For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:
4 That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
5 For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.
6 For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.
7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.
8 So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.
9 But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.
10 And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.
11 But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.
The devil wants us to only see that there is a sin problem; he does not want us to know that there is a sin solution through Divine deliverance. Whoever teaches the sin problem from Romans 7, without teaching God's salvation, God's deliverance from the sin problem, as found in Romans 7 and 8, is teaching the message of Satan's power to enslave rather than the message of God's power to save and deliver.
Not only does God deliver believers from the acts of sin, but He also delivers from the attitude of sin. God delivers from the fruit of sin and the root of sin. Satan does not want you to know this. Sadly, there are also preachers who don't want you to believe this.
Deliverance from sin is not a special grace or a life extended to, or experienced by, or enjoyed by a select few of God's children. Deliverance from sin's penalty, power, presence is the reality for all of those who are born of the Spirit and walking in the Spirit. It is the seal God sets on us, to identify us as His children.
2 Timothy 2:19
19 Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.
1 John 3:2-10
2 Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
3 And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.
4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.
5 And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin.
6 Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him.
7 Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
8 He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.
9 Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.
10 In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.
We are delivered by The Law of Love, The Royal Law, The Law of Liberty. If we love God, we obey God. Love is the fulfilling of the law. Believers are not only recipients of God's love, we are also channels of His love. Divine love, Perfect love, Pure love is the evidence of salvation.
John 13:34-35
34 A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
35 By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.
John 14:15
15 If ye love me, keep my commandments.
John 14:21
21 He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.
John 15:10
10 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.
1 John 5:1-3
1 Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him.
2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments.
3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.
2 John 1:6
6 And this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, That, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk in it.
Regardless of what you have been taught and what you have believed, isn't it worthwhile to see if God is willing and able to deliver you from a sinful disposition and sinful actions? If you have a driving inclination to do wrong and if you yield to temptation, which causes remorse, guilt, and shame, then don't you want to be delivered from the grip of sin?
I am not talking about human endeavor or independent self-control; I am talking about the power of God to save His people from their sins. I am talking about total surrender and saving faith in Christ. I am talking about walking in the Spirit.
By the way, if you find this encouraging or helpful, just let me know with a comment or an emoji reaction. Thank you.
