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1 | "the law is spiritual, but I am carnal" | Rom 7:14 | Morant61 | 165150 | ||
Greetings Kalos! I would like to ask of Dr. MacArthur: How could Rom. 7:14-25 refer to a Christian as a 'slave to sin' when Paul said of Christians in Rom. 6 that: 1) We have died to sin - v. 2. 2) Our old self was crucified with Him - v. 6. 3) We are no longer slaves to sin - v. 6. 4) We are no longer to let sin reign in our mortal bodies - v. 12. 5) Sin shall not be our master - v. 14. 6) We USED to be slaves to sin - v. 17. 7) We have been set FREE from sin - v. 18 and v. 22. How would you combine the description of chapter 6 and the description of 7:14-25 without making them contradictory? I would also ask: Have you noticed that Rom. 7:14-25 doesn't describe a struggle to avoid sin, but a complete inability to avoid sin? The person Paul describes in Rom. 7 NEVER does the good that he wants, and ALWAYS does the evil that he does not want to do. Is this a description of a Christian's walk with Christ? Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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2 | "the law is spiritual, but I am carnal" | Rom 7:14 | atdcross | 165155 | ||
Your question, "Have you noticed that Rom. 7:14-25 doesn't describe a struggle to avoid sin, but a complete inability to avoid sin?" is something I had thought of but failed to note in these discussions. I appreciate your observations and pointing this out. The Christian life is not one of being overcome by sin but of overcoming sin. If one is overcome by sin, I would think that person needs to rethink his/her position in Christ. Holiness is not a thing of dreams. |
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3 | "the law is spiritual, but I am carnal" | Rom 7:14 | Morant61 | 165156 | ||
Greetings Atdcross! Thanks for the kind comments and for the personal info in your profile. It always helps to know something more about the individuals who post on this forum. :-) Concerning Rom. 7:14-25, I have read so many interpretations of this passage that view it as a Christian's self-evaulation of himself. They would argue that the believer looks at himself, and seeing how far short he comes to the glory of God cannot help but cry out 'O wretched man that I am!'. This position never made sense to me in that, while I certainly do fall short and sin against God at times, I do not sin constantly by any stretch of the imagination. :-) I haven't read all of your posts on this topic, but I do differ with you on one point. I do see Paul as describing himself in Rom. 7:14-25, but I see him describing himself prior to his conversion. I see him describing himself as a Pharisee, who loves the Law of God, but finds himself unable to obey it, who wants to please God, but cannot. I certainly do agree with your emphasis that we are no longer slaves to sin. :-) Anyway, welcome to forum! Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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4 | "the law is spiritual, but I am carnal" | Rom 7:14 | Hank | 165158 | ||
Admittedly the Romans 7:14-25 passage has been read from differing perspectives, but I cannot divorce from my mind Paul's usage of verbs in the present tense and for this reason as well as the general contextual sense that I gather from studying the passage, I must cast my lot with those who hold that the passage is nothing if not autobiographical and designed as revelatory of what the apostle himself experienced in the flesh as a follower of Christ and as universally exemplary of the problems that all believers experience in their battle with sin. It is the kind of struggle that is common and peculiar to regenerate believers only, not unregenerate sinners, who, dead in their sins, know no such struggle. --Hank | ||||||
5 | "the law is spiritual, but I am carnal" | Rom 7:14 | Morant61 | 165170 | ||
Greetings Hank! Thanks for the input my friend! How would you respond to my questions to Dr. MacArthur? If Paul is speaking of a Christian, how can a Christian be a slave to sin in chapter 7, but not in chapters 6 and 8? Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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