The Battle That Rages Within
I preached on Sunday about our internal struggle. That battle that rages within us every day between knowing what is right and doing what is right. About knowing good from evil and still, at times, making the wrong choices. Paul wrote about in Romans, and many believe he was talking about himself before his experience with Jesus on the Damascus Road. I see it differently. Paul was describing himself, but I think he was describing the challenges he still dealt with as a mature Christian. And why do I think that. Because Paul wrote it in the present tense. I don’t believe Paul is speaking of a former self, I believe he was speaking about his current self. The very fact that he delights in God's law in verse 22 reveals a transformed heart. Only a believer could say, 'In my inner being I delight in God's law.' But Paul describes an internal war raging in vivid terms in verses 21-23: 'So I find this law at work: Although I want to...
