I Myself

Romans 7:22-25 - For I delight in the law of God, in my inner being, but I see in my members another law waging war against the law of my mind and making me captive to the law of sin that dwells in my members. Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death? Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself serve the law of God with my mind, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin.

1 Peter 2:11 - Beloved, I urge you as sojourners and exiles to abstain from the passions of the flesh, which wage war against your soul.

Romans 8:2 - For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death.

2 Corinthians 2:14 - But thanks be to God, who in Christ always leads us in triumphal procession, and through us spreads the fragrance of the knowledge of him everywhere.

Romans 6:22 - But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the fruit you get leads to sanctification and its end, eternal life.

Application:

·         Am I separated from the corruption of the world, not yielding to its destructive sinful desires?

·         Law of sin and death is the controlling power of sin, which ultimately produces death.

·         Deliverance comes, not through legalistic effort, but through Christ.

·         The grace of God is more than adequate for every conceivable situation, no matter how threatening and destructive it may seem to be. I am called to spiritual warfare and I am triumphantly led by God in Christ, and it is through me that God spreads the fragrance of the knowledge of Christ.

·         If I have been justified, I will surely give evidence of that fact by the presence of holiness in my life.

·         Do I delight in God’s law?

All Scripture verses taken from ESV