"What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death?"
(Rom. 7:24)
Faced with my base nature and the darkness of my soul, I, as a child of God, do not have to buy the Deceiver's lie that I can numb the pain with an effort to redeem myself through my own good works. I know that God works by multiplying His grace over humiliated sinners, using their weakness to demonstrate how Good He is--and how Powerful He is over Sin and Death (II Cor.12:10). I can choose at my low points to victorious in God's rescue from sin (I Cor. 10:13) and be restored into close relationship with Him.
And in the end I can say: "Thanks be to God--through Jesus Christ our Lord!" (Rom. 7:25)
(Rom. 7:24)
Faced with my base nature and the darkness of my soul, I, as a child of God, do not have to buy the Deceiver's lie that I can numb the pain with an effort to redeem myself through my own good works. I know that God works by multiplying His grace over humiliated sinners, using their weakness to demonstrate how Good He is--and how Powerful He is over Sin and Death (II Cor.12:10). I can choose at my low points to victorious in God's rescue from sin (I Cor. 10:13) and be restored into close relationship with Him.
And in the end I can say: "Thanks be to God--through Jesus Christ our Lord!" (Rom. 7:25)
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