Romans 7:15
15 For [gar] that which [hos] I do [katergazomai] I allow [ginosko] not [ou]: for [gar] what [hos] I would [thelo], that [touto] do I [prasso] not [ou]; but [alla] what [hos] I hate [miseo], that [touto] do I [poieo]. KJV-Interlinear
15 For I do not understand my own
actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate. ESV
Having believed in Jesus Christ, Christians are
already designated as righteous, however, that righteousness is not yet perfected,
but will be perfected at the resurrection.
Prior to faith in Christ, which is prior to ones
salvation, evil had rule over body and soul.
When Christ went to the cross, He paid the price, and
defeated both sin and death.
In order to obtain freedom from sin and death, the
individual must believe in Christ, and by that faith, identifies with Christ in
his work on the cross, which is to say His death, burial, and resurrection.
Even though we are saved, we still live in this world,
in our physical bodies, which are still chained, so to speak, to the sin
nature. And as such, we have a war within us, between good and evil.
Paul describes that battle in this and the next
several verses.
That which I do, is a reference to the evil that we
do. I allowed not, refers to our preference to not do evil. In other words, I
don’t want to do evil, but I do it anyway.
In the next phrase, for what I would, refers to what I
prefer to do, namely good, I do not do.
In the final phrase of this verse, demonstrates the
trap that we are in, while living within these physical bodies. And that final
phrase simply means that we do evil even though we don’t want to do evil.
In the summary of this verse, is that, though we have
a preference to do good, we have a tendency to do evil.
The whole point of this, is to demonstrate that sin
and evil have power and authority and control over us. And we cannot escape
that power and authority on our own.
As unbelievers, there is no resource to get away from
sin and evil and death.
As believers, Bible doctrine is a resource to help us
neutralize sin and evil in our life, but we will not fully escape its influence
until the resurrection, or until our physical death, wherein we leave the
physical body behind, and enter into heaven, thus leaving the sin nature
behind, and eventually being restored to a resurrection body, which is
incorruptible and eternal.
While we are here in this world, we have to put up
with the bad, so to speak. But we have Bible doctrine to help us endure in that
process.
And needless to say, if we lack Bible doctrine,
because we have not learned it, then life will be just that much more miserable
for us, due to lack of resources, namely Bible doctrine.
These studies, are a part of the massive
daily study web site at DailyBibeStudy.Org, that is easily accessible, and are
written, so that you can come to Christ if you have not done so already, and
therefore not be lost forever.
And
if you have already believed in Christ, then these studies are written so you
can learn and understand and grow in your spiritual life, so that you can come
to the full knowledge of Christ, so that you can fulfill your meaning and
purpose in life as God intended for you, and so you can qualify for a
phenomenal eternal reward which you will have forever.
To
ignore this opportunity to pursue a daily study means you will be incomplete,
unfulfilled and you will lose out, big time.
The
Daily Bible Study is online, making it possible as never before in all of human
history, to advance in ones relationship with God, through Christ, and to complete
yourself beyond your imagination.
But
you have to decide to make that commitment.
No one else can study for you.
You have to do that yourself.
