Romans 7:24
24 O wretched [talaiporos] man [anthropos] that I am [ego]! who [tis] shall deliver [rhoumai] me [me] from [ek] the body [soma] of this [toutou] death [thanatos]? KJV-Interlinear
24 Wretched man that I am! Who will
deliver me from this body of death? ESV
Therefore, Paul makes a statement, that he, as with us
all, is a wretched man. The word wretched, refers to a miserable person, or one
who is under a continual trial of duress and pressure and strain and stress,
and so forth.
This condition exists the entire duration of an
individual’s life in this world.
As we’ve already seen, the cause of this wretchedness,
is the sin nature that resides within each one of us, within our physical
bodies.
Note, that the sin nature does not reside within your
soul, but the sin nature does influence and put pressure on your thoughts and
decisions.
And within the essence of ourselves, there is no means
whatsoever, to defend ourselves, or to fight the sin nature, or to free
ourselves from the sin nature.
Therefore, the question, who will deliver us from the
sin nature?
And of course in the next verse Paul reveals that who,
who is Jesus Christ.
So one of the important principles to learn from this
passage, is that apart from Jesus Christ there is no way, and no method, and
nothing that can separate us from the sin nature and its destructive influence.
Therefore, all of the good intentions, all of the
invented methods and philosophies of exercise or diet or even positive thinking,
none of these will help to eliminate or even stabilize the function of the sin
nature within us.
There is only one source of that stability, and one
source of that freedom, and that source is Jesus Christ.
And you gain access to that source, when you believe
in Christ, which we call salvation. But, you gain function of that source when
you grow up in Christ, which we call spiritual growth, and that comes by means
of learning Bible doctrine on a daily basis.
Study [by instruction],
to show thyself
approved [spiritually mature]
unto God,
a workman [student]
that need not be
ashamed [ignorant],
rightly dividing [learning, understanding, discerning]
the word of truth [Bible doctrine].
If you can dream
and not make dreams your master,
If you can think
and not let thoughts narrow your views,
If you can meet
triumph with disaster equally,
If you can learn
and see your full meaning and purpose in life,
Then you can
believe in Christ, learn Bible doctrine, and grow far beyond the potential that
God has prepared for you.
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.
