You have to know how the apostles write. You are western with a western mindset, and "we" and "I" as in Romans 7, you probably believe are Christians. (This is not my first rodeo.) But Paul is not saying that Christians have the struggle of Romans 7:14-23, and neither is John speaking about Christians who do not have the light of God in them.
see CL this is why there is a church... the CALLED OUT ONES? understand now. we
this is the christian struggle. but we have HELP in our struggle. listen, Ephesians 6:10 "Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might."Ephesians 6:11 "Put on the whole armour of God,
that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil."Ephesians 6:12 "For we wrestle
not against flesh and blood,
but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places."Ephesians 6:13 "Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand."Ephesians 6:14 "Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;"Ephesians 6:15 "And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;"Ephesians 6:16 "Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked."Ephesians 6:17 "And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:"Ephesians 6:18 "Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and
watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;"
CL, you might wnat to read that again, as well as this, Galatians 5:17 "For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other:
so that ye cannot do the things that ye would." that old man, which is our old mind. have you ever heard the old saying, "the mind is willing, but the body is not". yes, because it suppose to be dead indeed to sin. see we have a new twist to an old saying.
understand, knowing this, back to , Romans 6:12 "
Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof."Romans 6:13 "Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God."
LET is an act of the will. see CL, the fight is in your head, where that old body, "MIND", or the old man, the seat of consciousness that cater to evil, use to do it's bidding... and the the body of flesh carried out its demands.
that' the difference between "sin", and "iniquity". sin is abstract, you cannot see it... a thought. but the manifestation is it works.
example, if a man look upon a woman in "LUST", he have already
sinned. you cannot see it, but when one acts on it, then the sin is revealed. other words, if a man LUST after a woman, the thought it's spiritual, and cannot see it, but when they get in bed, then that unseen thought is manifested, in the works of the flesh, that's the
iniquity. understand, the woks of the flesh manifest the sin.
so don't keep the thought in your head, just as with Cain, listen Genesis 4:6 "And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?"Genesis 4:7 "If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted?
and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him."
that door is your HEART, or the will of the Soul. so don't entertain the thought, that's why the apostle said, "LET NOT sin rule". overcome the thought by the word of God that is BUILT UP IN YOU, which is the Spirit that has sprong up in us. that's why Peter said, add to your FAITH, and as Paul also said in Ephesians 6, put on the whole aumor of God. now one can understand why in the garden, there was a tree of Good .... and Evil was place there.... (smile).
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101G The "Spiritual Saboteur"