Yes of course he is. The flesh will always serve the law of sin and this is why it has to be crucified once and for all where the body of sin is destroyed. It is through dying WITH Christ that we are set free from sin whereby we can then walk according to the Spirit where we no longer fulfill the lusts of the flesh.Dodo_David said:In Romans 7:25 (ESV), the Apostle Paul says, "So then, I myself serve the law of God with my mind, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin."
In that verse, Paul is speaking in the present tense.
You are teaching the opposite and referring to Bible verses out of context as proof texts.
You claim that sin will reign when Paul says the opposite...
Rom 6:12 Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.
We are to not yield ourselves to unrighteousness...
Rom 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.
Sin does not have dominion over us and therefore we are not to serve it. Those who serve sin are the slaves of sin.
Rom 6:14 For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.
Rom 6:15 What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.
Rom 6:16 Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?
How much clearer can Paul be? He goes on...
Rom 6:17 But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you.
Rom 6:18 Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.
Rom 6:19 I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness.
Rom 6:20 For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness.
Paul's flesh was crucified. Paul has died to sin. Therefore the flesh that served sin was no longer active for its deeds were put to death by the Spirit...
Rom 8:13 For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.
How can anyone seriously use Romans 7 to defend ongoing sin in salvation baffles me. To do so one has to ignore the rest of the Bible.