rebel flesh

"For I know that nothing good dwells in me,
that is, in my flesh;
for the willing is present in me, but the doing of the good is not.
For the good that I want, I do not do,
but I practice the very evil that I do not want.
But if I am doing the very thing I do not want, I am no longer the one doing it,
but sin which dwells in me.

Wretched man that I am! Who will set me free from the body of this death?

Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord!

So then, on the one hand I myself with my mind am serving the law of God, but on the other, with my flesh the law of sin." Romans 7:18-20, 24-25

From last Sunday's sermon:
What is sin?
Sin challenges the basis of knowledge, God's truth.
Sin challenges the basis of our identity, who we are in Christ.

"Therefore, He had to be made like His brethren in all things,
so that He might become a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God,
to make propitiation for the sins of the people.
For since He Himself was tempted in that which He has suffered,
He is able to come to the aid of those who are tempted. - Hebrews 2:18-19


Lord, save me from myself. Let me not tarry in this desert.