We know that the law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin. I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do. And if I do what I do not want to do, I agree that the law is good. As it is, it is no longer I myself who do it, but it is the sin living in me, that is, in my sinful nature. For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. For what I do is not the good I want to do; no, the evil I do not want to do - this I keep on doing. Now if I do what I do not want to do, it is no longer I who does it, but it is the sin living in me that does it.
So I find this law at work: When I want to do good, evil is right there with me. For in my inner being, I delight in God's law, but I see another law at work in the members of my body, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin at work within my members. What I wretched [wo]man am I! Who will rescue me from this body of death? Thanks be to God - through Jesus Christ our Lord!
I was originally going to post this on my other blog: the blog that no one sees except for a select few friends. But, alas, the only way to conquer sin is to address it and make it known.
So, this is me asking you to pray for me. Please.
I will do as you ask, my dear (:
ReplyDeletep.s. what translation is your bible?
It's the NIV.
ReplyDeleteAnd, thanks, lovely! That means so much. <3