In Romans 7 Paul talks about his own struggle with the flesh. He says (in my paraphrase) that he always seems to find himself doing exactly the opposite of what he desires to do, i.e. the good that he wants to do and knows he should do. Then he makes an interesting statement: “…if I do what I do not want, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells within me.”

Wow, sounds like a license to sin; hey it’s not me who does it!! Man I’m likin’ this!

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