Contents: The conflict of the flesh with the spiritual nature. Impossibility of victory through the law.

Characters: God, Christ, Paul.

Conclusion: The function of the law is to detect and condemn sin, not to deliver from it. In the life of the believer there will ever be conflict between grace and corruption in the heart, between the law of God and the law of sin. Who shall deliver us? Jesus Christ is the all-sufficient Saviour and Friend, who has not only purchased our deliverance, but is our advocate in Heaven, through Whom we may be made victorious.

Key Word: Sold under sin, Romans 7:14.

Strong Verses: Romans 7:4; Romans 7:12; Romans 7:13; Romans 7:23; Romans 7:24; Romans 7:25.

Striking Facts: The believer upon acceptance of Christ receives a spiritual nature which begins at once strife with the Adamic nature, which is not eradicated until we stand in Christ's presence. The strife is effectually taken up on the believer's behalf by the Holy Spirit, and if the believer will but yield to Him in the hour of conflict, He will take the victory (Romans 8:2; Galatians 5:16-17).

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