Romans 13-25 Analysis

Romans 7:13-25 is a challenging passage that presents the difficulty of the Christian life and the hope of the future. Believers face a lifetime of battle between the sin that dwells within them, and the spiritual law that God has placed in the regenerated man’s heart. Despite the natural inclination towards sin that is still strong within a regenerated believer, he is not trapped under its dominion.
The first point Paul makes in this passage is about the purpose and character of the law. The law exposes and magnifies sin. There were those who argued that the law is sin, because of the consequences that came from its installment. However, the law is not to be blamed. Man is not condemned because of the law; he is condemned because of the sin that he participates in. Verse 13 says that the law exposes the reality of sin, “producing death in me.” The law speaks against sin and issues punishment. Paul next addresses the spiritual law, which cannot restrain carnal man. Verse 14 states that we know the law to be spiritual, as it is …show more content…
The law given in the Old Testament simply does not have the power to deliver man from the draw of sin. The flesh holds too much control over man. There is a constant war and struggle between these two laws. The contrast here is the “law of my mind,” which is the law of God, and the law of my members “which dwells in me,” the law of sin. The struggle here is that doing needs members, and those members are controlled by the law of sin. The law of God judges those deeds, and condemns them. But those actions are not what makes a person; it is man himself that chooses to sin, and because man is a sinner, he does what he does not want to do, which is sin. Because of that law of sin that controls man’s members, making him do what he does not want, because that law is so firmly a part of him, the law of his mind loses the struggle. It cannot overcome the power of