17-20 But I need something more! For if I know the law but still can’t keep it, and if the power of sin within me keeps sabotaging my best intentions, I obviously need help! I realize that I don’t have what it takes. I can will it, but I can’t do it. I decide to do good, but I don’t really do it; I decide not to do bad, but then I do it anyway. My decisions, such as they are, don’t result in actions. Something has gone wrong deep within me and gets the better of me every time.
Thank you Jesus, because with out you I am these verses with no way out. Funny to me how this book written so long ago cuts right to the relevant core so easily and consistently yet today.
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I agree. The specific pitfalls are probably different today. But, the overall temptation to do them is still strong. It reads like it could have been written last week!
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