Inner Conflict

Pastor Bill Bush · Jan 23, 2022

In Romans 7, Paul diagnoses the exhausting inner battle every believer faces: the old sinful nature and the new creation are at war, and no amount of willpower or self-reformation can resolve that conflict. The law reveals the problem but cannot fix it. The only way forward is recognizing that the old self is already dead — it is not who we truly are in Christ — and surrendering the fight to Jesus, whose Spirit provides the power to live the life God calls us to. That fuller answer waits in Romans 8, but the honest reckoning of Romans 7 is essential preparation.