Kevin Williams.
One of the most dangerous teachings in the church today is the 'Wretched Christian view' of Romans 7. See also: (Romans 7 by Charles Leiter.) Unfortunately this common teaching on Romans 7 is to isolate it from the surrounding verses and chapters and go against everything that has been said.The language of the man of Romans 7, is not a man who occasionally sins, or a man growing in Holiness with leftover sins, but rather, a man in complete bondage to, practicing a lifestyle of sin. It is the man, 1 John says "is of the devil". This is clearly Paul pre-conversation. What often throws people is when Paul says "For I delight in the law of God according to the inward man" people presume that this must refer to a saved person as otherwise they would have no regard for God's law. But Paul, before he was saved, was a Jew and a 'Pharisee of Pharisee" and so of course he delighted and took pride in the Law of God, but in his flesh he was still serving and in bondage to sin.
A Christian should not be living defeated and in bondage to sin like the Romans 7 man, and if he is then there is every indication that he or she is lost. Here Tim Conway delivers three life transforming sermons on Romans 7, and shows that if you're a believer then, as Rom 6:14 says, "sin shall not have dominion over you":Click on blue links to play (or right-click/save-as to download mp3):
The Overlooked Context of the Romans 7 Man - 51 min
Abusing Romans 7: A Wrong View of the Christian Life - 50 min
The Dangerous Defeatist Mentality of Misreading Romans 7 - 43 min
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