Romans 7:18-20
Struggles with Sin
18 For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. 19 For what I do is not the good I want to do; no, the evil I do not want to do—this I keep on doing. 20 Now if I do what I do not want to do, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it.
St. Paul talks about sin and our daily struggles with sin...And this struggle sometimes seems like a battle...St. Paul is speaking of the Mosaic Law...But most people of the world know their is a right and a wrong, a universal moral law...The moral law would include helping others who need it, to assist the weak, to be courteous and such...The problem arises in today's world that each of us has their own vision and description of their right and their wrong...Sometimes our right and our wrong version of moral law doesn't include us...I am in a hurry so I need to drive faster, to make my appointment...We sometimes don't take account that others have the own vision of this right and wrong, and it may not coincide with our version...As Jesus teaches, we must try to think of others and their versions...
Sin is sin, no matter how we define it...St. Paul tells us how hard it is to do right all the time...It is a struggle...There is this internal battle we constantly face to do good or not do good...St. Paul in Romans chapter seven, tells us about how sin lives in us and makes each of us individually a slave to sin...Because we are born with sin in us, we must be so thankful for Jesus who came and saved us and sets us free (from sin)...So even though we are sinners we have a Reconciler and Savior through Jesus...