Thursday July 28 – Romans 7:14-25

Is this an explanation, or an excuse? How is it that knowing the right thing does not necessarily lead to doing the right thing? Paul is not saying that the law is wrong or bad, but he is admitting that he breaks the commandments.

Is this the original ‘devil made me do it’ rationalization of sin? Our introspective consciences and modern psychology grabs hold of the rhetoric of ‘the real me’ struggling with ‘something inside’. What did Paul mean with such talk, in his time and worldview?

The argument concludes with something closer to acknowledgement of ‘moral hazard’ that when we are most righteous, we are most vulnerable to err. In the end, don’t count on anybody’s righteousness, but on the faithfulness of God to us.
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