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What A Miserable Man I Am, Part 2

1/9/2021

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This week we continue our study of Romans and how it relates to your and  my walk with Jesus. First let's consider The Regenerate Man.  
In Romans 7:14-23 we see a lot of evidence of regeneration. "But I am not  really the one who is doing these hated things; it is sin living in me that  does them." (New Century Version): this is the language of a man who is  being regenerated. A man who is absolutely sure that his heart and nature  has been renewed, but that sin still has power in him that is not of himself.  Verse twenty-two: "In my mind, I am happy with God’s 
law." (NCV) Again the language of a man who has been regenerated. He  even dares to say when he does evil; in verse seventeen: "But I am not  really the one who is doing these hated things; it is sin living in me that  does them." (NCV) This is very important that we grasp what this is saying! 
In the first two sections of Romans, Paul is dealing with justification and  sanctification. In his dealing with justification, he lays the foundation for  the doctrine of sin in the plural form. Sins, as the transgressions that we  commit. Then in the second part of the fifth chapter he begins to talk of  
sin, not as a transgression, but as a power! Can you imagine what a  terrible loss it would be for you and me if Paul had not written this second  half of Romans seven? Without this understanding of the sinfulness of the  believer, that we can have a renewed heart; and still, sin at times has  power over us. Without this vital truth, I would personally still be a  miserable Christian totally confused and completely caught up in  perfectionism. We would have missed the answer to the question we all  want answered as to sin in the believer.
And what is the answer? As believers, as regenerate people, we have  been renewed; and we can say with Paul, "In my mind, I am happy with  God’s law." (NCV) 
Next week we will expand on these verses and consider the impotent  man.
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Marcia Jensen
1/9/2021 05:18:47 pm

How interesting and meaningful and special!

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    Pastor Brad Traxler is the pastor of the Wrangell SDA Church. Brad Traxler is the husband of forty years to Cheryl, father to Kimberly and Ryan, and grandfather to Brad, Kevin, William, Eamon, Zairhen, Seraphina, and Zeelyah. He holds a BA in Theology and has been pastoring churches for twenty years. The greatest passion of His life has been to share Jesus. 

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