Sunday on Monday - March 30th, 2026
Some of the conversations after the sermon circled around the same honest tension: “I resonate so deeply with Paul’s struggle… but if that’s describing someone apart from Christ, what do I do with that?”
That’s not a bad place to land.
Remember Paul’s main point. He is showing you something about the law and about sin. The law can clarify, expose, even stir desire for what is right...but it cannot supply the power to live it out.
That’s why everything builds to that cry: “Who will deliver me?”
Not what. Not a better plan. Not more effort. A Person. And here’s what I want you to hold onto: No matter where you land on Romans 7, whether you see it as a believer’s struggle or life apart from the Spirit, Romans 8:1 speaks to both perspectives with clarity and comfort:
“There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.”
If you are in Christ, your standing with God is settled. You are not condemned in your struggle.
But you are not stuck in it either.
Romans 7 shows us what it feels like to try without power. Romans 8 shows us what it means to live with power. The struggle is real, but victory is guaranteed. "For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son" (Romans 8:29). God is working all things for His glory and your good!
So don’t just identify with the struggle. Move forward in the freedom you’ve been given. The Spirit of God is at work in you.
