Romans 7:15-18 Explained

Romans 7:15-18, “For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I. If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good. Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me. For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.”

The Apostle Paul makes a clear distinction between us (our new identity in Christ as believers) and our flesh. We (our born again true selves) do not sin. But when we do sin, it is our flesh that sins, not “us.” Romans 7:17a, “Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me...”

We are born of the Holy Spirit of God and cannot sin, but the old man (the fleshly body and it’s desires) still commit sin. These sins are not attributed to us because God separated us from our flesh by the “operation of God” in Colossians 2:11-12, “In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ: Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.” We are set apart unto God (sanctified) and are now 100% righteous in His sight, and the sins of the flesh are put off from us by the blood of Jesus Christ (1st Peter 1:18-19).

The Christian believer still struggles with sin every moment of every day. There is a horrible lie being taught in most Bible colleges and churches today, which requires lost sinners to “turn from your sins” to get to Heaven. The Bible does not teach this garbage! Jesus Christ died on a cross to pay our massive debt of sin. Jesus paid a debt He did not owe, because we owed a debt we could not pay. JESUS PAID IT ALL!!!

Good works are not the payment for sin, the payment for sin is death.

Salvation is not a reward for the righteous, it is a gift for the guilty!

Salvation is not doing your best, it is having Christ's best put to your account through receiving Him by faith.

Turning away from sinful ways would be a work. Faith puts all of the merit where it belongs, on the object of our faith, Jesus and His work.

If to “repent” means to forsake our sinful ways TO BE SAVED, but Jesus already paid for our sins by dying on the cross, then what are we repenting from?

The true Gospel always points you to CHRIST; a false gospel always points to YOU.

We must stay true to the simplicity of the Gospel!! Repentance regarding salvation is a change of mind from unbelief to belief!!! We must earnestly contend for the faith (Jude 1:3).