Power To Do Right
Joseph
September 21, 2009
New Birth, Spirituality
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If I do what is contrary to
my desire, I agree with
the Law that it is good.
However, it is no longer
I who do it, but sin
that dwells in me.
For I know that nothing
good dwells in me.
I can will what is right,
but have no power to
carry it out.
For I fail to do the good
that I desire to do.
On the other hand,
I wind up doing what
I do not want to do.
Now if I do what I do not
desire to do, it is no longer
I who do it, but sin that dwells
in me.
Consider this:
1) The inertia that is caused
by human nature.
2) Human nature likes … Continue Reading