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“When I want to do good, evil is right there with me”

St. Paul’s introspection convinced him he was “a prisoner of the law of sin at work within my members.”  That’s a deeply conflicted Christian!   Theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer: “Paul said of himself that he was the foremost of sinners (1 Timothy 1:15); he said this specifically at the point where he was speaking of his service as an apostle.  There can be no genuine acknowledgement of sin that does not lead to this extremity.  If my sinfulness appear to me to be in any way smaller or less detestable in comparison with the sins of others, I am still not recognizing my sinfulness at all.  My sin is of necessity the worst, the most grievous, the most reprehensible.”  (Life Together, p. 96)

At the root of all regret is our personal lack of righteousness. It’s impossible for us to fix this fundamental flaw. Conflicted Paul turned to Jesus.

“Who will rescue me from this body of death? Thanks be to God – through Jesus Christ our Lord”

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“The Lord is our righteousness.”  -Jeremiah 23:6
Amen.