Living in the world and seeing that which is going on is so telling. I see constantly what appears to be the quest to abolish the law. Why is that? Why is it that people would want to abolish those things that are in place to allow for direction, not to mention, safety and security. Well I maintain that is to take away accountability and responsibility.
When there is no knowing of what is right or wrong, then whatever is done is just considered done and there is nothing else that comes from it. There is no thing as morality. There is no thing as safety. There is no thing as security. There is no thing as direction. There is nothing, there is only action, and no reason for reaction or understanding. All is seen as okay and therefore anything goes.
I would ask simple questions as what is the way to manage electrical performance. What is the way to create a road. What does it matter if I take what you have. What does it matter if I just break all the windows in a building. What does it matter if I allow for any and everything goes.
I believe that most would say the previous paragraph does not matter as long as it does not impact the ME. Everyone is okay with something as long as it is not happening to them. And that is where the law comes in. I do not know what is or isn’t unless I am told and then it is up to me to decide how it impacts me and whether or not I should be concerned. Sin is not, unless it is pointed out as sin. Until I know that something is wrong, it is not wrong. When it happens to me, then it becomes wrong whether I am told it to be or not. When I do it to someone else it is not a sin on my end, because I do not know, even when the other is impacted negatively.
The law of God identifies sin for all. All are held to the same. All are following or breaking the law. And there is THE item that causes the most challenge with those that are not followers of Christ and His law. They are now aware, and everyone is aware of the rules and laws and are held to the same standard.
As a Christian, I may not like that some things that appear to be harmless are deemed sins in the eyes of God. I may not see the harm in some of those things in the grand scheme of things. I do, however, see that having those lines define what is right and wrong in the eyes, hearts, and physical of others than me. I have to think of others and make sure that they are not negatively impacted for things that I undertake.
“22For I delight in the law of God, in my inner being,” — Romans 7:22 (ESV)
As I said, I may not like the law and sin, but I am now aware and I take that seriously and as Paul notes above to delight in my inner being. I do not have to address the world’s sin, only my own and I have to know that I have every opportunity to overcome that sin, but I am human and will continue to sin as a result. I have to come to grips with it and know that sin is a product of knowing and knowing leads to understanding and understanding something leads to dealing with that something.
“25Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself serve the law of God with my mind, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin.” — Romans 7:25 (ESV)
Paul sums up the passage with a declaration of thanks that God has provided the law so that He can know sin, understand sin, and deal with it. He does not take away the idea that knowing will remove sin, only that know and delighting in the law will help him deal with it.
What do you have in your life that you may not know, understand, and deal with? Are you looking at things with the mindset that it does not really matter for it does not impact you? What if you were to delight in the law of God to know and understand the sin that is occurring and you are then able to deal with?
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