READ: Romans 7:14-25
“The heart of man is deceitful and desperately wicked.” – Jeremiah 17:9
Great men of God confessed that they were woefully sinful and inadequate when they came into the presence of God. Isaiah (Isaiah 6:5) Job (Job 42:5-6) Daniel, (Daniel 9:5)
Also, the apostle Paul, at the end of his life described himself as the chief of sinners. He said, “that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief” (1 Timothy 1:15). He called himself the chief of sinners in his very last letter.
Paul called himself a wretched man who could not get rid of his sinfulness. “O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?” (Romans 7:24).
“I have discovered this principle of life—that when I want to do what is right, I inevitably do what is wrong. I love God’s law with all my heart. But there is another power within me that is at war with my mind. This power makes me a slave to the sin that is still within me. Oh, what a miserable person I am! Who will free me from this life that is dominated by sin and death? Thank God! The answer is in Jesus Christ our Lord. So you see how it is: In my mind I really want to obey God’s law, but because of my sinful nature I am a slave to sin” (Romans 7:21-25, New Living Translation).