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No doubt we all have a list of things we want to do, and a list of things we don’t want to do.Probably the most famous Pogo quotation is "We have met the enemy and he is us." [Show slide.]That reminds me of Paul in Romans 7. (And Paul reminds me of…well…ME!)I. Paul has MET THE _____________. (Read Rom 7:14–23)A.The confusion (7:14–16): Paul’s frustration is twofold.1.He doesn’t do the things he wants to do. Rom 7:14-15a, 16a 2.Instead, he does the things he doesn’t want to do. (7:15b)B.The ________________ (7:17–20): He realizes the total corruption of his old sinful nature.C.The conclusion (7:21–23): He understands the daily struggle within him. IT IS, AFTER ALL, WARFARE! 1.The old nature, always attempting to do wrong. Vs 21, 23 2.The new nature, always attempting to do right. (7:21b–22)II. Paul has __________ AVAILABLE! (7:24–25).A. The agony of Paul’s problem (7:24): O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? Here is the NLT: Oh, what a miserable person I am! Who will free me from this life that is dominated by sin and death?B.The answer to Paul’s ______________ (7:25): NLT Thank God! The answer is in Jesus Christ our Lord…You ought to travel the Midwest and south sometime. Not flying at 30,000 feet, but on the ground, in a car, bus, or train. It will amaze you to see the number of billboards along the way that say something like this, “Jesus is the Answer!” Or ”Prepare to Meet Thy God.” Or “Jesus is Lord.”1. I heard a smart aleck ask, once, “If Jesus is the answer, what’s the question.”2. It doesn’t matter what the question is. Jesus is the Answer!3. Are you hurting, lonely, addicted, afraid, angry, sick, broke, broken?4. Jesus is the Answer???CONC:A. Jesus is the answer for Paul.B. Jesus is the answer for Jim. (Starbucks put my name on a cup several years ago: “Jim Blaze.” Works for me. Call me what you want, Jesus still knows my name. And He is the answer for me!)C. Jesus is the answer for YOU!Ans: Enemy; Corruption; Help; Problem. ................
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