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My Own Worst Enemy: Romans 7:21-25

Have you ever felt like you’re your own worst enemy?   Have you felt like you’re getting frustrated with things you’re doing that keep getting you stuck in life?   This past winter I was driving into town behind a vehicle.   We approached the last hill and the tires started spinning on the vehicle in front of me.   They eventually got stuck.   They couldn’t go forward or backwards, just stuck! We can get stuck spiritually.   Paul is speaking to us about being spiritually stuck.   A personal spiritual struggle in revealed by Paul in Romans 7.   It’s an inside view.   Paul felt stuck.   He is his own worst enemy.   Maybe you’re in this spot today?   How do we get unstuck?   We want to do what’s right but we don’t.   There’s honesty in Paul’s words.   This is very straight forward and doesn’t need explanation.   This isn’t Paul reaching into the Old Testament.   This is Paul talking about his o...