Lord, how my enemies have increased! Many are rising up against me. Psalm 3:1 NASB Have increased – I want to take this out of context. Why? Because there’s something important here that is not related to the physical enemies David faced. There are other kinds of enemies. Most of us don’t live in a war…
For I do not understand what I am doing; for I am not practicing what I want to do, but I do the very thing I hate. Romans 7:15 NASB What I am doing – The seventh chapter of the letters to the Romans has been one of the most gnarled sections of Scripture to unravel. From Augustine…
For what I am doing, I do not understand; for I am not practicing what I would like to do, but I am doing the very thing I hate. Romans 7:15 NASB I do not understand – Was Paul confused? When he writes, “I do not understand,” does he really mean “What I’m doing makes no sense to me,” or…
For what I am doing, I do not understand; for I am not practicing what I would like to do, but I am doing the very thing I hate. Romans 7:15 NASB I do not understand – Paul is not describing his spiritual state before his “conversion.” That’s what Augustine thought and as a result…
