1月14日；
罗马书 7；
唱诗：赞美诗 43: 3
我所愿意的，我并不作。我所恨恶的，我倒去作。（罗 7: 15）
基督徒有时会认为，当他重生之后就不再犯罪了。他们可能还会犯错，但不会再犯罪。犯错是指判断上的失误；而犯罪是指违反神的律法。后者不会再出现在（真）基督徒的生命中。
但是，在罗马书第7章中，使徒保罗写道，在通往荣耀的天路中，有一个巨大的内在的挣扎持续发生。使徒甚至了使用“战争”一词。在他的心里有一个剧烈的争斗，使他万分痛苦，保罗呼喊道：“我真是苦啊！”
有些解释说，这些是在保罗重生之前写下的，他内心中的挣扎在他重生之后就消失了。但是保罗书信的布局和思路不允许这样的解释。在之前的章节中，保罗写到他籍着信心与恩典得救，他是一个新造的人。但在他的里面，仍然时常有挣扎，一场与有罪的本性、魔鬼的引诱、和世界的吸引对抗的争战。
这位使徒实在不愿意再犯罪，但是罪还是时常发生。“我所愿意的善，我反不作。我所不愿意的恶，我倒去作。” 我们不应对自己有任何错误的期待，也不能产生不切实际的幻想。重生或重建并不意味着完全圣洁、从“肉体的死亡”中得释放。
每一天，我们都必须与肉体的软弱和实际的罪行做斗争。只有靠着基督，我们才能够做成。
思考问题：为什么重生的人还会在罪中挣扎？
January 14 Romans 7 Song: Psalm 43:3
THE INWARD STRUGGLE
For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do. (Romans 7:15)
Christians sometimes believe that when they are born again, they no longer sin. They may still make mistakes, but they really do not sin anymore. A mistake is an error in judgment; a sin is a breaking of God's law. The latter is no longer present in a (true) Christian's life.
In Romans 7, however, the apostle Paul writes about the great inward struggle that is and remains in this life, en route to glory. The apostle even uses the word "war". There is a conflict raging within. and that war is deeply distressing. Paul cries out, "Wretched man that I am!"
Some explainers suggest that Paul wrote these words before he was born again. His inward struggle no longer existed after his rebirth. But the build-up and flow of Paul's letter does not allow this interpretation. In the previous chapters, Paul writes about his salvation by faith, out of grace. He is a new man. Yet there is still a constant struggle within, a battle against his sinful nature, the temptations of the devil, and the attraction of the world.
The apostle does not really want to sin anymore, but it still happens all too often. "What I what to do I do not do, but what I hate I do." We should not have any false expectations, nor create any illusions about ourselves. Rebirth or regeneration does not yet mean glorification, release from "this body of death."
Daily, we must contend with the weakness of the flesh and the reality of sin. We can do this only through Christ.
Question: Why do those who are born again still struggle with sin?
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