The Moral and Spiritual Dilemma

UV 3494/10000 The Moral and Spiritual Dilemma of Life
So now ( if that is the case, then), it is no longer I who do it (the disobedient ) thing which I despise, but the sin (nature) which lives in me.

Romans 7 v 17

Paul writes of the struggle in him between what he wants to do and what he actually does. The serpent leader is the one who causes us to do what we despise, what we do not want to do. We know what is the right thing to do but we end up doing the opposite. In contrast, Jesus, the Servant Leader is the one who redeems our nature, who gives us grace to obey God. The serpent leader takes the different members of our bodies as his slaves- our tongues, our minds, our limbs and so on. Jesus sets the different members of our bodies free. We are now called to be slaves of righteousness. All the members or faculties of our bodies should obey the head, the leader, Jesus.

The spiritual, obedient nature in us is from the Servant Leader while the carnal, disobedient nature is from the serpent leader. The fear of God is basically fearing disobedience to the Word of God. Our bodies and its different faculties are always pulling us in the opposite direction to our spiritual nature and calling. We need grace and the power of the Holy Spirit to break the chains of our carnal and sinful nature.

If we do not feed the sinful, carnal nature in us and instead, feed the spiritual nature, we become stronger and victorious in our walk with God. We will not feel ashamed when we are evaluated against the yardstick of the Word. The serpent leader will lose his influence over our lives.