You Will Change the World

“I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do. And if I do what I do not want to do, I agree that the law is good. As it is, it is no longer I myself who do it, but it is sin living in me. For I know that good itself does not dwell in me, that is, in my sinful nature. For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out.” – Romans 7:15-18 Paul, who wrote this passage in Romans, came out of a society immersed in shame. He was a Pharisee, and Pharisees were all about perfection. Basically, if you do everything right, you’re in, but if you mess up, you’re out. So Paul, who struggled with strictness, stars teaching others that life isn’t about being