Bondage to Sin

The Apostle Paul gives a vivid illustration of the law of sin and death and how a person subject to this law is a slave, in bondage to his own sin. Ro 7:19 states, "For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do."

Anyone who has ever tried to "turn over a new leaf" or get free from some nagging habit should be able to understand what it is like to want to do the right thing, but to fail at it over and over. Try going through the day without lying at all or without coveting or lusting after anything. It is easier to understand the bondage to sin than it is to understand freedom from this bondage to sin.

People like to say, "The devil made me do it" or"I'm only human." In reality, a person who enjoys sin fits the description in John 3:19, "...men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil."

Rather than a person making excuses for sin or pretending there is no sin in his life, why should he not read over the Ten Commandments (Exodus 20) and see how many violations there are in his life daily? A good look at the extent of sin in one's life, the utter pervasiveness of it, should make the freedom from sin as stated in Romans 8:2 a most compelling topic.