Devotionals July 8 – August 7, 2022: Romans 8: Promises for Battle

Every believer is fighting a battle—a battle within themselves. God has created a new, holy nature in each of his children. But even though elect believers are regenerated and sanctified, their old, totally depraved nature remains in them while they are still on this earth. Their old nature and new nature are constantly in conflict with each other. Paul describes the frustration of this inner spiritual struggle in Romans 7:19: “For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not,...