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Some people read Romans 7, the great struggle, and they think
that’s Paul’s testimony and every Christian will struggle until he
gets to heaven. That’s not what Romans 7 is about. The Apostle
Paul went further in the flesh than any person that has ever lived.
He tried to live the Christian life on his own. He went further than
you or I ever tried. When he was all done he said, “I love God and
I love His will. I hate sin and I can’t perform.” Imagine loving God,
hating sin and not being able to perform. He gave his testimony and
said, “Don’t go there. That won’t work.”

Romans 7 is not how to live the Christian life. Romans 8 is how to
live the Christian life. If you try, you’ll get to Romans 7:24,
“Wretched man that I man. Who is going to deliver me?” How do
you get out of Romans 7 and get into Romans 8? Romans 7:25,
“Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, on the
one hand I myself with my mind am serving the law of God, but on
the other, with my flesh the law of sin.” How do I get out of Romans
7 and into Romans 8? I say, “Thank You.” That’s it; you just say,
“Thank You.” He’s done it all! He’s the overcomer! He has
overcome everything between you and the will of God.

To enjoy victory is to enjoy Jesus. Now, that’s the theology. Let
me give you an illustration from the Old Testament. I’ll set it up
with a verse from the New Testament, Colossians 1:13, “For He
delivered us from the domain of darkness, and transferred us to the
kingdom of His beloved Son.” There are two kingdoms; the
kingdom of God and the kingdom of the devil. He said, “I translated
you into the kingdom of God.” He gives us a picture of that in
Daniel 2.

Daniel 2 was that great dream of Nebuchadnezzar. Daniel 2:19, 22
& 23, “Then the mystery was revealed to Daniel in a night vision.
Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven… It is He who reveals the
profound and the hidden things; He knows what is in the darkness,
and the light dwells with Him. To Thee, O God of my fathers, I give
thanks and praise, for Thou hast given me wisdom and power. Even