Unchain Me!

You ever hit that point where you’re tired of hearing yourself make the same promises? “I’m not doing that again… I’m changing this time…” And then—there you are—right back where you started. It’s frustrating when your intentions are sincere, but your follow-through collapses under pressure. You want to obey God, you want to live differently… but something inside pulls the opposite direction. And the harder you try to muscle your way into change, the more defeated you feel.

In the second half of Romans 7, Paul gets painfully honest. He shifts from teaching to testimony. He describes the exhausting conflict inside him — the desire to do good, the inability to carry it out, and the crushing realization that the law can expose sin but can’t empower obedience. He’s naming the experience every believer knows: the war between the new nature in Christ and the old flesh that refuses to die. And with raw transparency, Paul cries, “Who will deliver me from this body of death?”

That’s the struggle you face every time you try to overcome sin on your own strength. Willpower isn’t enough. Discipline isn’t enough. Trying harder isn’t enough. Paul’s words give language to the battle inside you… and point you to the only One who can actually change you.

Today Pastor Jeff walks us through Paul’s confession and the vivid illustration from Tarsus — a picture of what sin does when it clings to our lives. He shares why the law can diagnose sin but can’t cure it, and how real freedom comes through the Spirit, not the flesh. Failure doesn’t mean you’re not saved… it means you need the power Jesus supplies.