Romans 7:14-25 - Victory Over the Flesh Through Yeshua the Messiah

Continuing his study in the Book of Romans (אֶל־הָרוֹמִיִּים), Brother Gideon Levytam examines Romans 7:14–25. In this deeply personal passage, the Apostle Paul describes the intense inner conflict that every born-again believer experiences. This is not the struggle of an unregenerate person, but the lament of a child of God who delights in God's Law yet finds himself warring against the sin that still dwells within his flesh, leading him to cry out, "O wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death?" (Romans 7:24).

Gideon explains that this conflict arises from the two natures within the believer: the new, divine nature given to us in Messiah, and the old Adamic nature, which cannot be improved or reformed. Paul makes it clear that the Law, while holy and good, cannot deliver us from this struggle. The victory and deliverance are not found in a system or a set of rules, but in a Person. Paul's lament turns to praise as he points to the only answer: "I thank God—through Jesus Christ [Yeshua the Messiah] our Lord!" (Romans 7:25).

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