Christ Alone

Romans 7:25 KJV

I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.

When I was in High School in Waitsburg, WA, I used to go frequently to a friend's house. His parents had a small plaque on the wall that said, "If you ever find a perfect church, don't join it or you'll ruin it." There is no such thing as a perfect church because there is no such thing as perfect people. All of us wrestle with hypocrisy because the very best believer serves the Lord with the mind but his flesh still serves the law of sin.

This is no excuse to give up and live in sin. God forbid. But this is an explanation for the struggle that wars in every believer, especially those whose desire is to serve the Lord. The closer we grow to the Lord the more apparent to us will be the nature of our own flesh.

Too many Christians struggle with a sense that their faith is not real because they have yet to realize they cannot deliver themselves from the body of this death. It is Christ alone who brings this deliverance. We find peace in this war when we hand the battle over to Christ.