Sermons on Romans 7:21:

Are, Want, Do, Get

Contributed by Brian Matherlee on Jul 14, 2008

A message on holiness. Outline borrowed from Rev. Steve Deneff.

ARE, WANT, DO, GET Romans 7:14-25 Sunday, March 30, 2008 Pastor Brian Matherlee ARE • You can’t do anything about this • A man named Floyd Collins, in 1925, was exploring near Mammoth Cave in Kentucky and got stuck. He was fifty-five feet from the surface and he got stuck. Icy water was dripping ...read more

Scripture: Romans 7:14-25

Denomination: Wesleyan

Happy Dependence Day!

Contributed by David Trexler on Aug 8, 2008

While it may be the 4th of July we are prisoners of war to sin.

Sermon for 4th of July 2008 Romans 7:15-25 Happy 4th of July weekend! Happy Independence Weekend! “We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all People are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Right, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the ...read more

Scripture: Romans 7:15-25

Denomination: Lutheran

Revelation Of The New Self Series

Contributed by Andrew Farley on Sep 25, 2009

The third in a series of messages on the complete sufficiency of the Gospel.

The shocking and liberating revelation of the new self really happens when we can explain why we still struggle with sin. Some theologians and Christian authors have resorted to creative and often impressive mental gymnastics in their attempts to reconcile these two scriptural ideas: (1) the old ...read more

Scripture: Romans 7:1-25

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

How To Have Victory Over Persistent Temptations Series

Contributed by Randy Hamel on May 26, 2008

This message looks at the Apostle Paul’s dilemma in Romans 7:14-25. Paul evaluates why he does not have victory in his spiritual life.

BREAKING FREE FROM PERSISTENT TEMPTATIONS (Acknowledgment - Rick Warrens Series Breaking Free)- Breaking Free Part 1 (Romans 7:15-24) o Were calling this series “Breaking Free, breaking free areas in our lives that block us from fulfilling God’s purpose for our lives. o God wants to heal our inner ...read more

Scripture: Romans 7:15-25

The War Within Series

Contributed by Freddy Fritz on Jun 5, 2008

In this sermon we learn five practical truths about the Christian’s war with sin.

Scripture The second half of Romans 7 is one of the most difficult sections in the entire Bible to understand. Last week I drew your attention to Romans 7:14-20. In that section I showed you that Paul is talking of himself as a growing, maturing Christian struggling with sin. In our study today, ...read more

Scripture: Romans 7:21-25

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Vital Signs In Christian Experience Series

Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Jun 15, 2008

This sermon unpacks the relationship of the law to the Christian 1-6 and the pre-conversion experience of the law applied to Paul 7-13 and then Paul’s subsequent ongoing conflict with sinful nature as a mature believer 14-25.

ROMS 7:1- 25 VITAL SIGNS IN CHRISTIAN EXPERIENCE. PAUL HAS GONE TO GREAT LENGTHS TO POINT OUT THAT A CHRISTIAN IS SOMEBODY WHO IS DEAD TO SIN AND ALIVE IN CHRIST. A PERSON WHO HAS BEEN SET FREE FROM THE SLAVERY OF SIN TO BECOME A SLAVE TO GOD. SUMMING UP CHAPTER SIX PAUL HAS STATED THAT ...read more

Scripture: Romans 7:1-25

Denomination: Baptist

Who Will Rescue Me From This Body Of Death?

Contributed by Stephen Becker on Jun 15, 2008

What’s wrong with us? Why do we keep sinning, even if we hate sin? Let’s take a spiritual "x-ray" and let the Apostle Paul diagnose what’s wrong with us. Then the great physician will heal us!

Who Will Rescue Me from this Body of Death? By Stephen H. Becker, M.Div., Ph.D(c) Romans 8:14-25 Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran—Yuba City July 6, 2008 Have you ever thought to yourself – "something is wrong with me...what should I do?" Maybe you’ve fallen on a wet slippery floor, like I did in my ...read more

Scripture: Romans 7:14-25

Denomination: Lutheran

Between A Rock And A Hard Place

Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Oct 27, 2008

The biggest enemy we have in the church is not the Bible...It is fumbling, insensitive extremists who wave judgmental fingers and presume themselves to be the conscious of God for the world.

Between a rock and a hard place Meaning: To be forced to make a decision between two undesired options or as an another source puts it, “stuck between two opposing forces” (www.goenglish.com) Origin Gary Martin, author of Meanings and Origins provides us with the US origin of the phrase. He traced ...read more

Scripture: Romans 7:7-25

Denomination: Salvation Army

Rom.7:1-25 Our Inner Struggles

Contributed by William D. Brown on Nov 8, 2008

we that have been saved by the grace of God find our selves many times having problems with this old flesh, and it seems that very often we find our selves yielding to the old nature knowing that it is not what we ought to be doing.

ROM.7:1-25 OUR INNER STRUGGLES 07-19-08 Today I want to talk for a little while about the fact that we, children of God, we that have been saved by the grace of God find our selves many times having problems with this old flesh, and it seems that ...read more

Scripture: Romans 7:1-25

Denomination: Baptist

The Enemies We Fight

Contributed by Gene Gregory on Mar 9, 2009

An examinination of the three enemies believers fight against and tools to overcome them.

THE ENEMIES WE FIGHT A couple of weeks ago, a friend told me he had watched a TV show, where some Catholic priests had performed an exorcism. He asked me if we Protestants believed in demons and if we did, why you didn’t hear more about Protestants performing exorcisms? We talked about it some ...read more

Scripture: Romans 7:18-25

Denomination: Baptist

I Don't Have What It Takes

Contributed by Bob Joyce on Jul 17, 2009

We don’t have what it takes to live a Christian life. Only Jesus Christ living through us can do that.

I can’t remember when I first learned John 3:16. It seems as if I grew up knowing this verse of Scripture. I heard about a lady who used to make her children memorize a verse of Scripture when they wanted something. One day her daughter said, "Momma, everything I have I have because of Scripture. ...read more

Scripture: Romans 7:14-25

Denomination: Baptist

War In The Heart Series

Contributed by Gary Moore on Feb 6, 2008

Paul describes the effect of living under the rule of the Mosaic law.

Is the law then contrary to the promises of God? Certainly not! For if a law had been given that could give life, then righteousness would indeed be by the law. But Scripture imprisoned everything under sin, so that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe (Galatians ...read more

Scripture: Romans 7:13-25

Denomination: Congregational

Resolved, That I Will….

Contributed by Jim Kane on Jan 29, 2006

Communion Meditation for January 1, 2006

Well, it’s New Years Day 2006. Isn’t it hard to believe that six years have now passed since we welcomed the year 2000 and wondered if our computer systems were going to crash because of Y2K? But here we are, by God’s grace and love, entering another new year. What kind of a year do you want 2006 ...read more

Scripture: Romans 7:21-25

Denomination: Church Of God

The Battle For Your Mind

Contributed by Robert Higgins on Aug 2, 2006

Have you wondered why you lose those spiritual battles and fall into sin? Maybe because you lost the battle before it began!

Battle for Your Mind I. Introduction a. Have you ever wondered why you don’t always do what you know you ought to do? b. Have you ever struggled with horrible and conflicting thoughts that come into your mind, uninvited? c. Have you ever wondered why if the Christian life is supposed to be joyful, ...read more

Scripture: Romans 7:21-25

Denomination: Baptist

Fallenness

Contributed by David Flowers on Aug 19, 2006

Dave tals about you don’t have to deal with your brokenness before God will love you. God knows your brokenness, and has loved you all along.

Fallenness Wildwind Community Church David Flowers August 13, 2006 I want to talk to you this morning about Mel Gibson. I do not want to discuss my favorite movie, double Oscar-award-winning Braveheart, today. I do not want to discuss Mel’s The Passion of the Christ, or his upcoming movie ...read more

Scripture: Romans 7:15-25

Denomination: Free Methodist