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A Tim Keller Sermon Summary  In the story of Jekyll and Hyde, Jekyll takes a potion and becomes the completely selfish and wicked Hyde, who takes control of Jekyll. We also have both good and bad sides in us that are constantly at war. Let’s learn from Romans 7:1-25.
In the passage, Paul describes our having desires for evil and good, and our inability to beat our evil desire. God told Adam and Eve not to take the fruit. But with the devil tempting them, and with the fruit seemingly good to them, they ate it (v5, 8). The law showed Paul what he ought to do. Before Paul relied on Christ, Paul’s evil desire used the law to tempt him, enticing him to do what he should not do. Paul knew he could not beat this evil desire (v9-11). Similarly, our evil desire could use Christ’s teaching to tempt us, enticing us to do what we should not. Before we rely on Christ, our performance defines how good or bad we are, and who we are (v1-5). But in many situations, we just do the bad and can’t do the good. To save us, God poured His wrath on Christ, punishing Christ for all our wrongs (2 Corinthians 5:21). If we rely on Christ’s sacrifice, we become perfect before God (v6). Through Christ—not through our own behavior—we become God’s beloved children. Also, God loves us to the point of sacrificing Christ, His only son, for us. We should live for and serve the one who loves us so much. We should do good to delight Him (Colossians 3:1-10). Though our evil desire is still lurking in us (Galatians 5:17), the evil desire can’t control us like before (v6, 25). This is because who we are depends on Christ, not our behavior. The Spirit that resurrected Christ now dwells within us and can help us beat our evil desires. With that, we can live a life of following God (Romans 8:11,13). Summarized from a sermon from Tim Keller, “War Between Selves 1”: https://gospelinlife.com/downloads/war-between-your-selves-part-41/
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