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Rom.7:15 For I don't know what I am doing. For I don't practice what I desire to do; but what I hate, that I do.

How penetrating of truth here spoken by Paul; he did not speak with any hypocrisy on the contrary; he openly under the power of God’s Holy Spirit confessed his sins; that which we all confess secretly. Those still under Law would have us believe they have total control over their flesh; and they know at all times what they are doing in their flesh. But it is a lie; when jealousy enter into ones heart, or suddenly the lust for the opposite sex, or perhaps we find hate for some one over the littlest thing in their heart.

We hid this truth from other, but inwardly we know the truth; that sometimes as Paul stated above we don’t know why evil comes into our hearts. Our mind may judged our sin justified it in Law, but still our flesh sold under sins law overpowers our spirit and mind; such a fearful thought. Hate comes when we trying to control something out of our control; next comes fear when we realize we have no control of some factor in our lives. Law produce fear, not love for God, God’s love throws all fear outside, because love has no judgment.

John 4:18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear has punishment. He who fears is not made perfect in love.

So we have a choice as Paul found out; do we run to more Law for security and control of our lives, or do we confess our sin to God and find forgiveness? One lead to great hate and fear for others, why? The more law the greater knowledge increase sin in us the greater the fear of our Judgment. When we don’t confess our sin openly to God, but hide them in knowledge of Law we are judged without mercy under Law. This creates a viscous circle, we now judges others by the same law; ending in murder of brothers and sisters. Paul was himself a victim of his zealous love for the Law; he killed Christ Jesus disciple before his own conversion to Christ Jesus.

James 4:1 Where do wars and fightings among you come from? Don't they come from your pleasures that war in your members? 4:2 You lust, and don't have. You kill,covet, and can't obtain. You fight and make war. You don't have, because you don't ask.4:3 You ask, and don't receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it for your pleasures.4:4 You adulterers and adulteresses, don't you know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. 4:5 Or do you think that the Scripture says in vain, "The Spirit who lives in us yearns jealously"? 4:6 But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, "God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble."{Proverbs 3:34} 4:7 Be subject therefore to God. But resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

Rom.7:16 But if what I don't desire, that I do, I consent to the law that it is good.

The apostle Paul is now forced to admit his true condition under the Law, and that is the purpose of the Law; so we may see our true condition from God eyes, not our own hearts eyes. As strong as the well of some people flesh is they all must admit they sins
when seeing themselves in light of God’s perfect Law.

So Paul now knew the Law is better than his opinion or judgment of himself and stronger than his self-well, why? Because he could not control himself perfectly enough without breaking God’s Laws, which, he loved more than himself. This great disappointment devastated any hope Paul had in himself; he must consent, he needed something greater than God’s Laws to save him. How could he a devoted Jew speak, or think such an apostasy being himself a teacher of Law?

But he must because he had honestly examined himself under God’s Law; he could not justify his sin through zeal for the Law; he could not justify his love for the Law as an excuse for his own sins. He must openly confess his sins before God. But the thought must of remained in Paul’s mind, how could murder be forgiven under God’s Law? Paul had physically murder Christ Jesus disciples, and certainly had murder in his heart for those disobeying God’s Law.