2. 15 I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do. 17 As it is, it is no longer I myself who do it, but it is sin living in me. 18 I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my sinful nature. For I have the desire to do what is good but I cannot carry it out. 19 For what I do is not the good I want to do; no, the evil I don’t want to do – this I keep on doing.Romans 7:15, 17- 19

3. So I say, live by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the sinful nature. For the sinful nature desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the sinful nature. Galatians 5:16-17

4. You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly…. But God demonstrates His own love for us in this: while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5:6,8 What causes fights and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from your desires that battle within you? James 4:1

5. Sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all men, because all sinned. Romans 5:12 As in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive. 1 Corinthians 15:22

6. The result of Adam: The result of Jesus: 5:15many died sin/death are covered 5:16judgment, condemnation justification 5:17death reignedreign in life 5:18condemnationjustification 5:19all are sinnersmade righteous The gift (Jesus) is not like the trespass (Adam). Romans 5:15

7. Sinful nature. In Adam. In Christ.

8. Sinful nature. In Adam. In Christ. 1)I believe that I was born “in Adam” and with a sinful nature. 2)I believe that when I put my faith in Christ, God moved me from “in Adam” to “in Christ.” 3)I believe that because I am “in Christ” I have the potential to reign over sin and be free.