You, however, are not in
the realm of the flesh but are in the realm of the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit
of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, they do
not belong to Christ. (Romans 8:9)
No doubt Christians will claim Paul has the
Spirit of Christ in him. Paul even goes as far as saying "those who live for the
Spirit, do those things of the Spirit." (Romans 8:5)
So, if Paul has the Spirit of
Jesus in him, then surely, he should be a perfect example of Good towards
people.
"I want to do good but I
cannot do good. I do evil even though I do not want to do evil." (Romans
7:19)
How
could this be? Paul here is confessing he is unable to do good, because the “EVIL
INSIDE HIM” is preventing him for doing so. Wait! Didn’t Paul say the “Spirit
of Jesus” is inside him, then how is it he had trouble doing good? Didn’t’ Paul
also say, "those
who live for the Spirit, do those things of the Spirit." (Romans 8:5)
We can conclude the Spirit of
Jesus inside was Paul was making him do evil! Why was Paul effected by evil
when the Spirit of Christ was in him? It gets worse, not only was the Spirit making
him do evil, it also used Paul as the “mascot” pretending to be a bringer of
truth by lying methods.
"If my lie is spreading the
truth of God why am I judged a sinner." (Romans 3:7)
But
what does it matter? The important thing is that in every way, whether from
false motives or true, Christ is preached. And because of this I rejoice. Yes,
and I will continue to rejoice, (Philippians 1:18)
Imagine
preaching to the world using false motives? Paul claimed the Spirit of truth
was inside him, yet the same man was regularly visit by devils
Of course, I am now referring to the
wonderful things I saw. One of Satan's angels was sent to make me suffer
terribly, so that I would not feel too proud. (2 Corinthians 12:7)
Seriously!
God would send devils down to torment you so you don’t feel proud?
Paul admits he’s a liar and does evil because he can’t
control himself
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"I want
to do good but I cannot do good. I do evil even though I do not want to
do evil." (Romans 7:19)
But
what does it matter? The important thing is that in every way, whether from
false motives or true, Christ is preached. And because of this I rejoice. Yes,
and I will continue to rejoice, (Philippians 1:18)
"If my lie is spreading the
truth of God why am I judged a sinner." (Romans 3:7)
"... I serve the law of sin
with my flesh." (Romans 7:25)
