The Life-Long Struggle

Summit Life with J.D. Greear

J.D. Greear Ministries

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 7 July 2023

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Ever feel like you’re living a double life? There’s one side of you that wants to do the right thing and another that doesn’t want to do it at all—and that can’t be right, because you’re a Christian, and you think you shouldn’t struggle with sin anymore. In today’s message from Romans 7, Pastor J.D. looks at the battle within every Christian and how knowing you have ultimate victory should change your outlook in the fight.

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0:00.0	Today on Summit Life with JD Greer, what made Paul Zellis in religion was that he wanted
0:05.5	respect.
0:06.5	He wanted status.
0:07.7	He wanted distinction above others.
0:10.4	So when other people looked like they were doing well, he despised them and he was jealous
0:14.4	of them because he wanted to be the one that was known as the best at keeping the law.
0:18.6	So what do you do when you realize that one of your primary motivators in religion is
0:23.6	itself central?
0:31.0	Happy Friday and welcome back to Summit Life with Pastor, author and theologian JD Greer.
0:39.5	As always, I'm your host, Molly Vitavitch.
0:42.5	Do you ever feel like you're living a double life?
0:45.2	We've all seen the cartoons with the little angel on one shoulder and the devil on the
0:49.4	other one.
0:50.4	One side wants to do the right thing and the other side wants to do the complete opposite.
0:54.4	Well, believe it or not, that may not be too far off for most of us.
0:59.0	Today Pastor JD Greer looks at the battle raging within every Christian and he teaches
1:03.8	us that knowing you have the ultimate victory should completely change your outlook while
1:09.0	you're still in the fight.
1:10.8	So grab your Bible and let's join Pastor JD in Romans chapter 7 as he encourages us in
1:15.9	this life-long struggle.
1:19.9	Romans chapter 7 and Romans 6, which we concluded last weekend, Paul began the discussion
1:24.5	of why Christians still seem to struggle so much with sin.
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