Why Do We Sin?

Renewing Your Mind

Ligonier Ministries

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🗓️ 2 November 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Sin still influences our choices as Christians. Yet we can have hope to overcome. From his exposition of the book of Romans, today R.C. Sproul lays out principles for gaining victory against indwelling sin.

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Meet Today's Teacher:

R.C. Sproul (1939–2017) was founder of Ligonier Ministries, first minister of preaching and teaching at Saint Andrew's Chapel, first president of Reformation Bible College, and executive editor of Tabletalk magazine.

Meet the Host:

Nathan W. Bingham is vice president of media for Ligonier Ministries, executive producer and host of Renewing Your Mind, and host of the Ask Ligonier podcast.

Renewing Your Mind is a donor-supported outreach of Ligonier Ministries. Explore all of our podcasts: https://www.ligonier.org/podcasts

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0:00.0	The new man in your heart has this desire now to please God, but there still lives in your members,
0:07.8	the vestigial remnants of the old man of the flesh, who has declared war on the leanings of the spirit.
0:16.5	And there are many times that when the conflict comes, you'd rather follow the old man than the new man.
0:29.1	That's true, isn't it?
0:30.9	And not doing the good that you know you ought to do, and instead doing the evil that you know you ought not to do is an affliction shared by
0:39.6	all Christians this side of glory, including the Apostle Paul. Welcome to the Sunday edition
0:46.5	of Renewing Your Mind. I'm your host, Nathan W. Bingham. So how does our will work? And is it free? As we continue our time with R.C. Sprawl in
0:57.9	Romans 7, that'll be our topic today. Before we get to this sermon, remember that you can study
1:04.0	all of Romans with Dr. Sprawl when you request the hardcover edition of his commentary on Romans.
1:10.2	Simply make a donation at Renewing Your Mind.org and we'll get a copy of it. when you request the hardcover edition of his commentary on Romans.
1:10.8	Simply make a donation at Renewingyourmind.org and we'll get a copy to you.
1:16.6	Well, if you have your Bible, turn to Romans chapter 7, because here's Dr. Sprawl.
1:24.5	I'll ask you to turn to chapter 7 of Romans, beginning at verse 14.
1:30.3	For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am carnal, sold under sin.
1:40.3	For what I am doing, I do not understand, what I will to do that I do not practice,
1:50.2	but what I hate that I do. If then I do what I will not to do, I agree with the law that it is good, but now it is no longer I who do it,
2:05.5	but sin that dwells in me.
2:08.6	For I know that in me, that is in my flesh, nothing good dwells, for to will is present
2:16.0	with me, but how to perform what is good I do not find.
2:22.7	For the good that I will to do, I do not do, but the evil I will not to do that I practice.
2:32.9	Now, if I do what I will not to do,
2:36.0	it is no longer I who do it,
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