Section 12
through the death of the old man. In chapter six, our old man is the sinning person, but in chap ter seven our old man is the self-assuming hus band. The old man should not have been the husband; rather, he should have been the wife. The old man, however, has not kept his position, but has assumed the position of the husband. Praise the Lord that the old man as the sinning person and as the self-assuming husband has been crucified and buried! Now we are freed from sin and from the law. This covers the first part of Romans 7.
THE PROBLEM OF THE FLESH
In the second part of this chapter we have another problem—the flesh. Sin has caused our body to become a body of sinful flesh. Thus, along with the problem of sin, we have the prob lem of the fallen body, the sinful flesh. Our fallen body is absolutely no good; it has become the flesh. In 7:18 Paul says, "I know that in me, that is in my flesh, nothing good dwells." Stand ing absolutely on the side of the law of God, Paul sincerely wanted to do good and to keep the law, but he found that his flesh, which opposed his desire, was a great frustration. In 7:22 and 23 he says, "I delight in the law of God according to the