Why Is the Struggle with Sin So Hard?

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We'll be looking this morning at Romans 7:14-25. This is that famous passage where Paul describes his struggle with sin. And everyone who deals with this passage has to grapple with a vital and difficult question. And it's this: "When the apostle Paul wrote Romans 7:14-25, was he describing his own experience as a Christian, or was he looking back at his life before his conversion and describing the conflict he felt as an unbeliever who was in bondage to sin?" Is this really Paul the apostle speaking as a Christian, or is he looking back on his old life and describing what the struggle with sin was like for Saul of Tarsus?