Who’s the Wretched Man?

28 Feb

Though the Law in itself is all right, it will be all wrong if it is applied to the wrong person. The ‘wretched man’ of Romans 7 tried to meet the claims of God’s law himself, and that was the cause of his trouble. The repeated use of the word ‘I’ in this chapter gives the clue to the failure.

Watchman Nee

The Normal Christian Life, Tyndale House, 1957/1977, 169

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