![]() ![]() Through the law, God reveals to us our utter weakness and helplessness before Him. ![]() The law brings us to a knowledge of ourselves, so we won’t trust ourselves anymore. The law has done its job when we ourselves are brought to an end. We are free from the law when it has done its job. This quote is from chapter nine, “The Meaning and Value of Romans 7.” As Romans 6 is about our freedom from sin, Romans 7 is about our freedom from the law. In the quote above, Nee refers to “the teaching of Romans.” The Normal Christian Life is based on Romans 6-8, although it covers a lot more ground than that, as we will see. “The teaching of Romans is not that we are sinners because we commit sins, but that we sin because we are sinners.” The root trouble is the sinner he must be dealt with.” God is taking pains to show us that we ourselves are wrong, fundamentally wrong. ![]() “We are apt to think that what we have done is very bad, but that we ourselves are not so bad. In the following two quotes Nee makes the same point: We need to get to the root of the problem. Getting people to recognize the seriousness of the sins they have committed is a big step, but no one should stop there. If we don’t understand our problem, we won’t appreciate God’s solution. ![]() The Normal Christian Life begins with this theme and comes back to it again and again. “I need forgiveness for what I have done, but I need also deliverance from what I am.” ![]()
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