Romans 7:15-19 (NIV)
15 I do not understand what I do. For what I
want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do. 16 And if I do what I do not want to do, I
agree that the law is good. 17 As it is, it is no longer I myself who do
it, but it is sin living in me. 18 For I know that good itself does not dwell
in me, that is, in my sinful nature. For I have the desire to
do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. 19 For I do not do the good I want to do, but
the evil I do not want to do—this I keep on doing.
I remembered this passage because it's repetitious, and basically a tongue twister if you read it out loud; (it goes on for longer with more 'do not do's).
So this is talking about sin, but it applies still to all the things that we tell ourselves we shouldn't do, but do anyway. And it's a testament to the continuity of human nature, as this was written 2000 years ago.
It's something that's brought up often - people talk a lot about giving things up: quitting smoking, alcohol, drugs - and now there are trends around dieting - quitting sugar, certain carbohydrates etc. often though we relapse anyway. That's the example that is most recognised, at least in common social interactions, but probably has more to do with a physical desire - withdrawal.
There are other behavioural things, though that people will often decide not to do something - or even to do something - become better, but can't ever seem to resist breaking the vow we've made with ourselves. Obviously it's because people aren't perfect, this isn't a question I'm asking, rather, I'm assessing this nature of ours. It's a contradiction
Maybe I could explore this observation - I think it's good for people to assess their own nature, to understand themselves better, A lot of people aren't very self aware.
I can think of ways that text and imagery could communicate this idea, and I have taken an interest in text art -
So this is talking about sin, but it applies still to all the things that we tell ourselves we shouldn't do, but do anyway. And it's a testament to the continuity of human nature, as this was written 2000 years ago.
It's something that's brought up often - people talk a lot about giving things up: quitting smoking, alcohol, drugs - and now there are trends around dieting - quitting sugar, certain carbohydrates etc. often though we relapse anyway. That's the example that is most recognised, at least in common social interactions, but probably has more to do with a physical desire - withdrawal.
There are other behavioural things, though that people will often decide not to do something - or even to do something - become better, but can't ever seem to resist breaking the vow we've made with ourselves. Obviously it's because people aren't perfect, this isn't a question I'm asking, rather, I'm assessing this nature of ours. It's a contradiction
Maybe I could explore this observation - I think it's good for people to assess their own nature, to understand themselves better, A lot of people aren't very self aware.
I can think of ways that text and imagery could communicate this idea, and I have taken an interest in text art -
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