Romans 7 and 8

[Richard Myers]

I missed your reply dear Sister Dorine. Yes, it is not easy to misinterpret Romans seven unless the mind has been distorted by false teachings on the gospel. There is a marked difference between Romans seven and Romans eight. In a Laodicean Church where few have spiritual discernment, many interpret Romans seven by their own experience which they believe is the converted Christian who does what he ought not and does not do what he ought to do.

The new birth is a rare experience in this age of the world. This is the reason why there are so many perplexities in the churches. Many, so many, who assume the name of Christ are unsanctified and unholy. They have been baptized, but they were buried alive. Self did not die, and therefore they did not rise to newness of life in Christ (Manuscript 148, 1897).

[Richard Myers]

In Romans 7 Saul says he was captive to the law of sin. In Romans 8 he says he was set free from the captivity of sin. 

 7:23   But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members. 
 7:24   O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? 

 8:1   There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. 
 8:2   For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.