The “Skipping-over” Doctrine

How confusingly ignorant is this doctrine, which they have, skipping over Romans 7 to Romans 8, is shown by the following: a brother has moved from Romans 7 and is now living in Romans 8. I ask him at his apartment: “Have you done something today that is not quite right?” He thinks about it and answers: “Yes, I have done something.” “Did you do what you loved?” “No.” “What you hated?” “Yes, of course.” “Yes, but when you do what you hate, are you then in Romans 7?” “Yes, but then I I’ll soon be skipping back to Romans 8 again.” “So you are skipping back and forth between Romans 7 and 8 daily!”

Yes, there is hope when they acknowledge that they did what they hated; because then they hate what they did afterwards. And that is true of Jesus’ words that we should even hate our own life. If the brother had said, Oh, it’s just a rough edge to be polished, an imperfection, do you think God had polished it off? No, God does not polish the “rough edges” of self-life. He does not take away the worst things that He sees, but He lets them die. He hates them. Blessed is the soul who agrees with Him.