Jesus viewed both the OT and his own teaching as the Word of God. The NT apostolic witness was a
result of Jesus giving his disciples authority and power through the Holy Spirit to impart spiritual truths
in writing (Mark 3:13–19; John 16:12–14; Acts 26:16–18; 1 Cor. 2:12–13).
Humans become like what they adore. The Spirit works to foster adoration of Christ so that people will
become like him. Thus, sanctification flows from adoration, and both are accomplished by the Spirit in
the believer's life.
“I don’t understand myself at all, for I really want to do what is right, but I don’t do it. Instead, I do
the very thing I hate”. Romans 7:15
Paul had been a follower of Christ for 25 years when he wrote Romans. We face challenges and
temptations every day in our life, just as Paul some 2,000 year ago. In Galatians 5:17 Paul said our choices
are never free of the conflict between our sinful nature and our desire to walk with Christ.