Rom 7:14-25 Paul is talking about the conflicting natures of sin and righteousness.
He says "For what I am doing, I do not understand; for I am not practicing what I would like to do, but I am doing the very thing I hate."
I've felt like this many times. I purpose in my heart to do one thing, but when the time comes I instinctively do another. After the fact I am so mad I could spit. I determine that I am incapable of doing good (vs 18). I am incapable of doing Good. Paul says next:
"For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh; for the willing is present in me, but the doing of good is not."
His explanation is in vs 19 "For the good that I want, I do not do, but I practice the very evil that I do not want."
Oh how often I have purposed in my heart to do good, to become better, to be more sensitive not only to the Spirit, but also to my wife, to my unbelieving friends. But in that moment of discussion I forget what I had purposed and I am unloving in my speech, I am unforgiving in my heart, I am not mindful of those who do not yet know God. After the fact I am guilt ridden for my actions and words.
This is the essence of the conflict of two natures. We want to be better, but we cannot except through Christ.
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