06/21/2026
The rules!
What if I told you the very first sin had nothing to do with a piece of fruit and everything to do with the human heart?
As I was reading through Romans this week, I couldn’t stop thinking about the Garden of Eden. Adam and Eve were living in perfect relationship with God. No bills. No stress. No sickness. No lack. They had access to everything they could ever need. Yet somehow they became fixated on the one thing God said no to.
And if we’re honest, not much has changed.
We do the same thing every day. We overlook the hundreds of blessings God has placed in front of us and become consumed with the one thing we can’t have, the one thing we lost, or the one thing God is telling us to leave alone.
That’s what Paul is uncovering in Romans 7. The law didn’t create rebellion. It revealed it. The problem was never the rule. The problem was the heart that wanted its own way.
The good news is God didn’t leave us there.
The law exposed the disease, but Jesus became the cure. Through Christ, sin no longer has the authority it once had. The battle may still be there, temptation may still show up, but it no longer owns you.
This message challenged me deeply because it reminded me that freedom isn’t found in staring at the tree, obsessing over the struggle, or trying harder to be better. Freedom is found in fixing our eyes on Christ and walking with the One who already broke the chains.
If you’ve ever wondered why you still struggle, why temptation feels so real, or what true freedom in Christ actually looks like, this message is for you.