Before someone comes close to God, sin can almost feel “normal.” A person can live comfortably in patterns, desires, pride, lust, anger, selfishness, or worldly thinking without deeply recognizing it. But when someone begins walking closely with Christ, the light gets brighter. And light exposes things. That’s what Romans 7 is talking about. When Paul says, “Apart from the law, sin was dead…” he doesn’t mean sin literally didn’t exist. He means it was inactive, hidden, unnoticed, or not fully realized within him. But when God’s commandment confronted him, sin became visible and alive in his awareness. The holiness of God exposed the corruption of the flesh. So the deeper intimacy becomes, the more conflict you may feel because: • your spirit desires God, • but your flesh still resists Him. That internal war becomes more intense, not because you are farther from God, but often because you are closer to Him. When Paul says, “It is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells in me.”...