Romans 7  Paul clarifies the role of the Torah, the Law, for his Jewish brothers.  The Torah is not wrong and not evil.  It is still the Word of God, a "prescription for righteous living". (CJB commentary).   The Torah can not make a person righteous,  but instead only has the ability  of making people "conscious " of sin.  Sin took a foothold, "seizing the opportunity afforded by the commandment, worked in [me ]all kinds of evil desires."  Paul notes.

Sin deceives us. Sin kills us.  Sin uses the Law to put us to death.  The Law, Paul says, bound him to his old nature, " sold to sin as a slave".   He couldn't do the things he wanted to do.  He did the things he didn't want to do... He agreed with the Law, but was controlled by sin.

Paul, like all of us, needed to be rescued.

"What a miserable creature I am! Who will rescue me from this body bound for death? Thanks be to God [He will!] - through Yeshua the Messiah, our Lord!" ( v25)

"Blessed are the poor in spirit... "  Jesus taught us, ".. for theirs is the kingdom of heaven."  (Matthew 5:3)  We are all poor, desperate, enslaved, and without hope.. except for Jesus who came to rescue  us. We are no longer bound to this master called sin!  We have a New Master who will bring us into His very own Kingdom.  We must only choose to trust in Him!

Father, You have made a way when there was no other way.  Help us to recognize how desperately poor we are without Your salvation through Jesus Christ.  Thank You for wanting us and for purchasing us for Yourself.  What a great price You paid! And now we stand, no longer condemned, but made children of God.  Praise and honor and glory to our God and to our Savior Jesus Christ. Amen!