The Opportunity Sin Siezed

Romans 7:8

“But sin, seizing an opportunity through the commandment, produced in me all kinds of covetousness. For apart from the law, sin lies dead.” -Romans 7:8

Paul personifies sin as if it were some sort of military operative waging war against every human being. The commandment, though good and just in itself, is weaponized to produce in [him] all kinds of cov…