Which Side is One-Sided?

Please make sure to have read the previous post before reading this one. Thank you.

Romans 7:7-25 says:

What shall we say, then? Is the law sin? Certainly not! Indeed I would not have known what sin was except through the law. For I would not have known what coveting really was if the law had not said, "Do not covet." But sin, seizing the opportunity afforded by the commandment, produced in me every kind of covetous desire. For apart from law, sin is dead. Once I was alive apart from law; but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life and I died. I found that the very commandment that was intended to bring life actually brought death. For sin, seizing the opportunity afforded by the commandment, deceived me, and through the commandment put me to death. So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, righteous, and good.
Did that which is good, then, become death to me? By no means! But in order that sin might be recognized as sin, it produced death in me through what was good, so that through the commandment sin might become utterly sinful.
We know that the law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin. I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do. And if I do what I do not want to do, I agree that the law is good. As it is, it is no longer I myself who do it, but it is sin living in me. I know that nothing good lives in me, that is in my sinful nature. For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. For what I do is not the good I want to do; no, the evil I do not want to do - this I keep on doing. Now if I do what I do not want to do, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it.
So I find this law at work: When I want to do good, evil is right there with me. For in my inner being I delight in God's law; but I see another law at work in the members of my body, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin at work within my members. What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death? Thanks be to God - through Jesus Christ our Lord!
So then, I myself in my mind am a slave to God's law, but in the sinful nature a slave to the law of sin.

So to begin, the Law shows us our sins and seems to make our sins real and deadly. Does this mean the Law is sinful and causes us to sin? No. Paul tells us that the Law is holy, righteous and good. The Law is the instruction for living the life that God wants for us. It is His good perfect and pleasing will. So then, where does the sin come from? The sins we commit come from the sinful nature that is within our bodies. When the sinful nature reaches our hearts, our hearts desire to satisfy the needs of the body. This is sin when our sinful nature takes the opportunity presented by God's law and leads us to sin against Him. The Law itself is not sinful. It shows us just what our sinful nature truly is: The source of all our evil desires and sinful ways. This why Paul says we are unspiritual slaves to our sin. When we give in to sin, we give in to the evil nature within our bodies. There is nothing good within our bodies. So then, where does the good come from? James 1:17 says,

Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.

All the desires to do good works and the good works themselves come from God. When Jesus died, the Holy Spirit became one with our spirit, and we know this is true in our minds. Because of this, we are free from our sin because He took our punishment. This is why we no longer desire to sin, but to instead do good by following the Law in Love and freedom. But our sinful nature still exists within our bodies. What does all this result in? It results in our bodies having a law of sin and our spirits having the Law of God. And each law fights to control our hearts, the source of who we are on the outside. So when we desire to do good, evil desires are right there at the same time.

There are three things to realize and do about this. The first is to realize that even though we still have a sinful nature, we are not still due for punishment for our sins. When Jesus died on the cross, He forgave us for all of our sins that we will ever commit in our lives. We are free from them. So even though we might give in to our sinful nature at times, we are still forgiven for each of those times.
The second is that even though our bodies are stuck with a sinful nature that wars with the Holy Spirit inside of us, it does not mean that we cannot work to make that fight one-sided. Looking back at the cycle from the previous post, the Holy Spirit condemns us with our hearts and causes us to go to God in repentance with a desire to change. We then grow closer to God and He causes the Holy Spirit to change us and work through us to do His will (the proof of our salvation in Him). Then the Holy Spirit teaches us more and we see more of what we do wrong and are led again in repentance. The cycle repeats over and over throughout our lives without end, growing stronger each time. And each time we do this cycle and follow God's commands that He made for us to follow in order to have a good life in Him, He gets control over more and more of our hearts. So even though we can't get rid of this sinful nature, it is possible to make the war within us one-sided in God's favor.
The third and last thing is that when our time comes to leave this earth, the sinful nature does not come with us. It is only within our bodies, and we will leave those behind for the new bodies God has promised us. So starting the moment we see His face, we will have no desires for any sinful things. And this will last all eternity. This war within us will end on that day with God as the victor as long as we are willing to make Him the victor. This is all thanks to Jesus Christ, whose sacrifice paid for our sins for all time.

So what is the Law to us now? It is a means to see how forgiven we are and is proof that we are forgiven. The Law is not to be forgotten. I encourage everyone to read about the written Law in the Old Testament so that you may know what is truly sinful within you. It is sobering, but also Joyful to know that I don't have to worry about the punishment for it all any longer. We are free from our sins already. So why should we allow ourselves to live according to our sinful natures? We should do everything we can to ensure that God is winning the war within us. That He has control of our hearts and causes us to live in Love and Joy for Him.