Exactly, lost men aren’t under conviction of sin. Those under that conviction are those who have been given a new heart. I’ve read those who adopt a different understanding of Romans 7 and never found them persuasive. Paul was clearly writing about the believer’s ongoing war with his old sin nature.
I question anyone who claims Christ who doesn’t also believe they still deal with their old nature. As soon as I believe I’ve mortified one aspect of sin in my life my eyes are opened to another manifestation of sin. It’s never-ending. I know exactly what Paul was experiencing in verse 24 when he wrote, “O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?”
I agree completely.
I am SOOOOO grateful that no one can read my mind.