I agree....I have found that the more we gave them the law - the more the sin manifested. We can stop doing something by our own will-power for awhile but eventually it will come back. But when we walk by the Spirit then the flesh with the law of sin in it ( rom. 7:20,23 ) loses it's power to deceive us. His life within us is what keeps us now.
I found that I was focusing on myself in trying not to sin and I wasn't really relying on Christ within me but on myself. Big difference and now learning about living by grace through faith in Christ's finished work - I live a holier life then I ever dreamed possible before. Thank you Jesus.
The true Christian wants to live godly because that is their true nature within them as a new creation in Christ.