Wednesday,
April 26, 2017
10:35
PM
Flesh and Spirit.
What are some of the
things of the flesh that we are to shun?
1Co 3:3 For ye
are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and
divisions…
Envying, strife,
divisions.
Gal 5:19 Now
the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication,
uncleanness, lasciviousness,
Gal 5:20
Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions,
heresies,
Gal 5:21
Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell
you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such
things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
Things LIKE-
idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions,
heresies, envyings, murder, drunkenness, revellings.
Mar_4:19 And
the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of
other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.
Luk_21:34 And
take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with
surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon
you unawares.
Cares of this world,
deceitfulness of riches, lusts of other things, surfeiting, drunkenness.
We KNOW what these
things are. We know how vulnerable we are to these various things of the flesh.
These THINGS of the flesh have become things we have accepted as a part of us,
not something to necessarily be shunned. In the world we live in today so many
lusts of 'other things' are encouraged. Strife, heresies, drunkenness…. These
are a part of everyday life. Anger, jealousies, greed… so much is touted as
acceptable though often renamed. Ambition, comfortable in life, a right to be
heard, we call things by many different names and often it's to make them
acceptable, to cover the truth of their nature as being of the flesh, as being
evil, as being contrary to God, contrary to the Spirit, contrary to our Savior.
Truly this statement
-
'The more spiritual
a child of God becomes the more he is conscious of the significance of
walking according to the spirit and the
dangers of walking according to the flesh. But how is he actually to walk by
the spirit?'
-is something we
need to study more in-depth. All by the grace and will of our Lord and Savior,
Jesus Christ, now and forever!
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