(Gal 5:17 NKJV) For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so that you do not do the things that you wish.
We often wonder why we did the very thing that we have repented for, over and over again. This scripture explains how the flesh will war against the Spirit because they are opposite of each other. The flesh is not good; it has the desire to sin, it loves sin. It is an ongoing battle if we do not learn how to crucify it.
The only way to stop the flesh is to kill it… crucify those fleshly desires. How do we do this? We tell it NO! We ask God to deliver us and take the desire away. As we surrender them to God, He will help us.
What are the desires of the flesh?
(Gal 5:19-21 NKJV) adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, {20} idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, {21} envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
We may try to hide it from our friends and loved ones, but God knows and sees it all.
What are the desires of the Spirit?
(Gal 5:22-23 NKJV) love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, {23} gentleness, self-control.
In order to walk in the Spirit we have to kill, or crucify the desires of the flesh daily! (Gal 5:24 NKJV) And those who are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
So in this daily battle with our flesh, how do we defeat it? We simply need to learn to say NO!
Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie
Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808
401-377-5400
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