Praise the Lord everybody! because He alone is worthy to be praised! Oh it is great to be alive and in Christ, especially in these last and evil days. God is moving by His spirit and so is the enemy and the spirit of the anti-Christ. We as believers must remain steadfast and diligent as we await our day of redemption. As the gospel of Christ continues to be spread throughout the world there is is another gospel that is competing for our attention, and that is the gospel of the flesh.
The word "gospel" means "good news" and the Gospel of Christ is certainly that, but the flesh has it's own "gospel" that it preaches. It whispers in our ears the "good news" of how you and it can live happily together forever, you taking care of it and it taking care of you.
God's word tells us in Galatians 1:6-9 6 I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel:
7 Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ.
8 But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.
9 As we said before, so say I now again, if any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.
Your flesh is what drove your old nature but the word says that anyone who is in Christ "is a new creature, old things have passed away behold all things have become new."(2nd Cor. 5:17) In order to be in Christ, you first have to die to self, and your flesh does not want to die. It wants life and that life more abundantly, but the abundance it wants is not the same abundant life Jesus talks about in the tenth chapter of the book of John.
Jesus himself said in Matthew 26:4141 Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
Paul also said in Romans 13:13+14 13 Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.
14 But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.
The flesh lusts after things, even things we need like food, shelter, clothing, and that lust leads to things like obesity, stealing, murder, and all the health and legal problems that go along with that. The lust of the flesh is the root cause of all kinds of addictions, fetishes, and compulsive behaviors. that is why Paul also said in Romans 8:13 13 For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.
I don't know about anybody else but I want to live! Throughout my life, I have listened to the gospel of the flesh, and it has led me down the path of various addictions. I have struggled over the years with my weight, drug addiction, pornography, and masturbation. I had to stop listening to my flesh concerning those things, I became deaf to the flesh and its' siren song. I am still dealing with the aftermath of these struggles especially the weight I gained over the years.
One thing I know, and that is that there is only victory in the spirit and only failure in the flesh. Paul writes in Galatians 5:19-2419 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
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.
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
24 And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.
This is the true gospel of the flesh and it is not good news unless you use it as a warning. Take it from someone who knows that the flesh is the "root of all kinds of evil."
God bless you all, Brother Darrell, Speaking Off The Wall
The word "gospel" means "good news" and the Gospel of Christ is certainly that, but the flesh has it's own "gospel" that it preaches. It whispers in our ears the "good news" of how you and it can live happily together forever, you taking care of it and it taking care of you.
God's word tells us in Galatians 1:6-9 6 I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel:
7 Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ.
8 But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.
9 As we said before, so say I now again, if any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.
Your flesh is what drove your old nature but the word says that anyone who is in Christ "is a new creature, old things have passed away behold all things have become new."(2nd Cor. 5:17) In order to be in Christ, you first have to die to self, and your flesh does not want to die. It wants life and that life more abundantly, but the abundance it wants is not the same abundant life Jesus talks about in the tenth chapter of the book of John.
Jesus himself said in Matthew 26:4141 Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
Paul also said in Romans 13:13+14 13 Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.
14 But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.
The flesh lusts after things, even things we need like food, shelter, clothing, and that lust leads to things like obesity, stealing, murder, and all the health and legal problems that go along with that. The lust of the flesh is the root cause of all kinds of addictions, fetishes, and compulsive behaviors. that is why Paul also said in Romans 8:13 13 For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.
I don't know about anybody else but I want to live! Throughout my life, I have listened to the gospel of the flesh, and it has led me down the path of various addictions. I have struggled over the years with my weight, drug addiction, pornography, and masturbation. I had to stop listening to my flesh concerning those things, I became deaf to the flesh and its' siren song. I am still dealing with the aftermath of these struggles especially the weight I gained over the years.
One thing I know, and that is that there is only victory in the spirit and only failure in the flesh. Paul writes in Galatians 5:19-2419 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
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.
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
24 And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.
This is the true gospel of the flesh and it is not good news unless you use it as a warning. Take it from someone who knows that the flesh is the "root of all kinds of evil."
God bless you all, Brother Darrell, Speaking Off The Wall
1 comment:
Amen the flesh only leads to a dead end. One way in no way out I choose the road to redemption.Praise God.
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