KNOW YOUR ENEMY II
Memorise: O wretched man that I am! Who shall deliver me from the
body of this death? Romans 7:24
Read: Romans 7:18-25, 18 For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no
good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is
good I find not.
19 For the good
that I would I do not: but the evil which I
would not, that I do.
20 Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it,
but sin that dwelleth in me.
21 I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is
present with me.
22 For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:
23 But I see another law in my members, warring against the
law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my
members.
24 O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the
body of this death?
25 I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with
the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.
Bible in one year: 1st Kings 7:1-8:21, Proverbs 16:6-19
MESSAGE
The flesh is another deadly enemy
of man. The flesh attacks the soul through its poisonous activities. These
activities are listed in Galatians 5:19-21;
“Now the
works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication,
uncleanness, lasciviousness, Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance,
emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, 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.”
The above listed activities of
the flesh are deadly, primarily because they prevent a man inheriting the
kingdom of God.
An enemy is not a serious one if it can only kill you, but
cannot prevent you from making it to heaven. Jesus Christ said:
“And
fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul; but
rather fear him which is able to destroy both souls and body in hell.”
Matthew
10:28
Consequently, the flesh and its
activities are very dangerous, but Christians have become so complacent that
they sit back and allow these activities drag them off the track of heaven. The
Bible says:
“Can one
go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned? So he that goeth into his
neighbour’s wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent… But whoso
committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it
destoryeth his own soul.”
Proverbs
6:28, 32
The works of the flesh can be
destroyed through only one means and that means is Jesus Christ. Beloved, I
encourage you to give you life to Christ totally today, and do away with all
works of the flesh.
Action Point
Read Colossians 3:5 and pray with it.
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