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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