Works of the flesh

 

Romans 8:5 

King James Version

5 For they that are after the flesh 

do mind the things of the flesh; 

but they that are after the Spirit 

the things of the Spirit.

Satan knows Scripture.

He knows that our bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit.

Precisely why he attacks it, at all times, in all ways.

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 

King James Version

19 What? 

know ye not that your body 

is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, 

which ye have of God, 

and ye are not your own?

20 For ye are bought with a price: 

therefore glorify God in your body, 

and in your spirit, 

which are God's.

And we are so asleep.

And unaware.

Here are the enemy's works, according to apostle Paul:

Galatians 5:19-21 

King James Version

19 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.

How can the enemy not?

He is prince of the world.

JESUS called him that.

John 14:30 

King James Version

30 Hereafter I will not talk much with you: 

for the prince of this world cometh, 

and hath nothing in me.

This malevolent spirit lives in children of disobedience.

Ephesians 2:2-3 

King James Version

2 Wherein in time past 

ye walked according to the course of this world, 

according to the prince of the power of the air, 

the spirit that now worketh 

in the children of disobedience:

3 Among whom also 

we all had our conversation in times past 

in the lusts of our flesh, 

fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; 

and were by nature the children of wrath, 

even as others.

He is a roaring lion.

1 Peter 5:8 

King James Version

8 Be sober, 

be vigilant; 

because your adversary the devil, 

as a roaring lion, 

walketh about, 

seeking whom he may devour:

But through CHRIST, we are victors over flesh.

Galatians 5:24 

King James Version

24 And they that are Christ's 

have crucified the flesh 

with the affections and lusts.

Let us walk in the Spirit.

Galatians 5:16 

King James Version

16 This I say then, 

Walk in the Spirit, 

and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.

Let us submit to God.

James 4:7 

King James Version

7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. 

Resist the devil, 

and he will flee from you.

Let us put on the new man.

Ephesians 4:24 

King James Version

24 And that ye put on the new man, 

which after God is created in righteousness 

and true holiness.

Let us put on the Lord Jesus Christ.

Romans 13:14 

King James Version

14 But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, 

and make not provision for the flesh, 

to fulfil the lusts thereof.

Let us love the Father.

1 John 2:15-17 

King James Version

15 Love not the world, 

neither the things that are in the world. 

If any man love the world, 

the love of the Father is not in him.

16 For all that is in the world, 

the lust of the flesh, 

and the lust of the eyes, 

and the pride of life, 

is not of the Father, 

but is of the world.

17 And the world passeth away, 

and the lust thereof: 

but he that doeth the will of God 

abideth for ever.

Let us love one another.

Galatians 5:13-14 

King James Version

13 For, 

brethren, 

ye have been called unto liberty; 

only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, 

but by love serve one another.

14 For all the law is fulfilled in one word, 

even in this; 

Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

Let us cease from sin.

1 Peter 4:1-2 

King James Version

4 Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us 

in the flesh, 

arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: 

for he that hath suffered in the flesh 

hath ceased from sin;

2 That he no longer should live the rest of his time 

in the flesh to the lusts of men, 

but to the will of God.

Let us do the will of God.

1 John 2:17 

King James Version

17 And the world passeth away, 

and the lust thereof: 

but he that doeth the will of God 

abideth for ever.

Let us believe in JESUS.

1 John 5:4-6 

King James Version

4 For whatsoever is born of God 

overcometh the world: 

and this is the victory that overcometh the world, 

even our faith.

5 Who is he that overcometh the world, 

but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?

6 This is he that came by water and blood, 

even Jesus Christ; 

not by water only, 

but by water and blood. 

And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, 

because the Spirit is truth.

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