KNOW YOUR ENEMY II – Wednesday April 27th 2016
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:
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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