The Real War Between The Spirit and the Flesh.......deno.....share freely.

    

      Galations 5:16-21) Walk in the spirit and you will not fulfill the lust of the flesh....Two opposite and opposing desires in one being. Two different men revealed in this light. The inner man (the spirit that is born of God) and the outer man (the sinful flesh). They war daily with each other for the control of the third part of us known as the soul or the mind (THE DECISION MAKER) and the free will that we all possess. They clash with each other and hope WE CHOOSE their desire.
      The spirit that is born of God, it's desires are all holy and love of God desires. It is created in Christ Jesus in righteousness and true holiness (Ephesians 4:23-24 & 2 Cor 5:16-18,) But the fleshes desires are still selfish, wicked, corrupt, deceitful, sin filled and sensual desiring no restraint. The fleshes corrupt desires must be crucified daily by the inward man, by the spirit. BY CHOICE TO DO SO. Paul said of this same matter that he died daily. Meaning he had to constantly tell his flesh OH NO YOU DON'T.
      Every day in Christ, our spirit battles with our flesh to see what we will decide in our minds thru our free will what we shall do each day....God said to Israel, CHOOSE YOU THIS DAY, THIS DAY, THIS DAY who you will serve. It is a daily, day unto day constant battle and decision. That is why Paul wrote in our text. This I say then, Walk in the spirit and you will not fulfill the lust of the flesh. He did not deny the still existence of our present sinful flesh and it's sinful desires as some do saying as Christians we should never have any sinful desires at all in us when all the while Paul taught us that our present flesh is full of evil desires. He said in Romans that in our flesh is evil desire, the desire to do wrong things and to sin, and that in our flesh is not even a single good thing. Our present sinful flesh is full of Satanic likeness in it's cravings and desires. It has to be tamed and brought under by the new born inner spirit empowered with the Spirit of the Lord and grace. DISCIPLINE.
    The false doctrine that we Christians should have no sinful desires in us period is unscriptural and it confuses people. Our present flesh still is a wild beast and if we let it fully loose to do all it desires, well  then oh what a mess we will get ourselves into. Learn to walk in the newness of the spirit created in Christ Jesus in righteousness and true holiness (Eph 4:24) and you will not fulfill the lust of the flesh though he cries every day against the spirit to let it out of it's cage......deno.....share freely.