“Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil ‘the lust of the flesh’” (Gal. 5:16)
“The Lust of the flesh” - ‘Lust’: In very simple language, ‘lust’ is desire gone wrong. It’s a strong craving or an evil desire, often but not limited to sexual desire.
A Four-part Study Series by Arthur J Licursi
The “lust of the flesh” is of the evil power “in the flesh” of man that produces sins as it’s outward display.
It’s immediately obvious why this is such an important topic for every believer to fully understand.
However, before we look at the entire phrase “the lust of the flesh,”
“Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil ‘the lust of the flesh’” (Gal. 5:16) The “lust of the flesh” is of the evil power “in the flesh” of man that produces sins as it’s outward display. It’s immediately obvious why this is such an important topic for every believer to fully understand.
A Five-Part Study Series
by Arthur J Licursi
Fear is common to all men, including we Christians.
Fear is a natural reaction that works to keep us from harm, to be safe…
but we as believers are often tempted with the “fiery darts” of thoughts
that are intended to provoke “fear,” to immobilize us.
All of us as Christians would have to admit that on many levels of our daily life we sometimes know to do right, but we don’t do right, and we also know not to do wrong, but sometimes we do wrong. This failure reveals the conflict between the two natures in us. Thus there is a struggle in every believer’s experience.
The Two Natures in the Believer
A Multi-Part Series
by Arthur J Licursi
All of us as Christians would have to admit that
on many levels of our daily life
we sometimes…
In Romans 7 the Apostle Paul writes of the frustration he had as a Christian. He found that this frustration was due to the ongoing conflict between the “Spirit of life in Christ Jesus” and its righteous nature within the believer’s spirit (cf. Romans 6-8), and the still ever-present “Sin (nature) in the flesh” (Rom 8:3b), which seems to overwhelm the believer’s good and righteous intentions.
In Romans 7:6-23 Paul recounts his frustrating Christian life of trying and failing to serve the Law of righteousness by his own self-will. Then in Romans 7:24-25 Paul cries out in heart anguish.
Romans 6:14 For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.
Among all unregenerate mankind there is a desire burning within – desiring to be quenched or satisfied. As we've stated earlier, God's innate desire is as a giver, a lover, a self-for-others. Man was created "upright" (Eccl 7:29), having that same innate desire, that is before Adam's fall. Then Adam's self-being became transmuted into a self-for self, a self-getter, and a manipulating taker, a trait we see in all men today, from their birth. By Adam's fall in the garden, mankind became a twisted self.