The Battle of the Flesh

The desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh. GALATIANS 5:17 + The Battle of the Flesh When someone becomes aware of this battle of the flesh, he should not lose heart on this account; but by the Spirit he should fight back and say: "I am a sinner, and I am aware of my sin; for I have not yet put off my flesh, to which sin will cling as long as it lives. But I will obey the Spirit rather than the flesh. That is, by faith and hope I will take hold of Christ. I will fortify myself with His Word, and thus fortified I will refuse to gratify the desires of the flesh." . . . Thus there is great comfort for the faithful in this teaching of Paul's, because they know that they have partly fles ... continue reading