The mortal flesh is not our enemy, nor do we fight against the flesh.
This lie of the devil, is for the ignorant, such as I was, that seek to fight the war with the devil not to sin, by fighting against our own flesh and blood, and that is a losing battle.
It is also for hypocrites, that I was not, that seek to justify sinning with the flesh, by blaming it on their own flesh and blood.
In both cases, the condemnation for sinning with the flesh is not upon the flesh, but upon the soul: the soul that is sinning is not being saved and born of God.
This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.
For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war against the flesh: (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds.)
Since it is not the flesh Spirit wars against, then the flesh is not waring against the Spirit, The question therefore is how does the flesh lust against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh?
It is the natural opposition between immortal Spirit and mortal flesh, It is not warfare between Spirit and flesh to do good or evil.
Lusting here in Scripture is neither warring, nor lusting to sin, but is simply the endurance of the spirit greatly desiring to do this or that necessary thing in this life, while yet in mortal flesh.
Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
The spirit of man endures his own mortal flesh, to do all that he would do in this life: However, the mortal flesh is weak in that it needs sleep, to eat food, to drink water, to breathe air, to use force of muscle and bone.
The Spirit needs none of these things, and if not for being made mortal flesh, then men would be spiritual beings just as the angels, who need not sleep, eat, drink, breathe air...
But they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they had seen a spirit.
Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have.
And while they yet believed not for joy, and wondered, he said unto them, Have ye here any meat? And he took it, and did eat before them.
The lie that we fight the flesh to fight against sinning with the flesh, is from wresting Scripture to say that lusting against each is waring against each, rather than enduring the two natures of man in the flesh, which is Spiritual and Natural, Immortal souls in mortal flesh.
It is not the warfare against sinning with the devil, that is made into a spiritual psychosis of 'dual nature theology', where the purified soul still has sinning flesh.
That is the lie to justify doubt heartedness of the spiritual mind, who now knows by imputed knowledge of righteousness what is the will of God, and yet is still sinning against that knowledge with the mortal body: Hearer and agreers only, not doers of the word.
This lie of the devil, is for the ignorant, such as I was, that seek to fight the war with the devil not to sin, by fighting against our own flesh and blood, and that is a losing battle.
It is also for hypocrites, that I was not, that seek to justify sinning with the flesh, by blaming it on their own flesh and blood.
In both cases, the condemnation for sinning with the flesh is not upon the flesh, but upon the soul: the soul that is sinning is not being saved and born of God.
This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.
For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war against the flesh: (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds.)
Since it is not the flesh Spirit wars against, then the flesh is not waring against the Spirit, The question therefore is how does the flesh lust against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh?
It is the natural opposition between immortal Spirit and mortal flesh, It is not warfare between Spirit and flesh to do good or evil.
Lusting here in Scripture is neither warring, nor lusting to sin, but is simply the endurance of the spirit greatly desiring to do this or that necessary thing in this life, while yet in mortal flesh.
Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
The spirit of man endures his own mortal flesh, to do all that he would do in this life: However, the mortal flesh is weak in that it needs sleep, to eat food, to drink water, to breathe air, to use force of muscle and bone.
The Spirit needs none of these things, and if not for being made mortal flesh, then men would be spiritual beings just as the angels, who need not sleep, eat, drink, breathe air...
But they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they had seen a spirit.
Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have.
And while they yet believed not for joy, and wondered, he said unto them, Have ye here any meat? And he took it, and did eat before them.
The lie that we fight the flesh to fight against sinning with the flesh, is from wresting Scripture to say that lusting against each is waring against each, rather than enduring the two natures of man in the flesh, which is Spiritual and Natural, Immortal souls in mortal flesh.
It is not the warfare against sinning with the devil, that is made into a spiritual psychosis of 'dual nature theology', where the purified soul still has sinning flesh.
That is the lie to justify doubt heartedness of the spiritual mind, who now knows by imputed knowledge of righteousness what is the will of God, and yet is still sinning against that knowledge with the mortal body: Hearer and agreers only, not doers of the word.
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