Sentences with phrase «fleshly mind»

I think Mark has fairly well explain my own views about the enemy of the fleshly mind and the enemy of the devil.

refer to idle speculation, or, in the phrase «fleshly mind,» (Colossians 2:18, 21 - 23.)

«Let no one keep defrauding you of your prize by delighting in self - abasement and the worship of the angels, taking his stand on visions he has seen, inflated without cause by his fleshly mind and not holding fast to the head, Christ, from whom the entire body, being supplied and held together by the joints and ligaments, grows with a growth which is from God.»

2) You are fleshly minded.

Not exact matches

In working through my experience I have come to realize that Christianity is trying to achieve the same thing which eastern meditation practices are trying to achieve — the purifying / purging / cleansing / emptying of our minds of selfish, fleshly thoughts to increase spirituality, decrease self - centeredness, transcend self and thereby achieve behaviour modification.

That includes you, who were once alienated, enemies in your own minds to God's purposes, immersed in evil actions; but now you are bodily reconciled in his fleshly body which has tasted death.

If we set our mind on things of the flesh, even if we are setting our mind on not doing things of the flesh, we will face the constant struggle of falling into fleshly things, and will frequently stumble.

This is essentially what Paul is saying in Romans 8:5 - 7 when he talks about the mind set on fleshly things.

He goes on to explain that when believers live according to the flesh, we are carnally (or fleshly) minded, which leads to death.