We of course abstained from all forms of «impurity» and I was constantly at the altar of my church repenting and often in tears over
the lusts of the flesh that I had not yet «brought captive».
(I am so grateful and thankful that I have no children for they would have been living within a world where
the lusts of the flesh does devour all!
«Do not love the world, nor the things in the world... For all that is in the world —
the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the boastful pride of life — is not from the Father, but is from the world.
If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.16 For all that is in the world,
the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.17 And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.
2 Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience: 3 Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in
the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.
We conducted ourselves after
the lusts of the flesh.
16 For all that is in the world,
the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of life, is not from the Father, but is from the world.
So they were innocent but not fully equipped to resist
the lust of the flesh.
«I say, Walk by the Spirit and ye shall not fulfill
the lust of the flesh» (Gal.
For all that [is] in the world,
the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
phony heavensent as you mock Jesus» truth purposely destroying the USA's moral compass because of your obsession with
the lust of the flesh sin.
We looked at the first temptation, which was the temptation to turn bread into stone:
The Lust of the flesh.
You cant serve the living God «YAHWEH» and
the lust of your flesh (sin) at the same time.
«ruled by their desires» Pride,
lust of the flesh, covetousness, greed, something much stronger than I'd rather being doing something else, more importantly something outside the will and purpose of God.
Someone who's gay needs to rid themselves of the sins of
the lust of the flesh, plus, they may have demons working on them.
One is the love that springs from the desire to possess: «
the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the pride of life.»
Satan wanted Jesus to turn stone into bread (
the lust of the flesh), the devil showed him all the kingdoms of the world (the lust of the eyes), and tempted Jesus to throw himself down from the pinnacle of the temple in order to easily declare himself as the Messiah and prove that God was working for him (the pride of life).
The lusts of the flesh always wants instant gratification.
Gal 5:16 [This] I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil
the lust of the flesh.
For all that is in the world,
the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the boastful priode of life, is not from the Father (God), but is from the world.
It is equal to say that at baptism one receives the Holy Spirit, and by his power he can overcome
the lust of his flesh (body).
God used to rule over everyone, until your like minds complained all the time that they couldn't see Him, couldn't touch Him, didn't know Him because they too, were too engrossed in
the lust of their flesh, causing sin.
The rocks are
the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life (1 John 2:16).
The way of the cross is the way of nonviolence, the way of suffering love, even nonresistance, whereas the way of the world is governed by
the lusts of the flesh and the use of the sword.
And what is
the lust of the flesh?
Galatians 5:16 says, I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill
the lust of the flesh.
Those who walk by the Spirit do not fulfill
the lust of the flesh.
Ultimately, as I indicated previously, the work of Satan and his minions all boils down to casting doubt on God's Word in three primary areas:
the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life.
Certainly, the «
lusts of the flesh» of which you speak do include a form of religious superiority and haughtiness that do no favor to those looked down upon (believe it or not, it is not all about sex).
Pastors took it as a sign of progress in their understanding of the Bible that they had come to regard sin primarily as
the lusting of the flesh against the spirit.
Even after being a Christian 27 years I know I am very capable of acting from my flesh instead of by faith in the indwelling Spirit to walk righteously and not fulfill
the lusts of the flesh.
For all that is in the world,
the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.»
The 3 root causes of sin are (1)
The Lust of the Flesh [Physical], (2) The Lust of the Eyes [Sensate], and (3) the Pride of LIfe (egoism)[Rational].