Fighting the lusts of the flesh

Can we be freed of the flesh or are we dammed to continue our existence on earth and trudge through life with something less than victory?

"taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ"

Only though walking in the fullness of the grace of God through the Holy Spirit are we able to overcome our deepest and closest enemy. The devil would not get and snare us if not for the weakness of our Spirit that allows the flesh to indulge. How then can we fight this evil and prevail?

3 thoughts JJJ

#1: Jesus who went 40 days and nights in fierce conflict with the enemy: only after being baptised in the power of the Holy Spirit was He able to prevail. Only after being immersed into Christ's death and His resurrection are we able to prevail over the evil one and the flesh to do God's will. It is received by faith in the grace of God, in the works of God as revealed in Christ for Man.

It is not by our own strength that we can do God's will its is only as we keep in step with Grace in the Power of the Holy Spirit that we are able to walk and keep the enemy and the flesh under our feet. More of Grace, more of God, and less of self, leave the self and flesh be crucified at the cross.

#2 Joseph Son of Jacob : who loved God rather than to sin against Him even when no one was looking when no one would know. The man had a deeper love for his God in dire straights of trial and confinement than any Stirling saint. God will give us grace to follow Him in the midst of confining circumstances that we might remain pure and delighting in Christ all the more. The man was human but he possessed a love for Christ, for God.

#3 Joseph father of Jesus, who refused to lie with Mary out of the fear of God. Are we able to keep ourselves for Christ, entirely because He loves us, entirely because He has done a fearful Godly thing in us, giving us the deposit of His Spirit, are we able to keep ourselves for Him?

In the face of a society that gratifies itself immediately on every lust of the heart, every greed every desire, are we able to hold off gratification to seek God for that pure gratification and blessing, on marriage, on sexuality, on healing, on blessing and wealth, a blessing that He Himself wants to bless us with, and even if He does withhold it, will we still delighting in Him declare He is greater joy than desire fulfilled. He is the sum of Desire fulfilled, the husband man, our souls delight, the joy of Nations. O That I may know you more.