The Deadly Sin of the Flesh

 

Our flesh has a sinful tendency. It doesn’t understand the things of God. It doesn’t care about spiritual things.

The mind governed by the flesh is death, but the mind governed by the Spirit is life and peace. The mind governed by the flesh is hostile to God; it does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so. Those who are in the realm of the flesh cannot please God. Romans 8:6-8

Obviously, man is created to dominate. The man was created to dominate in love and goodness.

So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.” Genesis 1:27-28

After sin came into this world the flesh still wants to dominate. But the flesh craves power to dominate with a distorted motive. The wisdom of domination is corrupted.

Your heart became proud on account of your beauty, and you corrupted your wisdom because of your splendor. Ezekiel 28:17

Now the flesh craves power not to dominate in love but in hatred. It craves power to dominate in evil but goodness. It craves power to dominate in selfishness, not in love.

The flesh doesn’t understand the importance of trusting the Lord for our future. Instead, the flesh craves the power to control our future. It doesn’t have the patience to follow the pace of God. Our sinful nature doesn’t operate in the wisdom above but the wisdom of man. 

For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there is disorder and every evil thing. But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, unwavering, without hypocrisy. James 3:16

The flesh doesn’t want to leave the judgement of the persons to God. It craves the power to pay back evil for evil.

Never pay back evil for evil to anyone. Respect what is right in the sight of all men. Romans 12:17

The flesh enjoys competition with others instead of completing God’s assignment. It likes to manipulate and control others.

If any ungodly desire is traced back, it leads to the power crave of flesh. The flesh doesn’t appreciate the character. It just wants power not the fruit of the spirit.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law. Galatians 5:22-23

The flesh sees investing time and energy in developing character other than power crave as a waste of time. The flesh wants to have wealth, might, or knowledge to have things its way not to give to love and to bless. The flesh hates to trust God and to leave it in the hand of God.

The flesh doesn’t want to be accountable to God. The flesh worships nothing but power.

Any human being's problems can be traced back to the work of the flesh, namely, power craves. Any work of the flesh is centred in power crave. Any manifestation of the sin of the flesh is originated in the flesh power crave.

It inappropriately controls other people and situations around greed, selfishness, and hatred.

We have to understand the operation of the flesh to mortify the work of the flesh in our lives.

For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live. Romans 8:13

Instead, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the desires of the flesh. Romans 13:14

Abiy Wakuma Dinsa

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