![]() ![]() By extension, it will mean natural human abilities, the five human senses, and the body. You are able to read this post because you have eyes that are able to see physical light. The real man, that is the spirit man, therefore interacts with the natural world through the flesh, that is through the body and its senses. Since God made the earth for flesh and blood to inhabit, the human spirit can only live on the earth through the body. Man is essentially a spirit and lives in the body through his soul. It is simply the natural part of man that is needed to allow us to function on the earth. This aspect has no direct relationship with sin. The flesh is the natural aspect of man, as man is created with both a spiritual and a natural part. I will present the flesh in two parts: natural and spiritual. It will certainly require volumes for us to completely discuss what the flesh really is so I will condense the salient features that are key to the understanding of our subject. The worst enemies are not those from outside but from inside. Well, you were close, but there is a closer enemy to our life of victory and spiritual prosperity than sin or Satan because it is part of us. ![]() You might have thought that sin or Satan is our worst enemy. If you have ever wondered what the worst enemy of the believer in Christ is, here it is-the flesh. The second part of the lust of the flesh is the flesh. The sad part is that almost universally, after we get what we lusted after, we find that it fails to satisfy us completely and durably as we thought it would. It almost feel as if we do not get what we desire, we will cease to exist. You probably know how it feels when our hearts are lusting after something. It ensures you will do what it commands you to do. Lust comes with a passion that is unparalleled and almost impossible to defeat. It comes with an overwhelming power and is almost irresistible.Lust is used in the scriptures to describe evil desires just as hunger and thirst are used to describe a holy longing and desire for God. There are two key characteristics of lust that distinguishes it from the pure, natural desires the Lord gives us: Lust is sin using our desires against us to meet its purposes in our lives. ![]() He promises to give us the desires of our hearts if we delight ourselves in Him. In fact the Lord Himself saysÄelight thyself also in the LORD and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart (Ps. The fallen human nature is corrupted by sin, but aside from sin, God made us and gave us thoughts, desires, feeling, imagination, and the power to make decisions. I found out that many believers make the mistake of thinking that our desires in themselves are evil. I should point out right here that our human desires in themselves are not evil. It is a strong craving or evil desire, often but not limited to sexual desire. In very simple language, lust is desire gone wrong.
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