02/01/2024
Family and friends, I hope the LORD is keeping you all well. We are grateful that He has allowed us to start 2024, but two things will happen this year as in every other- some will finish the year and others will not! This is not a bad thing at all under one condition- fearing GOD and keeping all His commandments...
This morning I heard a statement, "LESS OF THE FLESH!" I then read the Scripture to find a text and I landed on a particular verse in Galatians. We will read a portion of the Text:
Galatians 5:16-26 [ESV
So I say, live by the Spirit, and you will never fulfill the desires of the flesh. For what the flesh wants is opposed to the Spirit, and what the Spirit wants is opposed to the flesh. They are opposed to each other, and so you do not do what you want to do. But if you are being led by the Spirit, you are not under the Law. Now the actions of the flesh are obvious: SEXUAL IMMORALITY, IMPURITY, promiscuity, idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, RIVALRY, JEALOUSLY, outbursts of anger, quarrels, conflicts, FACTIONS, envy, murder, drunkenness, WILD PARTYING, and things like that. I am telling you now, as I have told you in the past, that people who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against such things. Now those who belong to the Messiah Jesus have crucified their flesh with its passions and desires. Since we live by the Spirit, by the Spirit let us also be guided. Let's stop being arrogant, provoking one another and envying one another.
What accuracy has the Scriptures! By the ministration of Apostle Paul, the LORD left us quite liberating instructions. He showed us that there are two types of leaders in the lives of men- the Spirit and the flesh... The Spirit is a Leader who makes you rebel against the flesh- and the opposite is confirmed to be true also. The statement which I heard is simple- LESS OF THE FLESH means MORE OF THE SPIRIT! But it is not as simple as it sounds because there is an explanation of what the two leaders will bring to you. If (conditionally, that is, when you have decided to yield to the Spirit) So, if we are led by the Spirit, WE WILL NOT FULFIL THE DESIRES OF THE FLESH! That is the result, there is no struggle to those who have the Holy Spirit as their Leader...
What will happen is opposite- we will not manifest the work thereof but will produce the FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT! A fruit is a result of something, an outcome. What will come out of us is determined by the Leader we are guided by. May the LORD help us all in this year to identify the Good and Truthful Leader who will definitely never allow us to be comfortable in sin or rejoice in them that work after the flesh. We have for a long time darkened our call to purity by recklessly saying, "No one is perfect..." We have and will never fake perfection. However, we will not doubt the Scripture which confirms the possibility of purity to those who are led by the Spirit. So, the problem is not how to be pure, it is on the wrong leadership choice because the eternal Scripture has concluded that purity is what will be the fruit of any man who is following the Holy Spirit...
HAPPY AND PURE 2024 AS WE DESTROY CARNALITY AND BUILD PURITY IN OUR LIVES!