41 Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak. We are to be rooted and built up in Christ, so our spirit is alive, and our flesh is dead. The flesh is weak, as this verse says, so we need to watch and pray that we are not tempted. Even as the verse says the spirit is willing, if we are rooted and built up in Christ, this will not be so.
for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God; Romans 3:23. Yes, we have all given in to sin which is our fleshly desire. Even when we are in the spirit, we will fall short of the glory of God. It is what we do that sin that we commit that differs whether we are truly in the spirit or of the flesh. For no matter what we do, we will fall short. if you take captive the sin right away you are of the spirit and if you let the sin, take over you are of the flesh and cannot be of the spirit. for you can keep sinning and be of the spirit you have to stop it, take it captive and give it to God and confess and ask for forgiveness as soon as you can. As we talked about yesterday about what is of the flesh, we have to give it up to God as soon as we do one of those and we all from time to time will do at least one. we have all gotten angry I can tell you that at one point in your life, so you were of the flesh when you did that and not in the spirit.
For now, that we all know that we fall short of the glory of God and our flesh is weak and I touched on this yesterday and today we need to be rooted and built up in Christ so what does that mean to do that? You need to be on the watch for the flesh and the things of the flesh at all times always being in prayer and seeking Jesus and His kingdom and reading His word so that when the time comes, we will be ready and not fall to the Flesh but be in the spirit. The deeper we are in Christ the easy it will be, right? no not at all that is why we always need to be on watch/guard. 13 Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong. 1 Corinthians 16:13. we need to discern at all times what is good and what is evil.2 And be not fashioned according to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God. Romans 12:2. We need the renewing of our minds so we can have this discernment between good and evil. So, we will not fall to the flesh but be alive in the spirit. We need to be built up and rooted in Christ in the things that I talked about so that when the time comes, we will be ready
6 In nothing be anxious; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. 7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:6-7
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