OPEN HEAVENS DEVOTIONAL-WEDNESDAY-27/04/2016-KNOW YOUR ENEMY II-BY PASTOR E.A. ADEBOYE
KNOW YOUR
ENEMY II
Memorise
O
wretched man that I am! Who shall deliver me from the body of this death? Romans 7:24
Read
Romans 7:18-25,
18 For I
know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is
present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.
19 For
the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.
20 Now
if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in
me.
21 I
find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me.
22 For I
delight in the law of God after the inward man:
23 But I
see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing
me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.
24 O
wretched man that I am! Who shall deliver me from the body of this death?
25 I
thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve
the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.
KJV
MESSAGE
The flesh is
another deadly enemy of man. The flesh attacks the soul through its poisonous
activities. These activities are listed in Galatians 5:19-21;
“Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are
these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, Idolatry,
witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, Envying,
murders, drunkenness, revelling, and such like: of the which I tell you before,
as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not
inherit the kingdom of God.”
The
above listed activities of the flesh are deadly, primarily because they prevent
a man inheriting the kingdom of God. An enemy is not a serious one if it can
only kill you, but cannot prevent you from making it to heaven.
Jesus Christ said:
“And fear not them which kill the body, but are not
able to kill the soul; but rather fear him which is able to destroy both souls
and body in hell.”
Matthew 10:28
Consequently,
the flesh and its activities are very dangerous, but Christians have become so
complacent that they sit back and allow these activities drag them off the
track of heaven. The Bible says:
“Can one go upon hot
coals, and his feet not be burned? So he that goeth into his neighbour’s wife;
whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent… But whoso committeth adultery
with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destoryeth his own soul.”
Proverbs 6:28, 32
The works of the flesh can be destroyed through only one means and that
means is Jesus Christ. Beloved, I encourage you to give you life to Christ
totally today, and do away with all works of the flesh.
Action Point
Read Colossians 3:5 and pray
with it.
Bible in one year
1st Kings
7:1-8:21, Proverbs 16:6-19
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