How can I resist doing the wrong things?
How can I learn to say 'NO' to the wrong things, to not be mislead? Sometimes, I feel very lost and spiritually dry. This practically draws me to worldly things.
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Asked July 12 2013
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Janice Teo
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Rodney McCarthy
I Went To See The Son of God Movie... All of a Sudden as I Was Watching Jesus Die...
It dawned on me that in all of Paul's writings about:
The Spirit, The Flesh, Death, The 1st Adam, The 2nd Adam, walking in the Spirit, and the new birth, that these things are all tied to the death of Jesus.
It's as if God decided to give up on "The flesh" and move to the Spirit.
Kind of like changing trains, or modes of transportation…
That is why Jesus said "You must be born again". Born of Spirit. A new creation.
Jesus died; and literally killed the vehicle of sin, and death by dying in the flesh.
So when we are born again, we really are NEW creatures.
Old things have passed away. This is why that seed remains sin free. Because sin worked through the flesh…
Adam was in the flesh, and sinned in the flesh.
Sin can't work in the Spirit…It's not the right vehicle for sin.