OVERCOMING THE FLESH

OVERCOMING THE FLESH I. AS A CHRISTIAN, EVER FIND YOURSELF WRESTLING WITH THE OLD HUMAN NATURE? A. THE STRUGGLE IS THE RESULT OF LIVING IN A FALLEN WORLD AND SEASONS OF TEMPTATION, BECAUSE OUR ENEMY IS STILL AT LARGE. B. ROMANS 8:5-8 HEBREWS 11:6 II. DO YOU THINK A PERSON WHO LIVES ACCORDING TO THE SINFUL NATURE IS A CHRISTIAN? A. LIVING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE “SPIRIT” MAKES POSSIBLE FOR US TO MAINTAIN A VICTORIOUS CHRISTIAN LIFE. B. SWITCHING OUR MIND SET FROM WHAT THE NATURE DESIRES TO LIVING ACCORDING TO THE SPIRIT, MEANS WE ARE “NOT” HOPELESSLY DOOMED TO THIS STRUGGLE. C. GALATIANS 5:16-17 KJV III. FLESHLY ENTICEMENTS OFTEN COME IN THE FORM OF TEMPTATIONS. A. IF THE DEVIL CAN’T MAKE YOU SIN, HE TRIES THE NEXT BEST APPROACH, TO MAKE YOU BUSY. B. VICTORIOUS LIVING HAPPENS WHEN WE ARE WALKING IN THE SPIRIT! C. GALATIANS 5:18 ROMANS 8:9-11 IV. HOW DO WE GO ABOUT LIVING IN THE SPIRIT? A. MATTHEW 3:11 B. REPENTANCE OF SIN AND WATER BAPTISM ARE VITAL IN BEING BORN-AGAIN. C. ACTS 1:4,5,8 V. THE HOLY SPIRIT IN A BORN-AGAIN LIFE, FUELS A CHRISTIAN TO LIVE A SPIRIT CONTROLLED, VICTORIOUS LIFE. A. LUKE 11:13 B. ASKING THE FATHER TO FILL US WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT, IS WHAT WE REFER TO AS “THE SECOND WORK OF GRACE.” C. AT SALVATION WE RECEIVE JESUS AS SAVIOR. SANCTIFICATION WE RECEIVE JESUS AS LORD! D. EPHESIANS 4:30-32 KJV E. THROUGH CHRIST AND THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, THERE IS VICTORY OVER THE SINFUL FLESH.