The Believers Two Natures
Within each of us is a battle.
A battle of good and evil
A battle of right and wrong
A battle of the Carnal Nature and the Spiritual Nature of Christ.
In Romans
The Apostle Paul said it Like this
For I do not understand what I am doing; for I am not practicing what I want to do, but I do the very thing I hate.
This battle goes way back in scripture
Galatians 4:22-23
Abraham had 2 sons:
Ishmael
Isaac
Ishmael:
The one by a bond woman Hagar who was Abraham’s wife, Sarah servant or slave at that time.
Scripture says that the one born after the bondwoman was born from the Flesh
Another words Carnal
Isaac:
The freewoman was born by promise.
The promise Spiritual
2 Children same Father
Because of a war between the flesh and the spirit that Abraham faced.
1) The consequences are still being felt today.
Hagar:
a. Hagar basically becoming the mother of the Islamic faith or the Muslim faith.
b. Wants to destroy Israel and the Christian Faith
Sarah:
The Mother of Isaac which eventually brought forth the promise… Jesus
Just like Paul as Christians we are still fighting this battle between the flesh and the Spirit.
“The Spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.”
So, the question becomes how do we win this battle?
1) Yielding
a. Surender your will to His will
b. Have to go to the garden
i. A place of decision
2) Feeding
a. Have to be Hungry
b. Feed the Spirit Man
c. Word of God is the bread of Life
d. Jesus is the word the word is Jesus
i. How do we treat the Word?
3) Thirst
a. Rivers of living water
You see the Nature you feed the most is the nature that rules the most.
The question becomes which nature are we feeding the most
The Nature of Christ or the sinful nature
4) Recognize the battle
I don’t understand what is going on
One morning I’m on the mountain
Next morning I’m in the valley
Mystery
Luke 10:24
For I tell you that many prophets and kings desired to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it.”
We often say when I get to heaven, I am going to ask Moses, Abraham, King David, Job, Jonah etc how did they….
But I think they are also going to want to ask us New Testament believers some questions also
How was it to have the Bible to Learn, A church to go to
To be able to have the Holy Spirit living on the inside, leading guiding
To experience the forgiveness of Jesus Christ
To have access to God the Father through Jesus Christ and the Blood shed
Ephesians 3:6
. 6 This mystery is
1 that the Gentiles are x fellow heirs, y members of the same body, and z partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel
Ephesians 6
This mystery is
YOU are X Y Z
X fellow heirs,
Y members of the same body,
Z partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel.
Mystery is found at the Cross
A Place of Love
A Place of Acceptance
A Place of Sacrifice
A Place of Forgiveness
A Place we become a Child of Promise
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