We have heard of soul mates. I see the soul as the persons self, the flesh
and the lusts of the flesh. The soul seeks another soul to control or to have
it's needs met. The Spirit of Christ in us, seeks the things of God and is
selfless. The mind of Christ seeks to do the will of God. I see that often there is a
conflict between soul and spirit.
Rom 7:20 Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin
that dwelleth in me.
Rom 7:21 I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me.
Rom 7:22 For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:
Rom 7:23 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.
Rom 7:24 O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?
Rom 7:25 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.
Rom 7:21 I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me.
Rom 7:22 For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:
Rom 7:23 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.
Rom 7:24 O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?
Rom 7:25 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.
Our soul is who we are, but we are not all carnal, fleshly, the spirit
seeks God. Jesus makes soul and Spirit one in him. Thank you Jesus for saving me
from myself.
The mind of Christ in us, is good. We seek His thoughts, we read the Bible,
we meditate on it, we do good things; but Paul says in the flesh there is evil.
When we give ourselves over to the flesh , then we sin and sin by the law brings
death. The bottom line is that the law is holy and good, but our flesh brings
sin and death. The good news is that in Christ we are forgiven and we receive
his grace. The mind of Christ is all powerful, but the flesh is weak and lazy.
Again, we overcome the flesh by faith.
Romans 8 gives us the way of victory.
Rom 8:1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are
in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
Rom 8:2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.
Rom 8:3 For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:
Rom 8:4 That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
Rom 8:2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.
Rom 8:3 For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:
Rom 8:4 That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
The Spirit requires us to walk by the will of God, he directs our lives and
he loves us. Thank you Jesus.
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