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NASB | Galatians 5:19 Now the deeds of the flesh are evident, which are: immorality, impurity, sensuality, |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Galatians 5:19 Now the practices of the sinful nature are clearly evident: they are sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality (total irresponsibility, lack of self-control), |
Bible Question: why is the teaching on the flesh less than the world and the devil? |
Bible Answer: Warrior2, in this passage, Gal. 5:16-26, Paul is making a contrast between the lusts of the flesh and the fruit of the Spirit. He is saying (v.17) that "the flesh lusts against the Spirit and the Spirit against the flesh, and these are contrary to one another." I'm not sure I understand exactly what you mean when you ask, "How is the flesh ignored more than the devil?" Paul's point obviously is this: that since the works of the flesh and the fruit the Spirit are contrary to each other, we have Christian liberty (see Paul's argument in Gal.5:1-15), but even though we have been called to liberty in Christ, we are taught "do not use liberty as an opportunity for the flesh." (v.13). These "works of the flesh" are of the world, of the devil, not of the Spirit. ...... In Romans 6:1, Paul asks "Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound?" to which he supplies the answer in v.2 "Certainly not!" If salvation cannot be forfeited by one who has received God's forgiveness (see Rom.5:10), what is there to prevent the return to the pursuit of the works of the flesh? The answer which Paul gives in Romans 6 is this: Those who have died to sin cannot live in sin any longer. The apostle skillfully avoids suggesting any idea of sinless perfection, a human impossibility whether he is regenerated or not regenerated. He doesn't say that those who are dead to sin never sin again, but he does say that those who are dead to sin do not live in sin as a way of life. They have a new life in Christ Jesus......... I like to think of it this way. The psalmist said "He leads me in the path of righteousness" and I like to compare the Father leading His child along this path of righteousness with a father leading his child along a path in the woods or leading him across a busy street or parking lot. On occasion the little child will loose his grip on the father's guiding hand and stumble and fall, but the father quickly grasps the hand of the child again and perhaps the father will scold the child for letting go of his hand, but the loving father continues to lead his child along a safe path, and the sometimes-errant child, being made aware of his father's unfailing love and of his own inability to direct his path, willingly and even sometimes gratefully, returns to the peace and safety of his father's wing. --Hank |
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