Bible Question:
Dear Steve, What? It seems that your main point is that flesh and sin can be related. This point, however, is already assumed in my question. So, your comments leave my question unanswered. Thanks for you response, though. For whom in the forum has this been a question, and would you care to share your thoughts? One point of clarification: the Greek word translated "flesh" that I'm talking about is "sarx." Peace, Lionstrong |
Bible Answer: Lionstrong, I am sorry I did not answer your question as you wanted. Let me try again. Do our present corrupted mortal bodies in any way influence us to sin? How? … Yes, we offered them to slavery (Rom 6:19), the sinful passions are in our flesh/ body (7:5), nothing good dwells in my flesh (7:18), my flesh serves the law of sin (7;25) … What is the relationship between our mortal bodies and indwelling sin? … I already stated this. What generated this question is that sometimes I have to be careful about what I do or say when I'm tired, and I suspect that sometimes my feelings of depression are brought on by an occasional lack of physical well-being. But is there more to it than that? … Paul struggled with this (Rom 7:14ff) So do the Apostles, that is, the Holy Spirit through the Apostles, use the word flesh because there's more to our mortal body than flesh and blood? … The word sarx was used in Mat 16:17, flesh and blood are not the same. Steve |