The Battle

The Battle

          There is a battle fought inside every man and woman that decides to turn their life to Christ. This is like no other battle you have faced before. Why? Because before we changed our direction; our enemy and us were on the same side.

It is the battle with the flesh

“My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.”              Psalms 73:26 KJV

“Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. The spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is weak.”     Mark 14:38 KJV

“For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.                         Romans 7:18 KJV

“For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:                                                         2 Corinthians 10:3 KJV

          Many who come by this way are under a false impression that as soon as the Holy Ghost comes in, your flesh jumps in the back seat of the vehicle all tied up. They believe that it will not bother you again unless by some conscious action on your own, you free it again. Well my friends that is not how it works. Your flesh has had control for most of your life, and it likes control.

          “I beseech you therefore brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.”                        Romans 12: 1-2 KJV

“I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.”                                                             Galatians 2:20   KJV 

“Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh?”                           Galatians 3:3 KJV

“For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.”                                                          Galatians 5:13 KJV

          You are not instantly transformed into the most holy person that you can be. We have simply been removed from our past direction, and changed to a new creature which no longer needs to live according to past influences. Where we go from that point is determined by the mercy God shows us, or in the decisions we make. It is also determined by when we make mistakes, if we turn back to God, or if we dwell in those mistakes. Everything that we do must be held up to the light of the word, so that we can make the changes necessary.