November 3, 2024
RIP
He Conquered the eneME
The INSIDE eneME Can Cause Greater Damage Than the OUTSIDE ENEMY
We Must Understand Our Conflict with the eneME Within
Romans 7:18 For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh. For I have the desire to do what is right, but not the ability to carry it out. English Standard Version
Romans 7:19 For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I keep on doing. 20 Now if I do what I do not want, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells within me. English Standard Version
Galatians 5:1 It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery. New International Version
Galatians 5:16 So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. 17 For the flesh desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are in conflict with each other, so that you are not to do whatever you want. New International Version
Galatians 5:19 The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; 20 idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions 21 and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God. New International Version
Galatians 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. New International Version
We Must Understand the eneME Within is Legally Crucified and Owned by God
1 Corinthians 15:35 But someone will ask, “How are the dead raised? With what kind of body will they come?” New International Version
1 Corinthians 15:42 So will it be with the resurrection of the dead. The body that is sown is perishable, it is raised imperishable; 43 it is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power; 44 it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. New International Version
1 Corinthians 15:51 Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed— 52 in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. 53 For the perishable must clothe itself with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality. New International Version
Galatians 5:24 Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified [Greek: “stauroo” crucified, past tense] the flesh with its passions and desires. New International Version
1 Corinthians 6:18 Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a person commits are outside the body, but whoever sins sexually, sins against their own body. New International Version
1 Corinthians 6:19 Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; 20 you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies. New International Version
We Must Understand What Can Be Done to the eneME Within
1 Corinthians 9:24 Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? So run that you may obtain it. 25 Every athlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable. English Standard Version
1 Corinthians 9:26 So I do not run aimlessly; I do not box as one beating the air. 27 But I discipline my body and keep it under control [Greek: “doulagogeo” to make one a slave], lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified. English Standard Version
Romans 6:5 For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we will certainly also be united with him in a resurrection like his. 6 For we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body ruled by sin might be done away with [Greek: “katargeo” to render idle or inactive, to be unemployed], that we should no longer be slaves to sin. New International Version
Colossians 3:1 If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. 2 Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. 3 For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. 4 When Christ who is your life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory. English Standard Version
Colossians 3:5 Put to death [Greek: “nekroo” to deprive of power], therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. English Standard Version