OUR MORTAL ENEMY IS OURSELVES. WE CANNOT TAME OURSELVES.

OUR ENEMY IS
NOT THOSE PEOPLE AROUND US. AN ENEMY THAT YOU CANNOT CONTROL IS
YOURSELF. WHEN YOU REVIEW THE ROMANS CHAPTER 7, THERE IS SOMETHING
THAT PAUL HAD SAID, "WHAT RIGHT THINGS I WANT TO DO I DO NOT DO BUT WHAT I
HATE I DO." THIS MEANS PAUL KNEW THAT HE HAD AN ENEMY INSIDE HIM. SO OUR
NUMBER ONE ENEMY IS THE INNER SELF BECAUSE WE ARE IN THE SINFUL NATURE.
THIS FLESH WANTS TO DO RIGHT BUT CAN NOT DO BECAUSE THE SPIRIT IS DEAD.
THAT IS VERY CLEAR IN EPHESIANS CHAPTER TWO, BEFORE OUR SPIRIT WAS DEAD
BECAUSE OF OUR SINS. LET US TAKE A LOOK AT IT, WHAT EMPOWERS US IS THE
FLESH, WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO HIM IS FOOD, LAYING DOWN IS IMPORTANT TO
HIM..YOUR MIND IS SET ON EATING, SLEEPING, RESTING, NETFLIX, AND ONLINE
GAMES. WHAT THE FLESH WANTED IS JOY, COMFORT, LEISURE, TRAVEL FOR WE ARE
FEEDING OUR FLESH BUT THE SPIRIT HAS NO STRENGTH BECAUSE IT IS DEAD. THIS
IS WHY YOU'LL KNOW WHY SOMETIMES WHEN TWO PEOPLE TALK IT'S TWISTED
BECAUSE THE OTHER ONE IS DOMINATED BY THE FLESH AND THE OTHER ONE IS
DOMINATED BY THE SPIRIT. YOU'LL GET LAUGH AT WHEN YOU SPEAK ABOUT THE
BIBLE OR THEY'LL CRITICIZE YOU. SO MANY HAVE DEAD SPIRITS BECAUSE ONLY
FLESH WAS IMPORTANT TO THEM. WHEN THE FLESH RULES OVER YOU, YOU ARE
SELF-CENTERED, YOU ARE SELF-CONSCIOUS, YOU HAVE SELF-PITY, YOU HAVE A
CHARACTER THAT IS SELF-SEEKING. WE CAN SEE, BRETHREN, UNLESS THE SPIRIT
LIVES, IT CAN OVERPOWER THE FLESH. THE ONLY THING THAT CAN AWAKEN THE
SPIRIT IS THE POWER OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST. YOU KNOW WHAT, WHEN YOU
ARE DOMINATED BY THE SPIRIT, YOU ARE ALWAYS EXCITED TO HEAR THE WORD OF
GOD. YOU ARE THIRSTY OF THE WORD OF GOD. YOU ARE GOD-CONSCIOUS, YOU
ARE A SPIRITUAL PERSON, YOU VALUE THE WORD OF GOD, YOU VALUE PRAYER,
YOU VALUE MENTORING, YOU VALUE DISCIPLESHIP. YOU PREPARE YOURSELF WITH
ANYTHING EVEN IN ONLINE. YOU KNOW SO WELL WHAT YOU ARE DOING BECAUSE
THE SPIRIT THAT LIVES IN YOU HAS AWAKENED. THAT IS WHY WHAT WE BRING TO
THIS WORLD, YOU BRING EVERYDAY FROM SLEEPING TO EATING IS YOUR BODY AND
SPIRIT, AND THOSE TWO FIGHT AGAINST EACH OTHER. THAT IS WHY THE LORD SAID,
SOME OF HIS DISCIPLES FELL ASLEEP, THEY WERE ASLEEP WHEN THE LORD GOT
BACK . HE SAID, "THE SPIRIT IS WILLING BUT THE FLESH IS WEAK". HAVE YOU
UNDERSTAND IT, BRETHREN? THE LORD KNEW IT. THESE WERE HIS DISCIPLES
WHOSE WORRIES WERE FOR OUTSIDE, THE ONE THAT THE FLESH NEEDED BUT
THEY DIDN'T TAKE CARE OF THEIR SPIRITUAL NEEDS. BUT REMEMBER THIS, LORD
DOES NOT CONNECT TO OUR BODIES HE CONNECTS TO OUR SPIRIT. THE QUESTION
IS, WHAT DOMINATES YOUR LIFE, THE FLESH OR THE SPIRIT?