Here is an article I've posted before.
the way, the posts that I post more often, I read again and again. :-)
flesh or spirit
Here is an excerpt from an article by Michael Stadler.
meat is not our old nature, because that is buried with Christ, but a habitual life strategy, in my view - most unwittingly - mostly directed at myself and my service to God (even if it looks good and may be successful), where I live from my own sources (heritage, education, intelligence, position, appearance, skills, etc.).
And I will usually good deal to avoid sin, the good life, solve problems, satisfy my needs, please God, and try to control my environment and circumstances that effect. I act arbitrarily and finally polish my (false) self, I got my wrong. But the (negative) meat can not be tamed through the (religious) meat. Many think of the collection of the works of the flesh and the fruits of the Spirit in Galatians 5 is that here is a list of things goes, avoid it, and a list of good qualities that you bring in should.
But that's not true. Each of the two lists to see a mirror that helps us, whether we live a Spirit-filled life or not, whether we have eaten of the tree of life or the tree of knowledge (cf. Luke 6.43-45) .
The solution is not to direct our attention to our behavior, but to our identity (who we are in Christ). Away from everything external, towards the inner truth! This is initially difficult and requires much practice.
After the New Testament image of man, man of body, soul and spirit of (1 Thessalonians 5:23; 4:12). The three hours of our salvation (past, present and future; cf. Romans 5.6-11, Phil 1.6, 1 Peter 1:3 ff) are the three aspects of our humanity.
Our spirit has been fully redeemed, sanctified and made righteous (Hebrews 10:14; Colossians 1:22; 2.10 a, 2 Corinthians 5:21; Eph 4:24), our fickle soul (will, intellect, emotions be) finds out just now once more when I grab it in faith (1 Peter 1:9) and our body is redeemed
day of Christ (Rom. 8:23 f, 13:11; 1 Thess 5:8). Sin dwells Significantly, in our bodies (Rom 6:12; 7,17.20.23 f: 8.3) and strongly influenced our soul.
But our true identity, so that who we are in Christ, is based on our spirit to birth (John 3:6), not on what we do, think, or feel. In spirit, we are saved forever and already complete (2 Corinthians 4:18). What makes us deeply is our spirit.
We are a spirit in a body and a soul. In truth, we are saints, chosen one, King's children. Sin is therefore that we forget our dignity and play again at the dump. Like a butterfly, who believes a lie, and again like a caterpillar crawling in the dust. By believing the truth in our minds, the delusions of our soul and our body exposed and God uses our souls and our bodies for themselves (even the personality traits that we do not like us). In Christ we do not do good anymore because we have to, but because we want it, because our lives and the love of Christ flowing through us to the essence.
Just by the commandments in front of them, but Christ, our lovers meet, we are the commandments (2 Corinthians 3:18). God gave His life for us to give his life for us so he can live his life through us (Romans 5:10). This is not meant to exist (from the Greek Bios = life), but deep, dynamic, fulfilling, vitality (Greek Zoe = Life).
way of self-consciousness, the way to Christ-in-my-mind! That's the secret: "Christ in you the hope of glory" (Col. 1:27)!
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meat is not our old nature, because that is buried with Christ, but a habitual life strategy, in my view - most unwittingly - mostly directed at myself and my service to God (even if it looks good and may be successful), where I live from my own sources (heritage, education, intelligence, position, appearance, skills, etc.).
And I will usually good deal to avoid sin, the good life, solve problems, satisfy my needs, please God, and try to control my environment and circumstances that effect. I act arbitrarily and finally polish my (false) self, I got my wrong. But the (negative) meat can not be tamed through the (religious) meat. Many think of the collection of the works of the flesh and the fruits of the Spirit in Galatians 5 is that here is a list of things goes, avoid it, and a list of good qualities that you bring in should.
But that's not true. Each of the two lists to see a mirror that helps us, whether we live a Spirit-filled life or not, whether we have eaten of the tree of life or the tree of knowledge (cf. Luke 6.43-45) .
The solution is not to direct our attention to our behavior, but to our identity (who we are in Christ). Away from everything external, towards the inner truth! This is initially difficult and requires much practice.
After the New Testament image of man, man of body, soul and spirit of (1 Thessalonians 5:23; 4:12). The three hours of our salvation (past, present and future; cf. Romans 5.6-11, Phil 1.6, 1 Peter 1:3 ff) are the three aspects of our humanity.
Our spirit has been fully redeemed, sanctified and made righteous (Hebrews 10:14; Colossians 1:22; 2.10 a, 2 Corinthians 5:21; Eph 4:24), our fickle soul (will, intellect, emotions be) finds out just now once more when I grab it in faith (1 Peter 1:9) and our body is redeemed
day of Christ (Rom. 8:23 f, 13:11; 1 Thess 5:8). Sin dwells Significantly, in our bodies (Rom 6:12; 7,17.20.23 f: 8.3) and strongly influenced our soul.
But our true identity, so that who we are in Christ, is based on our spirit to birth (John 3:6), not on what we do, think, or feel. In spirit, we are saved forever and already complete (2 Corinthians 4:18). What makes us deeply is our spirit.
We are a spirit in a body and a soul. In truth, we are saints, chosen one, King's children. Sin is therefore that we forget our dignity and play again at the dump. Like a butterfly, who believes a lie, and again like a caterpillar crawling in the dust. By believing the truth in our minds, the delusions of our soul and our body exposed and God uses our souls and our bodies for themselves (even the personality traits that we do not like us). In Christ we do not do good anymore because we have to, but because we want it, because our lives and the love of Christ flowing through us to the essence.
Just by the commandments in front of them, but Christ, our lovers meet, we are the commandments (2 Corinthians 3:18). God gave His life for us to give his life for us so he can live his life through us (Romans 5:10). This is not meant to exist (from the Greek Bios = life), but deep, dynamic, fulfilling, vitality (Greek Zoe = Life).
way of self-consciousness, the way to Christ-in-my-mind! That's the secret: "Christ in you the hope of glory" (Col. 1:27)!
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