DCLM Daily Manna 29 November 2024 — The Works Of The Flesh
DCLM Daily Manna 29 November 2024 Devotional by Pastor W. F. Kumuyi — The Works Of The Flesh
TOPIC: The Works Of The Flesh (DCLM Daily Manna 28 November 2024)
KEY VERSE: “Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these: Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness … they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God” (Galatians 5:19,21).
TEXT: Galatians 5:19-21 (KJV)
19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
DCLM Daily Manna For Today MESSAGE:
One of the simplest ways of describing and classifying a thing is by looking at its manifest characteristics. For instance, we can tell that something is a living thing if it exhibits most or all of the qualities of living things – respiration, growth, reproduction, feeding, dying, etc. When an object shows the clear distinctive of its group, there is no doubt in placing it rightly where it belongs.
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In this context, Apostle Paul needed to make a clear distinction regarding those who are genuinely born again and those who are walking in the flesh. In the text, he gives an inexhaustible list of the evident characteristics of the flesh. The list leaves no one in doubt as to who is walking in the Spirit. Paul concluded that all those who show some or all of those traits will not inherit the kingdom of heaven.
The list here serves two explicit purposes for us. One, it makes us to know who we are and where we stand. It is impossible to claim to be a Christian walking in the Spirit and simultaneously manifest those traits of the flesh. Anyone who professes to be a Christian but still manifests works of the flesh is living in self delusion.
Two, it helps us to verify the claims of others. While we do not set out to condemn others, we can rightly classify them within our congregations and other Christian folds, know how to relate with and help them.
True Christians do not walk in the flesh. If you still show those character traits of the flesh, you are not a genuine Christian. What you do in the church and what people think of you does not matter. What matters most is who God, through His word, says you are. But you can retrace your step and faithfully follow Christ from now on. His grace is abundant for everyone.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
You shall be known by the fruit you bear.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR
Hosea 1-4
Deeper Life Daily Manna For Today 2024 was written by Pastor W. F. Kumuyi; is the founder and General Superintendent of the Deeper Life Bible Church situated at KM 42 on the busy Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Nigeria.
1. Admit that you are a sinner. "For all [humans] have sinned, and comes short of the glory of God....[and] the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord" (Romans 3:23)
2. Repent now. "Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out ...[for] if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness " (Acts 3:19, 1 John 1:9)
3. Believe that God loves you and Jesus died for you. "God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet Sinners, Christ died for us" (Romans 5:8)
4. Invite Jesus into your life through prayer of faith. Jesus says, "Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me" (Revelation 3:20)
