DCLM Higher Everyday 31 July 2024 — The Works of The Flesh – 1
DCLM Higher Everyday 31 July 2024 Devotional by Pastor W. F. Kumuyi — The Works of The Flesh – 1
Topic: The Works of The Flesh – 1
Text: Galatians 5:16-18
16This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.
18But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.
Key Verse: “This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would” (Galatians 5:16, 17).
Message
It was Billy Graham who wondered that, “…after many thousands of years of so-called human progress, education, science and culture, we are amazed to discover that man is capable of the same old vices and sins.” Mathematically, when a negative figure multiplies a positive figure no matter its magnitude, it results in a negative figure. Such is the overpowering effect of the flesh on the natural and unregenerate life. Apostle Paul, in his letter to the believers in Galatia, reveals the clear contradiction between the life of the regenerate and unregenerate people. The one in his natural state lives to fulfill the lust of the flesh and the other in transformed state through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ lives a life that produces good fruit by the Spirit of God.
The works of the flesh connote the practical life of the sinning youth. The evil desires, insatiable lusts and damnable practices are marks of the children of the devil. This kind of lifestyle will end in destruction. However, salvation is available for anyone who truly comes to Christ today.
Quote: Salvation is available
Challenge: The works of the flesh are damnable.
Prayer for today: Dear Lord, deliver me from fleshly lusts.
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)
