Romans 13:14..........
"But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires."
Oh my goodness.......how many believers are making every provision for the flesh but are making no provision to stand before God.
"Put On" = What we wear!
Simply said...........Paul just told us to cast off the works of darkness. Instead, now he says that we will symbolically wear Jesus.
In other words, our goal as Jesus-followers is to live as Jesus would live. That would include all of Paul's commands and instructions in Romans 12 and 13. The opposite of this happens when we arrange our lives to satisfy our flesh.
When Paul uses the word "flesh," he means more than just sexual immorality. He means all the human appetites we experience to feel good, to get what we want, and to be treated well.
It's not wrong to want any of those things, per se, but those cravings become sinful when we serve them above all others and are willing to harm others to gratify them. Instead, as Jesus did, we must put others first and trust God to provide for us in all other ways.
I beg you to PUT ON Christ first in your life and to get out the Word of God. You do that and NO ONE wil ever ask you if you are a Christian.
"But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires."
Oh my goodness.......how many believers are making every provision for the flesh but are making no provision to stand before God.
"Put On" = What we wear!
Simply said...........Paul just told us to cast off the works of darkness. Instead, now he says that we will symbolically wear Jesus.
In other words, our goal as Jesus-followers is to live as Jesus would live. That would include all of Paul's commands and instructions in Romans 12 and 13. The opposite of this happens when we arrange our lives to satisfy our flesh.
When Paul uses the word "flesh," he means more than just sexual immorality. He means all the human appetites we experience to feel good, to get what we want, and to be treated well.
It's not wrong to want any of those things, per se, but those cravings become sinful when we serve them above all others and are willing to harm others to gratify them. Instead, as Jesus did, we must put others first and trust God to provide for us in all other ways.
I beg you to PUT ON Christ first in your life and to get out the Word of God. You do that and NO ONE wil ever ask you if you are a Christian.