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So the other day my teacher taught a lesson on Romans 7; and the perspective of the life of Apostle Paul and his writing about himself as a Christian believer; in his struggles between the flesh and the spirit. He even absolves himself by saying that when is flesh acts up it is not Him that is doing it. In Romans 7:17 and it is the sin that dwells in the Apostle Paul, who was a Disciple of Christ who is showing from his own experience of being a Christian chosen Apostle in life from his writing.
If you ever read this before 19 Now the deeds of the flesh are evident, which are: immorality, impurity, sensuality, 20 idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, disputes, dissensions, factions, 21 envying, drunkenness, carousing, and things like these, of which I forewarn you, just as I have forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. From Galatians 5.
Why is it any of these actions of the flesh not inherit the kingdom of God? Because all of the actions though people may not react upon them reside in our flesh, in this body of death. Paul exclaims as a living and breathing Apostle this notion : Wretched man that I am! Who will set me free from the body of this death?.
Thinking on why it is our fleshly body can not go to heaven is because of it's sinfulness. It was tainted with sin since birth, and we can not shake it off as much as a dog who needs to go to a groomer for a flea bath to take care of the fleas that has not way of getting their because of no owner, to take them to be cleaned.
Jesus Christ is the one who cleanses us of our sins and forgives us, in which from God we are in-birthed with faith by being persuaded by God and the hope He provides to us as believers. We are given a spirit to live by and that spirit is the spirit of Christ that resides with-in. Where you may ask? It it in the flesh? I would suggest it is inside of the Body of Flesh; is where the Spirit resides and because we are now spiritually raised from the dead with Christ; we are able to live by the spirit if we walk by the spirit.
Seeking out the things of the spirit and not so much the flesh; And the spirit causes us to have self-control over our flesh; kindness, gentleness, faithfulness, love, joy, peace, forbearance, longsuffering towards God and towards Others.
The Flesh can not enter the kingdom of heaven because it is tainted with sin; it will corrupt go into the ground and die but where do you go? Where does your soul (mind(heart)/will/emotion) Go? Our Soul goes back to God; and we are resurrected into spiritual bodies from there on, at least that is what I believe.
What do you believe, or think about these matters? Please share your perspective if you would like to.
So the other day my teacher taught a lesson on Romans 7; and the perspective of the life of Apostle Paul and his writing about himself as a Christian believer; in his struggles between the flesh and the spirit. He even absolves himself by saying that when is flesh acts up it is not Him that is doing it. In Romans 7:17 and it is the sin that dwells in the Apostle Paul, who was a Disciple of Christ who is showing from his own experience of being a Christian chosen Apostle in life from his writing.
If you ever read this before 19 Now the deeds of the flesh are evident, which are: immorality, impurity, sensuality, 20 idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, disputes, dissensions, factions, 21 envying, drunkenness, carousing, and things like these, of which I forewarn you, just as I have forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. From Galatians 5.
Why is it any of these actions of the flesh not inherit the kingdom of God? Because all of the actions though people may not react upon them reside in our flesh, in this body of death. Paul exclaims as a living and breathing Apostle this notion : Wretched man that I am! Who will set me free from the body of this death?.
Thinking on why it is our fleshly body can not go to heaven is because of it's sinfulness. It was tainted with sin since birth, and we can not shake it off as much as a dog who needs to go to a groomer for a flea bath to take care of the fleas that has not way of getting their because of no owner, to take them to be cleaned.
Jesus Christ is the one who cleanses us of our sins and forgives us, in which from God we are in-birthed with faith by being persuaded by God and the hope He provides to us as believers. We are given a spirit to live by and that spirit is the spirit of Christ that resides with-in. Where you may ask? It it in the flesh? I would suggest it is inside of the Body of Flesh; is where the Spirit resides and because we are now spiritually raised from the dead with Christ; we are able to live by the spirit if we walk by the spirit.
Seeking out the things of the spirit and not so much the flesh; And the spirit causes us to have self-control over our flesh; kindness, gentleness, faithfulness, love, joy, peace, forbearance, longsuffering towards God and towards Others.
The Flesh can not enter the kingdom of heaven because it is tainted with sin; it will corrupt go into the ground and die but where do you go? Where does your soul (mind(heart)/will/emotion) Go? Our Soul goes back to God; and we are resurrected into spiritual bodies from there on, at least that is what I believe.
What do you believe, or think about these matters? Please share your perspective if you would like to.
