1 Cor. 3:3-4, “For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men? For while one saith, I am of Paul, and another, I am of Apollos; are ye not carnal?” Every manifestation of carnality is the work of the flesh. Apostle Paul was writing to the Church and not unbelievers. All divisions in the Church are as a result of the flesh. Christ has done his part, we need to apply it. Crucifixion is painful but there is no shortcut to a crucified life for anyone who wants to be in the bride of Christ.…

Rom. 7 reveals Paul’s personal struggle with the flesh. Verse 15, “For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I.” Several times, we find ourselves in such position struggling with a power that wants to influence us to do the wrong thing. Rom. 7:23-25, “But I see another law in my members warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members. O wretched man that I am! Who shall deliver me from the body of this death? I thank God through Jesus Christ…

Christ is not coming for those that are not his, he is coming for those who are his. The rapture is going to be a selective encounter. The Bible says according to Matt 24:41; Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left. Gal. 5:16-17, “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.” The way to have dominion over the flesh is…

Self has to do with ‘I’, the flesh is when ‘I’ puts on flesh. It is an extension of the rebellious will of man; man’s will in union with the will of the snake in the garden. Gal. 5:24, “And they that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.” The cross is the place where the flesh is crucified. Without the crucifixion of flesh, the works of the flesh will continue to manifest. What actually fuels the works of the flesh is LUST; lust of the flesh, lust of the eye and pride of life introduced in the Garden of Eden. The woman saw, touched, perceived…