Deny yourself

The flesh will always want to do the evil or what is against God, but what matters is what the spirit does in truth and in action. We must deny the flesh and do God's will


Jesus teaches us throughout the whole new testament how to deny the flesh! Christ at Gethsamane asked the Father "if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done" (Luke 22:42). And what did Christ do in spirit and in truth? He went through with His assignment of being crucified and dying for the sins of man, a weighty burden.


You see, even though the Lord's flesh wanted to escape this task, He denied Himself and did what God wanted Him to do; In faith knowing that God the Father was, is, and always will be faithful.


We too must deny the flesh. No matter how tempting the sin, we must put aside our feelings and wants and do the will of God - no matter how painful.