God speaks today Sunday | August 29, 2021
Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.
(Ecclesiastes 2:11)For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
(1 John 2:16) Carnal or spiritual?
The flesh is the part of us that seeks worldly desires and does not surrender to God. It is selfish and tries to be like God. Satan tempts us to live in the flesh, but King Solomon realized that it is all meaningless. As Christians, we should live in the Spirit and grow in the image of Christ. By submitting to God and obeying the Spirit, we can flee from temptations and live in peace with God and others.
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I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
(Ecclesiastes 1:14)But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.
(Romans 13:14)And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
(Genesis 3:6)What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?
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