I was meditating on Romans 8:13. It says, “For if you live according to the flesh you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.” Galatians 5:19-21 lists 17 works of the flesh.

Rather than list them all, I am choosing some that we might more readily fall into in our thoughts. Thoughts always precede actions. When we stop a fleshly thought, we escape the snare of the devil. Hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, and dissensions.

Here is my paraphrase. When we live and walk by the Spirit, any temptation to react in our flesh will be instantly quenched. 1 John 5:4 says, “…the victory that has overcome the world—our faith.” Temptations to activate our flesh are designed to weaken our faith. Walking in the Spirit ~ resurrected life empowerment.