The Fleshly Lusts Warring Against the Soul
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Bible Verses~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1Pet 2:11 Beloved, I entreat you as strangers and sojourners
to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul,
1The 4:3 For this is the will of God, your sanctification:
that you abstain from fornication;
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Words of Ministry~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In verse 11 Peter refers to the believers as sojourners and
pilgrims. He begs these sojourners and pilgrims to abstain
from fleshly lusts. This entreaty is a very practical matter
and not merely a doctrine. Here Peter seems to be saying, "I
beg you all to abstain from fleshly lusts. Do you know who
you are? You are not worldly people. You are sojourners and
pilgrims, people who belong to another country and who are
traveling through a foreign country. Actually, you are on
this earth as aliens, for you are not citizens of the earth.
You are heavenly sojourners and spiritual pilgrims. As such
persons, you should live a life that is different from that
of the worldly people. You need to abstain from the vain
manner of life. The vain manner of life is a life that comes
out of fleshly lusts. Therefore, in order to show others that
you are heavenly aliens, you must abstain from fleshly
lusts."
In verse 11 Peter says that the fleshly lusts war against the
soul. The fallen body is fleshly and full of lusts. The
fleshly lusts in the fallen body war against the soul,
against our inner being, that includes the mind, the will,
and the emotion. Often we think good things, love good
things, and decide to do good things. Thinking is in the
mind, loving is in the emotion, and the deciding is in the
will. Nevertheless, the fleshly lusts often war against what
we think in our mind, what we love in our emotion, and what
we decide with our will. The fleshly lusts are contrary to
our good thoughts, intentions, and decisions. Therefore, we
should abstain from the fleshly lusts which war against the
soul
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(c) 2007 Living Stream Ministry. Bible verses are taken from
the Recovery Version of the Bible and Words of Ministry, from
Witness Lee, Life-study of First Peter, pp. 166-167. Both are
published by Living Stream Ministry, Anaheim, CA.
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