Flesh
The Promise for All Who Have Faith
Date: October 14, 2022
Passage: Romans 4:9–25
Those who are trying for salvation often lean on either their own imagined goodness or some kind of religious observance or a combination of both. In the previous passages we have seen how the Jews boasted in circumcision and the law. Paul has already made it clear that there must be an …
IllustrationThe Flesh is a Built-in Law of Failure
The flesh is a built-in law of failure, making it impossible for the natural man to please or serve God. It is a compulsive inner force inherited from man’s fall, which expresses itself in general and …