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Flesh

Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh. For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die, but if you through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live. For as many are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God – Romans 8:12-14.

The Scripture uses the word “flesh” in five ways. It may refer to (1) the body or physical being, (2) the old nature or sin nature, (3) the epidermis [skin], (4) man’s immaterial nature, or (5) the whole being of man.

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Coveteousness

And He said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth – Luke 12:15.

To covet is to want something that someone else has, and the person will go to any length to have what they covet, no matter what it costs them.

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Convicted But Not Converted

Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature, old things are passed away, behold, all things become new – 2nd Corinthians 5:17.

Paul presents the results of Christ’s death for the believer and the believer’s death with Him. Because believers are united with Jesus both in His death and resurrection they participate in the new creation.

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