Flesh and spirit conflicted

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Pilgrimshope

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“And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man,

for that he also is flesh:

yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.”
‭‭Genesis‬ ‭6:3‬ ‭KJV‬‬

This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.

But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.

Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

…And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.”

‭‭Galatians‬ ‭5:16-21, 24-25‬ ‭KJV

“Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

That which is born of the flesh is flesh;

and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.”
‭‭John‬ ‭3:3, 5-6‬ ‭

It is the spirit that quickeneth;

the flesh profiteth nothing:

the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.

From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him. Then said Jesus unto the twelve, Will ye also go away?

Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life.”
‭‭John‬ ‭6:63, 66-68‬ ‭KJV‬‬

“Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.”
‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭55:3‬ ‭KJV‬‬

“Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.”
‭‭John‬ ‭5:24‬ ‭KJV‬‬

“There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death”
.Romans‬ ‭8:1-2

“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 ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.”
‭‭Romans‬ ‭8:12-13‬ ‭KJV‬‬


“for the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel; which is come unto you, as it is in all the world; and bringeth forth fruit, as it doth also in you, since the day ye heard of it, and knew the grace of God in truth:”
‭‭Colossians‬ ‭1:5-6‬ ‭

“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.”
‭‭Galatians‬ ‭5:22-23, 25‬ ‭KJV‬‬

“the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.”
 

NightTwister

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#2
“And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man,

for that he also is flesh:

yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.”
‭‭Genesis‬ ‭6:3‬ ‭KJV‬‬

This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.

But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.

Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

…And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.”

‭‭Galatians‬ ‭5:16-21, 24-25‬ ‭KJV

“Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

That which is born of the flesh is flesh;

and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.”
‭‭John‬ ‭3:3, 5-6‬ ‭

It is the spirit that quickeneth;

the flesh profiteth nothing:

the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.

From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him. Then said Jesus unto the twelve, Will ye also go away?

Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life.”
‭‭John‬ ‭6:63, 66-68‬ ‭KJV‬‬

“Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.”
‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭55:3‬ ‭KJV‬‬

“Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.”
‭‭John‬ ‭5:24‬ ‭KJV‬‬

“There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death”
.Romans‬ ‭8:1-2

“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 ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.”
‭‭Romans‬ ‭8:12-13‬ ‭KJV‬‬


“for the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel; which is come unto you, as it is in all the world; and bringeth forth fruit, as it doth also in you, since the day ye heard of it, and knew the grace of God in truth:”
‭‭Colossians‬ ‭1:5-6‬ ‭

“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.”
‭‭Galatians‬ ‭5:22-23, 25‬ ‭KJV‬‬

“the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.”
You do understand that with all of this crazy formatting, your posts are extremely difficult to read, right?
 

JaumeJ

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You do understand that with all of this crazy formatting, your posts are extremely difficult to read, right?
All who have the Windows option of text aloud may use it to hear the words anyone posts. Albeit, some of the punctuations may be interruptive, the words come easily. *I confess I do not listen to all long posts, but I try to know the posters as given by the ones I am able to hear.) Try it! You may come to love it. God bless you bigtime always.
 

jb

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#4
All who have the Windows option of text aloud may use it to hear the words anyone posts. Albeit, some of the punctuations may be interruptive, the words come easily. *I confess I do not listen to all long posts, but I try to know the posters as given by the ones I am able to hear.) Try it! You may come to love it. God bless you bigtime always.
That audio option works quite well actually...
 

Dino246

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You do understand that with all of this crazy formatting, your posts are extremely difficult to read, right?
Thank you for calling him out on this!

I stopped attempting to read his posts a long time ago. If everything is important, nothing is important.
 

Pilgrimshope

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You do understand that with all of this crazy formatting, your posts are extremely difficult to read, right?
Doesn’t bother me no so I’m aware now of your opinion though maybe complain to the forum about the tools they make available for the people who post here to use ….or possibly comment on the substance either way
 

Pilgrimshope

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#7
All who have the Windows option of text aloud may use it to hear the words anyone posts. Albeit, some of the punctuations may be interruptive, the words come easily. *I confess I do not listen to all long posts, but I try to know the posters as given by the ones I am able to hear.) Try it! You may come to love it. God bless you bigtime always.
Indeed I do the same thing if I read a post and have issues with how a person writes I just go read posts I find useful. And don’t bother with the ones I have issues with or can’t follow or whatever the case is . Good advice
 

Pilgrimshope

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#8
Thank you for calling him out on this!

I stopped attempting to read his posts a long time ago. If everything is important, nothing is important.
Calling me out ? Lol man this place sometimes seems to be the hardest place I know to get folks to talk about what’s in the Bible ……:
 

NightTwister

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Doesn’t bother me no so I’m aware now of your opinion though maybe complain to the forum about the tools they make available for the people who post here to use ….or possibly comment on the substance either way
Why would I complain to the forum? You do you. I just don't read your posts. Fine by me.
 

Pilgrimshope

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#10
Why would I complain to the forum? You do you. I just don't read your posts. Fine by me.
yeah I’m alright with it also seems a good peaceful solution if you can’t get past the presentation

i actually mean tbat respectfully I wouldnt read something if the presentation was below my standards. It’s not an offense to one another if we don’t read the other persons posts there’s along of posts here that will be written in an acceptable way for you . It’s a good solution I feel
 

Dino246

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Calling me out ? Lol man this place sometimes seems to be the hardest place I know to get folks to talk about what’s in the Bible ……:
It's not personal at all. Having found your posts difficult to read because you use a lot of emphatic formatting, I simply no longer make the attempt.

My personal opinion: If you want more interaction, try using far less special formatting, and keep everything in the same font size. :)
 

Pilgrimshope

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It's not personal at all. Having found your posts difficult to read because you use a lot of emphatic formatting, I simply no longer make the attempt.

My personal opinion: If you want more interaction, try using far less special formatting, and keep everything in the same font size. :)
wonderful to hear it’s not personal amen

“personal opinion: If you want more interaction, try using far less special formatting, and keep everything in the same font size. :)

im alright with the interaction I already get just not the next veering and arguing about grammar or how someone else makes thier post . That seems to me like a waste of everyone’s time that is involved so I try to avoid that part , love to discuss scripture but also I’ve written the same way for two years here now and I’m not bothered by it .

I wish that people sort of had your mature perspective you’ve stated here , I would totally do the same thing and think it was the best move if how someone else chose to write thier post triggered me or anything or troubled me or disrupted me or just whatever the word is I would just move on to the ones that didn’t do that so I appreciate t he conclusion you reached it’s so much better than bickering

But honestly I’m alright I’m alright with how I post here, And the people who respond when I post the interaction is perfect for me….. besides the war zone type scenarios that sometimes seem to occur

God bless brother !!!
 

Pilgrimshope

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Just praise GOD and keep going
Amen !!

notice the op brother ? See how the flesh won this contest in this thread ? Strange because it began with a subject almost completely scriptire …and the intent of discussing it in lol a biblical discussion forum

😂
 

TabinRivCA

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Does all this boil down to the Spirit is at war with the flesh???
 

Mem

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Does all this boil down to the Spirit is at war with the flesh???
the OP's particular writing style may well be illustrating this inner struggle. very interesting observation, yes.