AI OVERVIEW: The flesh is the inner, inherited tendency toward sin that remains in believers after salvation, a propensity that cannot be cleaned up or eradicated by effort. Walking by the Spirit is necessary because the flesh opposes the Spirit, setting its desires against it so you cannot do the things you please, and the mind set on the flesh brings death while the mind set on the Spirit brings life and peace. The flesh deeds include immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, disputes, dissensions, factions, drunkenness, and carousing, contrasted with the fruit of the Spirit: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.
YOUTUBE DESCRIPTION: The Troublemaker Within Us - Part 1 If Jesus broke the power of sin in our lives, why do we still struggle with sinful desires? Dr. Stanley explains this old nature that the apostle Paul referred to as the 'flesh,' and that yielding to the Holy Spirit leads to a life of freedom....
