The Triumphant ChurchWord. For example, in His Word, God gave us
instructions about what to do with our spirit, soul, and
body as a strong protection against the enemy.
But man is always trying to find some other way
than God's way to arrive at spiritual maturity, success,
and victory over the devil in every circumstance.
If he can find an easy way to do things, like blaming
everything on the devil, he'll do it, rather than to live by
the principles in God's Word.
It is much easier to try to cast a devil out than it is
to take the responsibility to consistently renew your
mind with the Word and keep your flesh under
subjection to your spirit!
A preacher I once knew understood man's carnal
nature. He saw a title on a billboard that said, "The
Beast and I." That inspired a title for a sermon he was
preaching called, “The Beast That Is in All of Us."
Did you know there is a beast in all of us? The
"beast" is your your carnal unregenerated human
nature, and you will have that carnal nature to subdue
as long as you are on earth.
In that sense, we could say there is a "beast" in all of
us. There is a carnal nature in the unregenerated
human nature—in the flesh of man.
However, the carnal nature is not in your spirit if
you're born again. And, thank God, one day you will
also have a new glorified body (1 Cor. 15:42, 50-54).
Until that day, God tells you in His Word how to stand
strong against your enemy, Satan.