Chapter 3
3 The Devil or the Flesh?...............................................
Some things that folks attribute to the devil are
really nothing more than works of the flesh. It is
important to realize that everything that's wrong in life
is not directly the work of an evil spirit.
When the Bible talks about keeping the flesh under
the dominion of the spirit, too many times folks think
that only refers to keeping sexual desires under control.
Well, it's true you'll have to keep your body under
subjection in that area. But right on the other hand, did
you ever notice what else the Bible lists as works of the
flesh or the old man nature?
The Works of the Flesh
Galatians chapter 5 lists the works of the flesh.
GALATIANS 5:17,19-21
17 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....
19 Now the WORKS OF THE FLESH are manifest,
which are these; adultery, fornication, uncleanness,
lasciviousness,
20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations,
wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness,
revellings, and such like
What many folks call works of "the devil," the Bible