The Triumphant Churchmorning meetings. He said, "Brother Hagin, I want you
to pray that I won't ever have any more trouble with the
devil." I asked, "Do you want me to pray that you'll
die?" He said, "No, I don't want to die." I said, "The only
way you'll never have any more trouble with the devil is
to die and get out of this world!"
Much of the trouble this man thought was coming
from the devil was really nothing more than his flesh,
but he hadn't learned to distinguish the difference. To
be perfectly honest with you, I'm persuaded that
Christians have more trouble with their flesh than they
do with the devil.
Often Christians who are having problems with the
flesh think if they could just "get away" from it all, or
move to another state, or change jobs or churches,
things would be different. But you can't get away from
the flesh; moving or changing churches isn't going to
solve the problem if it's your unredeemed flesh you're
dealing with. Wherever you go, your flesh is still going
to be there. You might as well go ahead and stay right
where you are and learn to bring it in subjection to your
recreated spirit.
The Flesh Has Its Own Lusts And It's
Not the Devil
You need to realize something else about the flesh.
It has its own lusts and appetites, and it's not a devil at
work or even demonic activity. Look again at Ephesians
4:22.
EPHESIANS 4:22
22 That ye put off concerning the former
conversation [lifestyle] THE OLD MAN,
which is CORRUPT according to the