The document discusses the differences between lust of the flesh, flesh, and sin nature. It explores how the flesh and sin nature wage war against souls and how the Spirit and sinful nature desire opposite things. While people want to do good, sin still dwells within them. The only solution is found in Jesus Christ. The passage encourages readers to turn to God and his Spirit rather than relying on their own abilities when tempted and to watch for God to show them a way out of temptation.

1. pt. 4: The Flesh In Us

2. What are the differences
between “Lust of the flesh”
identified in 1 Pet. 2:15 -16
and the “Flesh” recorded in
Rom. 7:15-25 & Gal. 5:17?
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3. 1 Peter 2:11 - Dear friends, I
warn you as “temporary
residents and foreigners” to
keep away from worldly
desires that wage war
against your very souls. NLT

4. The Beginning of the
Problem – Adam’s Fall
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5. Galatians 4:22-26 - The
Scriptures say that Abraham
had two sons, one from his
slave wife and one from his
freeborn wife.

6. 23The son of the slave wife
was born in a human attempt
to bring about the fulfillment
of God’s promise. But the
son of the freeborn wife was
born as God’s own
fulfillment of his promise.

7. 24These two women serve as
an illustration of God’s two
covenants. The first woman,
Hagar, represents Mount
Sinai where people received
the law that enslaved them.

8. 25And now Jerusalem is just
like Mount Sinai in Arabia,
because she and her children
live in slavery to the law.

9. 26But the other woman, Sarah,
represents the heavenly
Jerusalem. She is the free
woman, and she is our
mother. NLT

10. The Problem – Sin Nature
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11. Romans 7:4 - … You died to
the power of the law when
you died with Christ. … NLT

12. Man’s Solution to the
Christian’s Problem
– Human Effort
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13. Galatians 5:17-18 - The sinful
nature wants to do evil,
which is just the opposite of
what the Spirit wants. And
the Spirit gives us desires
that are the opposite of what
the sinful nature desires.

14. These two forces are constantly
fighting each other, so you are
not free to carry out your good
intentions. 18But when you are
directed by the Spirit, you are
not under obligation to the law
of Moses. NLT

15. Romans 7:18-20 - And I know
that nothing good lives in
me, that is, in my sinful
nature. I want to do what is
right, but I can’t. 19I want to
do what is good, but I don’t. I
don’t want to do what is
wrong, but I do it anyway.

16. 20But if I do what I don’t want
to do, I am not really the one
doing wrong; it is sin living
in me that does it. NLT

17. John 6:63 - The Spirit alone
gives eternal life. Human
effort accomplishes nothing.
…. NLT

18. Romans 7:24-25 - Oh, what a
miserable person I am! Who
will free me from this life that
is dominated by sin and
death?

19. 25Thank God! The answer is
in Jesus Christ our Lord. NLT

20. God’s Solution
– Walk in the Spirit
(Abide in Jesus)
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21. 2 Tim 2:15 - Do your best to
present yourself to God as
one approved, a worker who
has no need to be ashamed,
rightly handling the word of
truth. ESV

22. Mediation and Application
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23. Mediation and Application
Memorize
1 Corinthians 10:13
The temptations in your life
are no different from what
others experience.
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24. Mediation and Application
And God is faithful. He will
not allow the temptation to be
more than you can stand.
When you are tempted, he
will show you a way out so
that you can endure. NLT
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25. Mediation and Application
Turn to God
and don’t rely on your own
abilities to not sin.
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26. Mediation and Application
Ask God
to show you how to
extinguish the lit fuse
(the way out)
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27. Mediation and Application
Watch For God
to show you the way out.
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28. Mediation and Application
Mark 14:38 - Keep watch and
pray, so that you will not give
in to temptation. For the spirit
is willing, but the body is
weak.” NLT
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