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IT PROFITS NOTHING!

Text : John 6:63.

 *It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and [they] are life.* 

If Jesus declared that the flesh profits nothing, then it means it profits absolutely nothing.

Today, we shall be looking at the various perspectives in which God views and describes flesh.

The Lord declared in Genesis 6:3, saying, "My Spirit shall not strive with man forever, for he [is] indeed flesh; yet his days shall be one hundred and twenty years."

God declared man as flesh here because man no longer submits to the leading and Lordship of the Spirit of God. Man has fallen to the point where he no longer acts in obedience to God's spirit but his flesh.

Flesh is the life and the nature of man's body and soul. It is the corrupt nature of the soul and body. It is the very life of every man born into this world. Flesh is a life outside of the control of God's Spirit.

Jesus said that, "that which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit (John 3:6). So, *the way out of flesh is not self-determination or self-righteousness but new birth by the Spirit and leading by the Spirit.* 

 *The first step out of the control and grip of the flesh is new birth (regeneration).* Hence, no man can can be delivered from the grip of the flesh without taking the first step of being born again.

Having been born again, you also need to continuously walk in the Spirit in order not to fulfill the desires of the flesh.

 Galatians  5:16 says _This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh_ 

 *As far as God is concerned, the flesh can neither be transformed, tamed nor changed. It must be put to death!*  *The death of the flesh takes place by rendering the flesh idle, unemployed and inoperative.* This is achieved through continuous obedience to the leadings of  Spirit. 

The flesh must die!

 *Bible reading:* Romans 6:1-23.


PRAYER FOCUS

1.) Father God, I receive grace to always walk in the Spirit.



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