Sermon
Enemies of the Soul: The Flesh
Cross Church
Speaker: Nick Floyd
January 16, 2023 · 35 min
Summary
First John 2:16 reveals that fleshly desires—cravings for physical indulgence, visual temptation, and pride—originate from the world, not God. The pastor calls believers to wage daily warfare against the flesh through four victory declarations: refusing deception, standing in truth that flesh doesn't satisfy, committing to feed spiritual disciplines while starving sin, and following Jesus as eternal life.
Highlights
Your deepest desire in your life would not be found in this world. Anything that you try to place in that one place that only God can fill in your heart will not satisfy.
For the rest of your Christian life, you will be waging a battle against the flesh. You never get to a level of spiritual maturity where the flesh is no longer an issue for me.
What you feed grows and what you starve dies. If you feed the right things, you're gonna grow in your life. On the flip side, if you never come to church, your Bible only comes out every four to six weeks, you're not going to reap the right things.