
Crucify The Flesh
The story of Esau and Jacob revolves around this thing called a
Three significant upsides of having the birthright:
1)
2) Authority
3)
Genesis 25:29-34
29 Once when Jacob was cooking stew, Esau came in from the field, and he was exhausted. 30 And Esau said to Jacob, “Let me eat some of that red stew, for I am exhausted!” (Therefore his name was called Edom.) 31 Jacob said, “Sell me your birthright now.” 32 Esau said, “I am about to die; of what use is a birthright to me?” 33 Jacob said, “Swear to me now.” So he swore to him and sold his birthright to Jacob. 34 Then Jacob gave Esau bread and lentil stew, and he ate and drank and rose and went his way. Thus Esau despised his birthright.
Jeremiah 17:9
The
1 John 2:16
Everything in the world—the lust of the
Galatians 5:16-17, 24-25
Walk by the spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. For the desires of the flesh are against the
And those who belong to Christ Jesus, have
Application:
How do we fight the flesh?
1) We
2) Live by the
How do we live by the Spirit? Through the