WU Sermon Notes
September 3, 2023

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) of God

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

is deceitful above all things…

1 John 2:16
Everything in the world—the lust of the

, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—comes not from the Father but from the world.

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 the desires of the spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, to keep you from doing the things you want to do…

And those who belong to Christ Jesus, have

the flesh with its passions and desires. If we live by the spirit, let us also keep in step with the Spirit.

Application:

How do we fight the flesh?
1) We

it.
2) Live by the .

How do we live by the Spirit? Through the

of Jesus.