If you violently war against your flesh, you’ll win ground. It will grow weak, and you’ll grow in grace into the image of Christ. Still, the work has to be endless as long as we’re in this world. If you cut the flesh and slack, you’ll watch it regroup and revive. You may even end up worse off than you were before (compare Luke 11:24-26)
Heed the warnings that fill the Scriptures (Hebrews 12:1-4; Matthew 16:6; Matthew 26:41; Luke 12:15; I Corinthians 16:13; II Peter 3:17)
- Kris Lundgaard, The Enemy Within: Straight Talk About the Power and Defeat of Sin, copyright 1998, page 40-41
