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One of the main devices that Satan uses is ourselves. We call it our flesh. As a youth leader, I teach our youth a very important statement that we all should pay careful attention to. Here it is; "Next to Jesus, you are your own best friend...Next to Satan, you are your own worst enemy." I tell them that we should never trust our flesh to walk therein. Galatians 5:16-17 says, "...Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would." The problem with our flesh is that it's rarely in tune with God. Satan and the world is teaching our youth that it's ok to let our flesh make our choices for us. Most young people today are letting their bodies run the show. If it feels good, looks good, sounds good, then I'll try it. This is where Satan is sifting us. That's why when your body/flesh starts telling you to do something you shouldn't, you've got to crucify it. You've got to bring it under subjection.
We are going to win the war. To be a successful Christian, we're going to have to deny the flesh and feed the Spirit. How do I feed my spirit? Good question. Read your Bible, pray, listen to GODLY music, listen to good apostolic preaching, and going to church, etc. Consider these words of wisdom, "Two natures beat within my chest, The one is foul; the one is blest, The one I love; the one I hate, The one I feed will dominate."
One last thought: Don't let your mortal body make choices. Since the body is mortal and can die, it will lead you to make choices that will lead to death.
Troyce Mack
ARC - United Pentecostal Church
7 Berkeley Street
Manning, SC 29102
David W. Gleason; Pastor