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The Soul as Life We have already seen that the soul is our original human life. That is, it is what enables us to live, to have vitality,...

Sin and the Body When a believer has understood the truth of co-death with Christ on the cross and has experienced deliverance from sin,...

Two Conditions How, then, can we now enter into this blessing? There are two most crucial matters: The first is what is said in verse 11:...

God’s Fact When the Lord Jesus went to the cross, He not only brought our sins there, but He also brought us ourselves there. Our old...

The Way of Deliverance and the Life of the Soul Volume Three – The Soul The path of deliverance from sin, as revealed in Romans 6, is the...

Exhortation If we allow the Holy Spirit to work deeply in us through the cross, then the circumcision we have received will become more...

The Cross and the Deeper Work of the Holy Spirit Because the flesh is exceedingly deceitful, a believer cannot live a single moment...

The Believer’s Experience But how can a believer see what God sees? God so hates the flesh and its works; yet believers, apart from the...

The Believer’s Final Attitude Toward the Flesh God’s View of the Flesh At this point, it is best for the believer to recall once again...

The Sins That Follow If a believer has such self-confidence and attempts to accomplish the work of the Holy Spirit by the strength of the...

The Nature of the Good Works of the Flesh God opposes the flesh in this way because He knows the true condition of the flesh. His purpose...

The Boasting of the Flesh Another Aspect of the Flesh Are the works of the flesh only as described above? Is there nothing else the flesh...

The Existence of the Flesh We must take note that although the flesh can be rendered powerless—“destroyed” in Romans 6:6, meaning "made...

The Holy Spirit and Experience “When we were living in the flesh, our sinful passions, aroused by the law, were at work in our members to...

The Deliverance of the Cross After the apostle lists many works of the flesh in Galatians chapter 5, he continues, “And those who belong...

The Cross and the Holy Spirit There are many believers—one could say the majority—who were not filled with the Holy Spirit at the time...

The Necessity of Death The more a believer is enlightened by the Holy Spirit to see the wretchedness of their fleshly condition, the more...

The Works of the Flesh The flesh has many expressions. From God’s perspective—which we have already seen—the flesh is hostile toward God...

The Sins of the Flesh What the apostle struggled against in Romans chapter 7 was the sin dwelling in the body. He said, “Sin, seizing an...

Carnal Christians Every believer ought to be like Paul, who was filled with the Holy Spirit when he believed and was baptized (Acts...