Paul wrote by THE SPIRIT in Romans chapter 8:
5 For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit.
6 For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.
7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, nor indeed can be.
8 So then, those who are in the flesh cannot please God.
FATHER gives us the choice to live according to the flesh or to live according to THE SPIRIT. Those who choose to live according to the flesh create a multitude of issues in their life and become slaves to those issues. Many of the simply live and pursue the lust of their flesh. Isn’t the opioid epidemic in the United States the result of the lust of the flesh? Isn’t drug addiction caused by the “highs” obtained by consuming drugs and temporarily forgetting the problems created by living according to the flesh? Will legislation address the core issue of the opioid epidemic? Not at all, only the deliverance by The Word of GOD will resolve the problem. Only the Love of Our Heavenly Father expressed through us will break through the walls erected by those who submitted to drug addiction.
Isn’t the Roe versus Wade abortion issue dealing with the same core problem, the lust of the flesh? Women want to be free to have sexual intercourse outside of marriage without any repercussion. They want to dress in a provocative manner and spend billions of dollars to look attractive to men who inherently want to have sex but do not want to suffer any consequences. Why tempt a man and then have him charged for responding to the underlying intent?
Men are not innocent victims either. Proverbs chapters 5 through 9 express warnings to the man concerning the adulteress, the harlot, and the foolish woman. What is obviously missing are the warnings to the woman. If men walked in righteousness, there would be no abortion issue. If men no longer walked according to the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes, women would not be encouraged to dress in a manner to lure them into their bed.
The core solution to man’s problems is solved by the revelation of FATHER’S Love expressed in HIS Word. The power inherent in The Word will break through the lusts mentioned above and as maturing Sons and Daughters, we should be focused on tapping into this power.
Do you think mandating submission to the Law will resolve the core problem? Not at all. Do you think the solution lies within the multitude of prophecies concerning global judgment will scare people into adhering to Biblical principles? The solution is for man’s heart to change. Proverbs 23:7 states “For as he thinks in his heart, so is he.” Jesus stated in Matthew chapter 5:
27 “You have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’
28 But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
29 If your right eye causes you to sin, pluck it out and cast it from you; for it is more profitable for you that one of your members perish, than for your whole body to be cast into hell.
30 And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and cast it from you; for it is more profitable for you that one of your members perish, than for your whole body to be cast into hell.”
Adultery, promiscuity, and drug addiction all begin in the heart. Until we deal with the heart issue, the problem will not be resolved. We can’t legislate a pure heart nor can we scare someone into having a pure heart. Only Agape Love can change a man’s heart. Until we walk in the full revelation of FATHER’S Love toward mankind as Jesus did, the issues will remain widespread. No amount of prophetic words will deal with the problem for they only serve as notification of the problem. We need the power of Love to change men’s hearts… and women’s hearts as well.