the Bible together the last couple of years, we've often used the very same Greek word Paul used - Sarx Sarx is not just a pesky fly that annoys you from time to time. Paul writes that Sarx is "waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of Even Paul succumbed to Sarx on a daily basis, and so does every other Christian in the world. death through Jesus Christ our Lord; ALIGN YOUR LIFE WITH GOD'S WILL: Pray for strength as you battle Sarx

who've experienced a taste of salvation, but who continue to be guided by their own sinful nature ( sarx crucify your flesh - not physically, of course; the Bible uses the word flesh - literally the Greek word sarx Sarx is like a zombie: you put it to death one day, and it comes right back to life the next. Triune God - Father, Son and Spirit; A LIGN YOUR LIFE WITH GOD'S WILL: Pray for stamina to crucify sarx

worldly point of view" (v16 - literally translated it says you must not think of anything the way that sarx Your calling in life is to get rid of the old ( sarx ), and replace it with the new ( Christ ). Your goal in life is to separate yourself more and more from your old sinful nature ( sarx ) and the v18) A LIGN YOUR LIFE WITH GOD'S WILL: Pray that as a new creation, you will not regard anything from sarx's

Dig Deeper Your sinful nature, which we often refer to as Sarx (a nickname based of the Greek word the One of Sarx' most effective tools is getting you to covet: to have even the slightest thoughts or desires To battle Sarx, keep doing what you're doing right now: reading God's Word and digging deeper into it

reigning all around you, but the evil that seeks to plant its flag inside of you - your sinful nature (Sarx Overcome Sarx by flooding him out as you fill your mind with whatever is noble, right, admirable, excellent

You have a war that's being fought within you each day, between Sarx (the personification of evil that's Even Paul succumbed to Sarx on a daily basis, and so does every other Christian in the world.

But Sarx (your internal sinful nature) wants to keep you "burdened again by a yoke of slavery." Sarx knows that the more you depend upon religious rites to make you right with God, the less you'll

all is said and done, there are only two ways to think: you can have your mind set on what the flesh (sarx Notice how a mind governed by the sinful nature (flesh/sarx) destines a person to a purposeless existence

If that's the case, go back and read about how strong and dangerous Sarx is (your old sinful nature) yourself to an unbeliever, you're immediately have two pulling you away from Christ: the unbeliever and Sarx

The Bible tells us that our old sinful nature (who we often refer to here as Sarx, which is the Greek You might successfully kill off sin today, but Sarx will snap back to life and will come gunning for