Lust and love look the same. They both touch and kiss. They both want to be around one another. They both do a lot of the same things. However one cares about the other person to their own hurt. The other cares only for him or herself not caring they hurt the other as long as their own desires are met. One give the other takes. One last the other looses it’s “lust-er” (emphasis intended) and fades over time and even turns into hate.
1 John 2:16 “For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.”
Romans 6:12 “Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.”
How do we remain pure in an impure world? How do we satisfy the spirit rather than our fleshly nature? By focusing on what God says and on His desires for our life.
Romans 13:14 “But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.”
When we literally put on the Lord Jesus Christ we stand in His strength and power and not our own. We walk in His righteousness-His right standing with God and we do not stand alone. We must love what God loves and hate what God hates.
Galatians 5:16 “This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.”
We can get to the point where it is not ourselves we live for but God. We long to love Him as He first loved us and refuse to disappoint and disobey Him because we love Him.
Galatians 5:24 “And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.”
1 John 2:16 “For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.”
Romans 6:12 “Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.”
How do we remain pure in an impure world? How do we satisfy the spirit rather than our fleshly nature? By focusing on what God says and on His desires for our life.
Romans 13:14 “But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.”
When we literally put on the Lord Jesus Christ we stand in His strength and power and not our own. We walk in His righteousness-His right standing with God and we do not stand alone. We must love what God loves and hate what God hates.
Galatians 5:16 “This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.”
We can get to the point where it is not ourselves we live for but God. We long to love Him as He first loved us and refuse to disappoint and disobey Him because we love Him.
Galatians 5:24 “And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.”
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