The flesh runs on instinct: fight or flight. The spirit runs on revelation: stand still and see the salvation of the lord; stand still and love your others as you love yourself.
The flesh's motivation is opposite to the spirit's. The flesh says, "I must survive.i hve only this physical life." The spirit says, "There is a part of me that will survive beyond this life, and I must prepare myself to inherit a good afterlife bu living in a noble manner."
The spirit of both the natural man and the soiritual man CAN reason this counter-instinctual way by setting their mind on spiritul things rather than fleshly things. Because you are reading scripture through the lens of Augustine;'s Manichaen gnosticim, you do not understand the semantic range of ":flesh", and are failing to distinguish in scripture between the flesh created to be a physical instumrnt of the soul/spirit and is fearfully and wonderfully made good vs. the flesh as animal instinct, which opposes any good benevolent intentions of the soul/spirit..
The flesh's motivation is opposite to the spirit's. The flesh says, "I must survive.i hve only this physical life." The spirit says, "There is a part of me that will survive beyond this life, and I must prepare myself to inherit a good afterlife bu living in a noble manner."
The spirit of both the natural man and the soiritual man CAN reason this counter-instinctual way by setting their mind on spiritul things rather than fleshly things. Because you are reading scripture through the lens of Augustine;'s Manichaen gnosticim, you do not understand the semantic range of ":flesh", and are failing to distinguish in scripture between the flesh created to be a physical instumrnt of the soul/spirit and is fearfully and wonderfully made good vs. the flesh as animal instinct, which opposes any good benevolent intentions of the soul/spirit..
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