Is it God's will that we be transformed "daily" into the image of His Dear Son? If it doesn't happen in one moment... does it mean that verse is not meant for us today? I believe for sure these bodies will wear out and we will get our new bodies that will never get tired or sick or moody or tempted. Just a thought... Moses was not even in the new covenant but he walked in health and his eye was not dim. And Sarah and Moses had a baby because God supernaturally gave them youthful working bodies.
Time is what we are locked into while living in these bodies but like Jesus who had the Holy Spirit to empower Him., we have the Holy Spirit to empower us... as we walk in our new born again creation. Jesus was the FIRST of many brethren... Our flesh is still here but we are not to be mastered by it. Jesus defeated the power of sin but not the presence of sin for us.
Jesus walked in perfect health and obedience because He submitted to God PERFECTLY. We are daily to be learning to walk in the Spirit like He did so we are not controlled by the flesh we were born into before we got saved. Jesus was without sin but He was the first one of "us" humans to follow God perfectly... unlike Adam. Jesus is called the last Adam....
In Christ and in this "new born again spirit man" we have access to the supernatural. And in many areas such as Gal. 5:13-26 tells us believers.
This can't be understood by the flesh nor can it be done by and through our flesh. It be done through the Spirit. Already posted this. Will post again. helps me to keep reading it and thinking on these verses. But let me add too that we are to be daily learning how to walk IN the Spirit and it takes TIME TIME TIME. Because we are in this body IN TIME AND SPACE. Many believers have learned to submit to the HolySpirit without being mastered by the things they used to be mastered by but this took time....
[SUP]3 [/SUP]For you, brethren, were [indeed] called to freedom; only [do not let your] freedom be an incentive to your flesh and an opportunity or excuse [for [SUP][a][/SUP]selfishness], but through love you should serve one another.
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14 [/SUP]For the whole Law [concerning human relationships] is [SUP][b][/SUP]complied with in the one precept, You shall love your neighbor as [you do] yourself.
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15 [/SUP]But if you bite and devour one another [in partisan strife], be careful that you [and your whole fellowship] are not consumed by one another.
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16 [/SUP]But I say, walk and live [habitually] in the [Holy] Spirit [responsive to and controlled and guided by the Spirit]; then you will certainly not gratify the cravings and desires of the flesh (of human nature without God).
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17 [/SUP]For the desires of the flesh are opposed to the [Holy] Spirit, and the [desires of the] Spirit are opposed to the flesh (godless human nature); for these are antagonistic to each other [continually withstanding and in conflict with each other], so that you are not free but are prevented from doing what you desire to do.
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18 [/SUP]But if you are guided (led) by the [Holy] Spirit, you are not subject to the Law.
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19 [/SUP]Now the doings (practices) of the flesh are clear (obvious): they are immorality, impurity, indecency,
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20 [/SUP]Idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, anger (ill temper), selfishness, divisions (dissensions), party spirit (factions, sects with peculiar opinions, heresies),
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21 [/SUP]Envy, drunkenness, carousing, and the like. I warn you beforehand, just as I did previously, that those who do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
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22 [/SUP]But the fruit of the [Holy] Spirit [the work which His presence within accomplishes] is love, joy (gladness), peace, patience (an even temper, forbearance), kindness, goodness (benevolence), faithfulness,
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23 [/SUP]Gentleness (meekness, humility), self-control (self-restraint, continence). Against such things there is no law [[SUP][c][/SUP]that can bring a charge].
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24 [/SUP]And those who belong to Christ Jesus (the Messiah) have crucified the flesh (the godless human nature) with its passions and appetites and desires.
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25 [/SUP]If we live by the [Holy] Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit. [If by the Holy Spirit [SUP][d][/SUP]we have our life in God, let us go forward [SUP][e][/SUP]walking in line, our conduct controlled by the Spirit.]
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26 [/SUP]Let us not become vainglorious and self-conceited, competitive and challenging and provoking and irritating to one another, envying and being jealous of one another.
Time is what we are locked into while living in these bodies but like Jesus who had the Holy Spirit to empower Him., we have the Holy Spirit to empower us... as we walk in our new born again creation. Jesus was the FIRST of many brethren... Our flesh is still here but we are not to be mastered by it. Jesus defeated the power of sin but not the presence of sin for us.
Jesus walked in perfect health and obedience because He submitted to God PERFECTLY. We are daily to be learning to walk in the Spirit like He did so we are not controlled by the flesh we were born into before we got saved. Jesus was without sin but He was the first one of "us" humans to follow God perfectly... unlike Adam. Jesus is called the last Adam....
In Christ and in this "new born again spirit man" we have access to the supernatural. And in many areas such as Gal. 5:13-26 tells us believers.
This can't be understood by the flesh nor can it be done by and through our flesh. It be done through the Spirit. Already posted this. Will post again. helps me to keep reading it and thinking on these verses. But let me add too that we are to be daily learning how to walk IN the Spirit and it takes TIME TIME TIME. Because we are in this body IN TIME AND SPACE. Many believers have learned to submit to the HolySpirit without being mastered by the things they used to be mastered by but this took time....
[SUP]3 [/SUP]For you, brethren, were [indeed] called to freedom; only [do not let your] freedom be an incentive to your flesh and an opportunity or excuse [for [SUP][a][/SUP]selfishness], but through love you should serve one another.
[SUP]
14 [/SUP]For the whole Law [concerning human relationships] is [SUP][b][/SUP]complied with in the one precept, You shall love your neighbor as [you do] yourself.
[SUP]
15 [/SUP]But if you bite and devour one another [in partisan strife], be careful that you [and your whole fellowship] are not consumed by one another.
[SUP]
16 [/SUP]But I say, walk and live [habitually] in the [Holy] Spirit [responsive to and controlled and guided by the Spirit]; then you will certainly not gratify the cravings and desires of the flesh (of human nature without God).
[SUP]
17 [/SUP]For the desires of the flesh are opposed to the [Holy] Spirit, and the [desires of the] Spirit are opposed to the flesh (godless human nature); for these are antagonistic to each other [continually withstanding and in conflict with each other], so that you are not free but are prevented from doing what you desire to do.
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18 [/SUP]But if you are guided (led) by the [Holy] Spirit, you are not subject to the Law.
[SUP]
19 [/SUP]Now the doings (practices) of the flesh are clear (obvious): they are immorality, impurity, indecency,
[SUP]
20 [/SUP]Idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, anger (ill temper), selfishness, divisions (dissensions), party spirit (factions, sects with peculiar opinions, heresies),
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21 [/SUP]Envy, drunkenness, carousing, and the like. I warn you beforehand, just as I did previously, that those who do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
[SUP]
22 [/SUP]But the fruit of the [Holy] Spirit [the work which His presence within accomplishes] is love, joy (gladness), peace, patience (an even temper, forbearance), kindness, goodness (benevolence), faithfulness,
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23 [/SUP]Gentleness (meekness, humility), self-control (self-restraint, continence). Against such things there is no law [[SUP][c][/SUP]that can bring a charge].
[SUP]
24 [/SUP]And those who belong to Christ Jesus (the Messiah) have crucified the flesh (the godless human nature) with its passions and appetites and desires.
[SUP]
25 [/SUP]If we live by the [Holy] Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit. [If by the Holy Spirit [SUP][d][/SUP]we have our life in God, let us go forward [SUP][e][/SUP]walking in line, our conduct controlled by the Spirit.]
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26 [/SUP]Let us not become vainglorious and self-conceited, competitive and challenging and provoking and irritating to one another, envying and being jealous of one another.