Our old sin nature is the competitor to the Holy Spirit.
When we run the race, the old sin nature does what it can to impede our progress and divert us from the course.
Rom 8:2
For the law of the Spirit of life in...
here "sin" is the “flesh”, the old sin nature, that organized power or nature, acting through the members of the body, that is anti-God.
Our old sin nature is the...
John 15:2
“Every branch [believer] in Me that does not bear fruit, He takes away [discipline]; and every branch that bears fruit, He prunes it [suffering for blessing] so that it may bear...
Joh 15:2
“Every branch [believer] in Me that does not bear fruit, He takes away [discipline]; and every branch that bears fruit, He prunes it [suffering for blessing] so that...
What is discernment?
Mat 7:16
“You will know them by their fruits. Grapes are not gathered from thorn bushes nor figs from thistles, are they?”
Joh 15:2...