Gal 5:16-17
But I say [from now on], walk [keep on walking] by [means of ] the Spirit, and you will not [no, never!] carry out the desire of the flesh.
For the flesh sets its desire against the Spirit, and the Spirit against...
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...