Romans 8:6

To be carnally minded is death

“Yes, the flesh is set to self-destruct. Just look at man…for all the supposed progress and new technology, man is on a path of self-destruction. Didn’t I say through Paul that to be carnally minded is death? (Rom. 8:6) That is no joke, and it is not some symbolic parable. The desires of the flesh, if yielded to, can destroy a person. Some have the desire to drink alcohol, others a desire to overeat, some a desire to under eat. If any of these are followed through on to an extreme, the end is death.

There is also spiritual death; pride is the ultimate in carnal mindedness and fleshly thinking. But so many embrace it and allow that spirit to settle on them because it feels good. It feels good to be lifted up in mind, either by lifting yourself up or allowing others to lift you up. But it’s the same carnal path of death. Pride leads to rejection of Me and My ways, and that is spiritual death. This type of fleshly thinking is even more prevalent in the world today. If you can escape this ever present demon of pride, then you should be oh so grateful to Me.

Thank Me for the humblings and the breaking. They allow you to come to Me in love and nakedness. You cannot come in unto Me if you are coated in pride. You have to get rid of those garments. You must see clearly where these paths of pride and flesh lead…death. As for you, you will most likely not eat yourselves to death. But when you indulge the flesh either by partaking of some fleshly pleasure that you shouldn’t or by following that path of pride in your mind, you allow yourself to be held back and hindered in your walk as a soldier. I have always told you that indulging the flesh dulls your connection with the spirit. This can happen in many ways …whatever  happens to be your weakness, whether eating, daydreaming, yielding to pride, seeking fleshly pursuits, or just not fighting and letting your battles walk all over you. Even being lazy or lethargic about your battles is “fleshing out” because most times the flesh doesn’t want to fight. It doesn’t feel like calling on the keys and forsaking the juicy lies that the enemy is feeding it. It’s weird, but it wants to stay in that pit and get beat over the head by the enemy until it’s a bloody, useless mess. See what I mean about the flesh being self-destructive? Do you see what it is saying when it says “to be carnally minded is death?”  

Romans 8:6

“This world and the things of this world, including your flesh is set to self-destruct.”