When Flesh Fights Spirit: The War Within the Believer
September 8, 2025
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The Christian life is not merely a journey of external obedience—it’s a spiritual war between two natures. Paul writes in Galatians 5:17, “For the flesh desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are in conflict with each other…” This internal contradiction is not symbolic—it’s real, daily, and often painful. The flesh doesn’t passively resist the Spirit; it actively hates what the Spirit does.