Colossians 2:6-10
What does it mean to be perfectly strengthened? As a
Christian we need to understand that as we surrender ourselves to death as
Christ And raise again in his resurrection we need to realize we are not the
same sinful person we were before receiving Christ. Romans 6:3-7. If we are
truly carnally dead the only desire of our spirit is to do God's will as it is
his Holy Spirit who lives in us, the Spirit that comforts us and strengthens us
to withstand and repel the workings of flash and the devil. The longer we
withstand our flesh the stronger the Spirit of God becomes in us.
Growing in strength of spirit not of will
I have said, “the spirit of man grows slowly in the heart of
the Christian." To explain this better man or the flash wants to live and
take again control of man's heart. The spirit of man or his carnal being does
not die but needs to be subdued by the heart or soul of man wanting to do the
fathers will. This battle goes on between spirit, soul because man is sin, man
cannot help but want to do his own carnal will. When the Holy Spirit comes is
when the battle rages and the spirit of man needs to devise a more subdued
attack. Using God's word, and people's prayers, if not checked against the will
of God can be and sometimes is man's own will justifying fleshly action through
Christian desire. When the Spirit of Christ has strength from the yielding
spirit of man the believer finds balance, love, and an overflowing strength to
continue his walk.
Realizing the strength we have
A Christian does not need to wait for catastrophe or
weakness to cry out to God the father, but often times that is the case, and
that is only because the Christian begins to rely on his own strength and it is
only when his strength is used up that he understands his made for the father.
The believer does not need to use his own strength to stay with his eyes
towards God, he needs to realize and surrender his strength is not his own his
strength is from God and the power of the Holy Spirit that lives in him and as
he realizes strength is not his, the stronger he will become to withstand evil
and persuasive arguments of religion against what God and his word says.
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