But Sarx (your internal sinful nature) wants to keep you "burdened again by a yoke of slavery." Sarx knows that the more you depend upon religious rites to make you right with God, the less you'll

You have a war that's being fought within you each day, between Sarx (the personification of evil that's Even Paul succumbed to Sarx on a daily basis, and so does every other Christian in the world.

all is said and done, there are only two ways to think: you can have your mind set on what the flesh (sarx Notice how a mind governed by the sinful nature (flesh/sarx) destines a person to a purposeless existence

If that's the case, go back and read about how strong and dangerous Sarx is (your old sinful nature) yourself to an unbeliever, you're immediately have two pulling you away from Christ: the unbeliever and Sarx

ruthless enemies that wage war against you in hopes of dragging you into sin: The flesh - this is Sarx enemy, but it often works in tandem with its two allies: The world - the wealth, money and power that Sarx

The Bible tells us that our old sinful nature (who we often refer to here as Sarx, which is the Greek You might successfully kill off sin today, but Sarx will snap back to life and will come gunning for

Today's passage contrasts life in the Spirit with the depravity of life in Sarx - that is, sinful human

physically you're not a new person, and thankfully you can look forward to your sin infested flesh ( sarx

methodically follow the ways of this world and its ruler as they gratify the cravings of their flesh ( Sarx

In general, keep your killing limited to your own sinful self (Sarx), and take advantage of the nearly