January 18 & 19 New Fitness

¹⁷he is a new creation; the old has passed away, and see, the new has come!
2 Corinthians 5:17 (ESV)

1. Your will is powerless to change your old nature.

¹⁶I say, then, walk by the Spirit and you will certainly not carry out the desire of the flesh. ¹⁷For the flesh desires what is against the Spirit, and the Spirit desires what is against the flesh; these are opposed to each other, so that you don’t do what you want ¹⁸ But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.
Galatians 5:16-18 (CSB)

^{16  “}I say, then, walk by the Spirit and you will certainly not carry out the desire of the flesh.”
Galatians 5:16 (CSB)

¹⁹For I do not do the good that I want to do, but I practice the evil that I do not want to do. ²⁰Now if I do what I do not want, I am no longer the one that does it, but it is the sin that lives in me.
Romans 7:19-20 (CSB)

²⁴What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death?
Romans 7:24 (CSB)

2. The only deliverance is through the power of Jesus Christ.

¹⁶I say, then, walk by the Spirit and you will certainly not carry out the desire of the flesh.
Galatians 5:16 (CSB)

¹²“Everything is permissible for me,” but not everything is beneficial. “Everything is permissible for me,” but I will not be mastered by anything.
1 Corinthians 6:12 (CSB)

²¹Indeed, we are giving careful thought to do what is right, not only before the Lord but also before people.
2 Corinthians 8:21 (CSB)

²⁰Now in a large house there are not only gold and silver vessels, but also those of wood and clay; some for honorable use and some for dishonorable.
2 Timothy 2:20 (CSB)

⁸For the training of the body has limited benefit, but godliness is beneficial in every way, since it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come.
1 Timothy 4:8 (CSB)

¹Therefore, brothers and sisters, in view of the mercies of God, I urge you to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God; this is your true worship. ²Do not be conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may discern what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.
Romans 12:1-2 (CSB)