- The pathways of earthly sacrifice to trap essence
2 Corinthians 4:16 ; for this cause we faint not though the outward man perishes but the inward man is renewed day, by day.
Matthew 4:4 ; man shall not leave by bread alone but by every words that proceed.
This this texts would be our subject emphasis while we gaze at this subject, apostle from the first instance mirrored gain in time from the vent of exploring that which is within, and also to satisfy the cause that life is not felt from the flesh, but much of what we do is to give our flesh as a burnt sacrifice to yield essence in eternity.
As Christians much of what we do in time is to chart a path of sacrifice in time for the glory that is before, much of what we do is to lay down this earthly burdens, sinful weight, before the set race (matt 11:28; come unto me all ye that are heavily and I will give you rest), you see the advantages that time has to offer us can only serve as weight from the vent of God, so much so that we are chastised according to his will not to self gratification, so much so that we become slaves of his will in time.
- Pleasures is the fell that affects the purposes of God from finding expression in this gross material isle 1 John 2:15-17 “love not the world neither the things that are in the world for if any man love the world the love of the father is not in him for all that is in the world is the lust of the flesh, lust of the eyes, pride of life which is not of the father but of the world”, it is a pity today that what we refer to as Christianity today has been a route of expressing carnality, and being in the flesh, so the life is needed to sprout essence has been taken away from us by earthly pleasures.
