PRINCIPLE 6: AFTER YOU ARE SAVED YOUR BODY IS STILL THE SAME, AND YOU MUST KEEP IT UNDER CONTROL

 Scripture: 1 Corinthians 9: 27

“I KEEP MY BODY UNDER [control] and bring it under subjection lest by any means when I preach to others I myself should be a castaway.”

1 Corinthians 9: 27

When you are saved, you must know that your body is the same old body. When you are a new creation you do not change physically! If you were tall and skinny before salvation, you will still be tall and skinny after salvation. If you had long hair before you got born again, you’ll still have long hair after salvation. Does this mean that nothing happened to you? Not at all!!

Your body is the same even though you are born again. You must understand this important fact.

When people give their lives to Christ they believe that everything is going to be different just as the preacher said. However, when they get home they begin to feel the old feelings they felt before salvation. They experience lust and fear within their bodies. Because they are newly born again, the devil lies to them and tells them, “You are not a real Christian.” “You cannot be born again!” Satan continues to harass them and says, “If you are really born again, such thoughts and feelings would never come to you.” The devil tells them, “None of the Christians sitting in this church have the kinds of thoughts you have.” But that is a lie!!

Everybody who is born again still has the flesh to contend with. Paul was worried about his flesh. He knew that his body was still the same. He knew that his body could disgrace him one day so he said “I keep my flesh under control”

“ I KEEP MY BODY UNDER and bring it under subjection…”

1 Corinthians 9: 27

Paul is the one who had a personal revelation about Jesus Christ. He wrote half of the New Testament! Paul had so many visions and revelations of Jesus Christ! Very few people have had such spiritual experiences. Paul was one of the greatest apostles with signs and wonders following him. He raised the dead and the bites of snakes had no effect on him!

Yet, this great man was worried about his flesh. He felt his flesh could disgrace him at any time. That is why he kept his flesh under control. Notice what he said in the book of Romans. He declared that there is nothing good in his flesh. Even if he was born again, his flesh was still the same.

“For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh) dwelleth no good thing…”

Romans 7: 18

 

Credits: Excerpts from

How to be born again and avoid hell

Bishop Dag Heward-Mills

Comments

  1. Elvina omalla11 July 2023 at 03:09

    Amen,thank you lord help me to always put my flesh under subjection

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  2. Ãm Çliffé11 July 2023 at 03:10

    Spirit of the Living God, Help me to keep my flesh under subjection in the name of Jesus Christ!

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  3. Beryl11 July 2023 at 03:38

    Indeed there's nothing good in the flesh. Lord give me the grace to keep my flesh under control

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  4. Mercy11 July 2023 at 04:05

    Lord, according to your word, crucify my flesh with all its desires and passions. May my flesh be under control in Jesus mighty name. Amen

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  5. Irene11 July 2023 at 05:42

    Amen. My flesh is still the same after being born again and it can disgrace me at anytime. O Lord enable me control it.

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  6. Gohan Isadia 11 July 2023 at 06:00

    I pray for that my flesh may be put under subjection 🙏

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  7. agnesmugo550@gmail.com11 July 2023 at 06:24

    My body has flesh and blood ,even after being saved my body remains the same.Lord help me to control my body inorder to get away with it's desires.Amen

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  8. Chesang'11 July 2023 at 06:35

    Lord help me to put my flesh under subjection for there is nothing good in the flesh in Jesus name. Amen🙏

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  9. Emily Nelima11 July 2023 at 07:06

    There is nothing good in my flesh. Lord give me the grace to keep my flesh under control. Amen

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  10. Nelson Mandela11 July 2023 at 07:18

    God help to control and put my flesh under subjection at all time

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  11. Vivian Atieno11 July 2023 at 07:32

    Oh lord help me to keep my body under control and bring it under subjection in Jesus name amen 🙏

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  12. Nina orwa11 July 2023 at 07:35

    Everybody who is born again still has the flesh to contend with

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  13. Otsieni cornér11 July 2023 at 07:44

    Amen, the flesh is something every Christian still contends with. I pray Lord that You help me keep my flesh under control in Jesus name

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  14. Osoro Desmond11 July 2023 at 08:07

    We should flee from desires of the flesh. 1st Corinthians 6:18

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  15. Esther lovega11 July 2023 at 08:36

    May God help me to put my flesh under control.Amen

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  16. Stanley Otieno11 July 2023 at 08:43

    Ameeen.Thank You Lord for the word help Me to put My flesh under the subjection

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