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The conditions upon
which we may continue our relationship to the Lord, and our hope for
a share in the glories of the resurrection are thus definitely
stated to include mortification of the deeds of the body—restraining
the fleshly inclinations, putting them to death, crucifying them,
using them up in the service of the Lord and His cause. Such
mortification of the deeds of the body, such a battle against the
weaknesses of the flesh, is what the Apostle elsewhere speaks of as
the “warfare,” when he tells us that the flesh warreth against the
spirit, and the spirit in turn warreth against the flesh; for the
two are contrary, and will be opponents to the end of life; and if
the spirit has been willing, and has fought to the best of its
ability against the weaknesses of the flesh, the Lord will count the
victory complete, through the merit of the
Redeemer. |
