[Manna - August 27]
Henceforth know we no man after the flesh. 2 Corinthians 5:16
THE apostle did not mean that we should pay no
attention to the shortcomings of the flesh, either in
ourselves or in other members of the body.
All fleshly
weaknesses should be striven against, and they may
frequently demand rigorous treatment in the interest
of the New Creature; but nevertheless, we are to
distinctly differentiate between the New Creature and
his weak mortal body, and are to love and sympathize
with the brother, while it may be necessary for us,
in his interest, and also in the interest of the church,
to reprove or rebuke or otherwise correct his wrong
course.
The apostle's definition as to how we are
to know the two classes apart is that the unregenerate
will mind the things of the flesh, while the regenerate
will mind the things of the Spirit. Z.'03-170 R3202:3