[Manna - November 9]
The flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would. Galatians 5:17
HERE is the great and continual battle, for although
the new will asserts itself and puts the body under and
compels its subjection to the new mind, nevertheless
the mortal body, not being actually dead, is continually
coming in contact with the world and the adversary
and is continually being stimulated by these and
reinvigorated with earthly cares, ambitions, methods,
strivings, conflicts and insubordination to our new
will.
No saint is without experiences of this kind—fightings without and within.
It must be a fight to
the finish or the great prize for which we fight will
not be gained.
For although the New Creature masters
the mortal body by the Lord's grace and strength
repeatedly, nevertheless until death there can be no
cessation of the conflict. Z. '03-424 R3275:2