The Law of the Five Senses. Carnality vs. Spirituality
For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh (controlled by our five senses), but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. For to be carnally minded (controlled by our five senses) is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. Because the carnal mind is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, nor indeed can be. Rom. 8:5-7 (KJV).
But if the Spirit is leading you (born again recreated spirit), you are not under the law. (The flesh- controlled by our five senses). You are not trying to live your life without the control of the Holy Spirit on your born-again spirit (your inner man). Paul gives a long list of works of the flesh which are your five senses.
“The ·wrong things the sinful self does [works of the flesh/sinful nature] are ·clear [evident; obvious]: ·being sexually unfaithful [sexual immorality], ·not being pure [impurity], ·taking part in sexual sins [depravity; promiscuity]. (Gal. 5:19, Expanded Bible).
The battle we fight every hour of every day on our daily walk is either to be guided by our five senses or by letting the Holy Spirit guide our born-again spirit. My inner man my born-again spirit should govern our five senses. This happens by submitting every thought and every experience to the Word of God. Here are two scriptures to help us in this battle.
So [Therefore], brothers and sisters, since God has shown us great mercy, I ·beg [urge; appeal to] you to offer your ·lives [selves; bodies] as a living sacrifice to him. Your offering must be ·only for God [holy] and pleasing to him, which is the ·spiritual [or authentic; true; or appropriate; fitting; or rational; reasonable] way for you to worship. Do not be ·shaped by [conformed to; pressed into a mold by] this ·world [age]; instead, be ·changed within [transformed] by ·a new way of thinking [or changing the way you think; the renewing of your mind]. Then you will be able to ·decide [discern; test and approve] what ·God wants for you [is God’s will]; you will know what is good and pleasing to him and what is perfect. (Rom. 12:1-2. Expanded Bible).
We fight with weapons that are ·different from those the world uses [not merely human weapons; not of the flesh-five senses]. Our weapons have power from God that can destroy ·the enemy’s strong places [ strongholds; fortresses]. We destroy ·people’s arguments [human reasoning; sophistries] and every ·proud thing [pretension; exalted opinion; high thing] that raises itself against the knowledge of God. We capture every thought and make it obey Christ. We are ready to ·punish [avenge] ·anyone there who does not obey [every disobedience], ·but first we want you to obey fully [ once/after your obedience is fulfilled; once the church as a whole repents, Paul will discipline those who refuse]. You ·must look at the facts before you [or are looking only at outward appearances]. If you ·feel sure [are confident] that you belong to Christ, you must remember [consider again] that we belong to Christ just as you do.
(2 Cor. 10:4-7, Expanded Bible).
God is saying judge everything that your five senses present to you by His word. His word is like a lamp for our feet and a light for our path [ it shows how life should be lived. (Psalms 119:105, Expanded Bible).
The way we Believe is the way we will Speak. And the way we speak is the way we will Live.
The New Kind of Knowledge
• Faith Contradicts Circumstances
….for He Himself has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.” So, we may boldly say: “The LORD is my helper; I will not fear. What can man do to me?” Heb. 13:5-6.
• We walk by Faith not by our feelings.
• People speak defeat, disease, and poverty.
• Wrong thinking, wrong believing, and wrong talking will result in wrong living.
• Faith Sees the Answer and Says Thank You Father!
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“who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness—by whose stripes you were (past tense) healed.”
1 Peter 2:24.
And my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus. Phil. 4:19.
The LORD is my light and my salvation; Whom shall, I fear? The LORD is the strength of my life; Of whom shall I be afraid? Psalm 27:1.
For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says. Mark 11:23
• Real Faith in God simply says what God says about themselves and circumstances.
• Believe in your Heart!
What is the heart? It is not your physical heart and it is your inner man which is your spirit. Your heart here is used in most inner depths of your psych being your mind and your personality.
A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings forth evil. For out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks. Luke 6:45
How you Believe, (think) is how you will Speak. And how you speak will is how you will Live.