VICTORY OVER THE FLESH PART II SNEAK ATTACK

Galatians 5: I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. 17 For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so that you do not do the things that you wish. 18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. 19 Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, 20 idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, 21 envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

Galatians 5:22-23 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law.

Galatians 5:24 And those who are Christ's have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.

Exodus 17:8-9 Now Amalek came and fought with Israel in Rephidim. And Moses said to Joshua, "Choose us some men and go out, fight with Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in my hand."

Exodus 17:10-11 So Joshua did as Moses said to him, and fought with Amalek. And Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill. And so it was, when Moses held up his hands, that Israel prevailed; and when he let down his hands, Amalek prevailed.

Exodus 17:12-13 But Moses' hands became heavy; so they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat on it. And Aaron and Hur supported his hands, one on one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun. So Joshua defeated Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.

Exodus 17:14 Then the LORD said to Moses, "Write this for a memorial in the book and recount it in the hearing of Joshua, that I will utterly blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven."

Exodus 17:15-16 And Moses built an altar and called its name, The- LORD-Is-My-Banner; for he said, "Because the LORD has sworn: the LORD will have war with Amalek from generation to generation."

Egypt is a picture of the lost man The wilderness is a picture of the carnal man

Egypt represents the world Pharaoh represents the Devil Amalek represents the flesh

Malachi 1:1-4 1 The burden of the word of the LORD to Israel by Malachi. 2 "I have loved you," says the LORD. "Yet you say, 'In what way have You loved us?' Was not Esau Jacob's brother?" Says the LORD. "Yet Jacob I have loved; 3 But Esau I have hated, And laid waste his mountains and his heritage For the jackals of the wilderness." 4 Even though Edom has said, "We have been impoverished, But we will return and build the desolate places," Thus says the LORD of hosts: "They may build, but I will throw down; They shall be called the Territory of Wickedness, And the people against whom the LORD will have indignation forever.

JACOB AND ESAU WERE BROTHERS Who was Esau? – A man who was completely given over to the flesh – A profane person – A person with no appetite for Spiritual things – He was carnal – He was fleshly Who was Jacob – He had a desire for Spiritual things

Exodus 17:16 For he said, "Because the LORD has sworn: the LORD will have war with Amalek from generation to generation."

Exodus 17:8 Now Amalek came and fought with Israel in Rephidim.

Exodus 17:5-7 5 And the LORD said to Moses, "Go on before the people, and take with you some of the elders of Israel. Also take in your hand your rod with which you struck the river, and go. 6 "Behold, I will stand before you there on the rock in Horeb; and you shall strike the rock, and water will come out of it, that the people may drink." And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel. 7 So he called the name of the place Massah and Meribah, because of the contention of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the LORD, saying, "Is the LORD among us or not?"

1 Corinthians 10:4 And all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them, and that Rock was Christ.

Exodus 17:12 But Moses' hands became heavy; so they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat on it. And Aaron and Hur supported his hands, one on one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.

Exodus 17:16 For he said, "Because the LORD has sworn: the LORD will have war with Amalek from generation to generation."

VICTORY OVER THE FLESH What I'm trying to say is this, dear friend, that thing called the f lesh will arise again and again. Israel won the victory over Amalek that day but that doesn't mean that there was not a victory to be won later. From generation to generation God has war with Amalek.

You can gain victory over the flesh You're going to have the flesh with you until you meet the Lord There's going to be a perpetual war from generation to generation – as the flesh lust against the spirit and the spirit against the flesh You cannot eradicate it –but you can always have victory over it. VICTORY OVER THE FLESH

THE FIRST THING I WANT YOU TO SEE There is a perpetual fight with a perpetual foe called the flesh that would keep you and withstand you if he could from entering into that land of fullness and fruitfulness and satisfaction called Canaan.

THE SECOND THING I WANT YOU TO SEE It's a principle that when you have a victory and you seem to be at rest, then you're enemy, the flesh, is going to come upon you and he's going to come upon you unexpectedly.

Deuteronomy 25: "Remember what Amalek did to you on the way as you were coming out of Egypt, 18 "how he met you on the way and attacked your rear ranks, all the stragglers at your rear, when you were tired and weary; and he did not fear God. 19 "Therefore it shall be, when the LORD your God has given you rest from your enemies all around, in the land which the LORD your God is giving you to possess as an inheritance, that you will blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven. You shall not forget.

What the flesh does is to attack us in our weakest place When God test us, God tests us in our strongest place When God test us, God tests us in our strongest place weakest place When the devil attacks, he attacks us in the weakest place