What Distinguish The Spirit And The Flesh?
Such hearing receives the Word of the kingdom with much passion, desire and determination and briefly considers what it takes to generate the fruit of the kingdom. However, the fervor only remains as long as the feelings of exhilaration are present. The ability for growth is not present because the seed finds no place to root itself in the hearer. Jesus warned his disciples, saying, “Watch and pray so that you will not enter into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.” (M’t. 26:41; M’r .14:36). God’s Word cannot become deeply established within the mind of the hearer through emotions. Moreover, grasping onto someone else’s revelation of the kingdom may excite us, but the lack of a personal understanding produces a shallow root. It is the superficial acknowledgment of the revealed Word that makes it impossible to endure the proving necessary to produce the fruit of the kingdom. Clearly emotions are not enough to bring this seed to the fruit bearing stage. It takes the
