Aim: To recognize and crucify the source of Christian conflict.
Doctrine: Strife among Christians arises from our flesh's lewd passion to get its way. This is a humbling reality that can only be overcome by first acknowledging it.
Exegesis: The hard truth about the source of Christian conflict: in our flesh, we are grossly self-absorbed (v. 1), insatiable atheists (v. 2) and hypocritical religionists (v. 3).
Further application: How the church takes comfort (even from verses like these): Christ has fully conquered our old Adamic nature, and as we are in Jesus by faith, we relish His victory.
Key verse: v. 1 ''Where do wars and fights come from among you? Do they not come from your desires for pleasure that war in your members?''
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Rev. Mark Henninger received his Masters of Divinity from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois, and he has been Pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Peoria, Illinois for more than 30 years.
