Section 14
more He becomes our weapons against the lusts of the flesh.
Make No Provision for the Flesh
Paul says that we should "make no provision for the flesh." We should not supply the flesh with anything. This indicates that the flesh con tinues to exist. Regardless of how spiritual we become, the flesh can still be revived. The flesh is hungry and desires food, but we must starve it to death, making no provision that will allow it to fulfill its lusts.
What does it mean to make provision for the flesh? Since the young people especially may find it difficult to understand this, I would like to give some illustrations. The present human society is dark and evil, containing numerous provisions for the flesh. Consider, for instance, the newspapers with their pictures and adver tisements. I do not believe that anyone is so spiritual that when he sees an evil picture in the newspaper that he will not be influenced. Your experiences will testify to you that when you looked at some of the advertisements and pic tures in the newspapers your flesh was aroused. Those movie advertisements were a provision for the flesh. Furthermore, television has also