Section 4
the flesh must be terminated because it is utterly corrupt. God judged Noah's generation with the flood because that generation had become flesh (Gen. 6:3). When that generation became flesh, God considered it hopeless. God found it impos sible to rescue it, recover it, or improve it. The judgment of the flood was a judgment upon the flesh. Only when man had become flesh did God exercise judgment over man as the flesh. Therefore, never say that your flesh can be im proved. Never think that your flesh today is better than before you were saved. Whether a person is saved or not, the flesh remains flesh. The flesh is hopeless, and everything related to it also is hopeless.
Paul said that "the mind set on the flesh is enmity against God." The flesh is enmity against God, and the mind set upon it is also enmity against God. The mind set on the flesh is not subject to the law of God. It is impossible for such a mind to be subject to the law of God. It is impossible for such a mind to be subject to God's law, even if it would want to be. Thus, the verdict on the flesh is final. The flesh is over, and everything related to the flesh is over.
Paul continues this thought in verse 8 which says, "And those who are in the flesh cannot