When The Flesh Wins

Let’s talk about the part of Christianity most people won’t…

What happens when you fail?

When the flesh wins.

When you fall back into something you thought God already delivered you from.

Those moments.

I love Jesus. I really do.

I seek Him. I pray. I open His Word. I want my life to reflect Him. But if you follow my content, I want you to understand something about me…

I’m not perfect.

There are days I struggle.

Days where my flesh gets the better of me.

Days where I walk away from a moment thinking,

“Lord… I should have handled that differently.”

And I’ll be honest…

There are days my flesh wins battles I wish it didn’t. And in those moments the enemy loves to whisper, “See? You’re not who you say you are.”

But here’s something I’ve learned through my failures… Those moments are exactly what the gospel is about.

The gospel was never for people who never fall. It’s for people who fall… and realize they desperately need a Savior. It’s for the person who runs back to God after messing up and says…

“Lord, without Your mercy I have nothing.”

My failures don’t make me run from Christ.

They make me run to Him. Because every time I fall short, I’m reminded of something powerful…

I was never saved because of my perfection. I was saved because of His grace. So if you follow my page thinking I’ve got it all figured out…

I don’t.

I’m just a flawed human being who loves Jesus and keeps getting back up, running to the cross.

The cross wasn’t built for people who have it all together, It was built for people like me who don’t. Author: Ryan Teaford

Scripture: Matthew 16:18

Sermon: "Don't Let The Attack Distract You"

Meme: Keep God In Your Life!

The Beating Of Jesus

Let’s talk about the beating of Jesus.

Not the soft version many people imagine.

The real one.

Because the cross did not start at Calvary.

The suffering began long before the nails ever touched His hands.

When Jesus was handed over to be crucified, the Roman soldiers first scourged Him.

This was not a simple whipping.

The Romans used a weapon called a flagrum or flagellum. It was a whip with multiple leather strands. At the end of each strand were pieces of bone, metal, and sharp hooks designed to tear flesh.

The purpose was not just punishment.

It was destruction of the body.

The victim was tied to a post, stretched so the back was exposed. Each strike caused the metal and bone to dig into the skin. When the whip was pulled back, it ripped flesh away from the body.

Early historians and medical researchers describe that Roman scourging often exposed muscle tissue and sometimes even bone.

Isaiah prophesied this hundreds of years before it happened.

Isaiah 52:14 says

“His appearance was so disfigured beyond that of any human being.”

Think about that.