Pastor Bell's Words To Live By

At Gilgal, the training camp, each potential soldier has his flesh removed. What does this mean and how do we remove the flesh today as people who are submitted to Jesus Christ, the anointed one?

For the people of the Old Testament, removal of the flesh indicated that they were in a contractual relationship with Yahweh, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, and that they were committed to do what God, through his servants, commanded them to do.

For us today removal of the flesh is not a physical thing. God told the Israelites to circumcise their hearts and ‘do not be stubborn any longer’, (Duet 10:16). When we accept that it is only Christ alone that can save us from the wrath to come and we put our faith in him, we are submitting our will to his. We are removing the ‘flesh’ that is, the propensity to do our own thing and go our own way, and are coming to God through Jesus saying, “Not my will, but let yours be done in my life”.

It is at the training camp that our minds are transformed. We naturally want to do our own thing and behave in manner that brings satisfaction to us. This is pleasing our ‘flesh’. God want us to follow Jesus and to follow those who he placed over us and are following Christ. As the Apostle Paul wrote’ “follow my example as I follow the example of Christ”, (1Cor 11:1). Training is not easy but it is necessary. It requires obedience and sacrifice. It requires working as a team, where Together Each Achieve More.

Today cut away the flesh so that the Spirit can lead us to be more and more like Jesus who was fully human!

Read The book Galatians it is only 6 chapters.