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Re: Christ's Commandments
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1Pet 2:11 . . Beloved, I urge you as aliens and strangers to abstain from fleshly lusts, which wage war against the soul.
The words "fleshly lusts" are derived from 1) sarkikos (sar-kee-kos') which pertains to the base nature, i.e. the core of one's and, 2) from epithumia (ep-ee-thoo-mee'-ah) which means: a longing.
What Peter is talking about there is giving in to whatever comes natural: viz: doing what's instinctive and reactive as opposed to one's better judgment.
Webster's defines instinct as: 1) a natural or inherent aptitude, impulse, or capacity, 2) a largely inheritable and unalterable tendency of an organism to make a complex and specific response to environmental stimuli without involving reason, and 3) behavior that is mediated by reactions below the conscious level.
Fleshly lusts are not what you might call "reasonable behavior" because they are basically gut passions and impulses that require no thinking. When people fly off the handle, sleep with somebody on the first date, utter an epithet, make a smart-aleck remark, and/or act on impulse and such; they are only doing what comes natural to the beast residing within themselves. People are, in the final analysis, little more than human wildlife; just naked apes ruled by the nature of an ape.
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1Pet 2:11 . . Beloved, I urge you as aliens and strangers to abstain from fleshly lusts, which wage war against the soul.
The words "fleshly lusts" are derived from 1) sarkikos (sar-kee-kos') which pertains to the base nature, i.e. the core of one's and, 2) from epithumia (ep-ee-thoo-mee'-ah) which means: a longing.
What Peter is talking about there is giving in to whatever comes natural: viz: doing what's instinctive and reactive as opposed to one's better judgment.
Webster's defines instinct as: 1) a natural or inherent aptitude, impulse, or capacity, 2) a largely inheritable and unalterable tendency of an organism to make a complex and specific response to environmental stimuli without involving reason, and 3) behavior that is mediated by reactions below the conscious level.
Fleshly lusts are not what you might call "reasonable behavior" because they are basically gut passions and impulses that require no thinking. When people fly off the handle, sleep with somebody on the first date, utter an epithet, make a smart-aleck remark, and/or act on impulse and such; they are only doing what comes natural to the beast residing within themselves. People are, in the final analysis, little more than human wildlife; just naked apes ruled by the nature of an ape.
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