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James 1:12 Blessed is the man who endures temptation, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to those who love him.

The life of our sinful flesh, where nothing good dwells, is a tent of temptation, not just in gross sin, but sins that causes us to lack love for God, and our neighbor.

Sin is evil to God, it caused the fall of mankind into corruption and death, causing all sickness and disease upon earth. Sin can be as simple as lusting for worldly things, or looking at the opposite sex with lust in our heart. Here James makes it clear we cannot stop such sinning by laws, or commandments of God that prove we are but a sinner, we must endure in sins temptation long, how long, until death of the flesh and its evil thoughts so we can gain the crown of life. Here is a fallacy of those walking by their fleshly mind that they are climbing a ladder of merit into a eternal life, that is, at some pointed they have by self-will of their sinful flesh controlled and contained their thought of their flesh on killing it with God's commandments.

1 Peter 3:21 This is a symbol of baptism, which now saves you--not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

Yes, they have, not only endured temptations, but have gained enough self will to destroy it by laws of the flesh. However, this is a lie, why? Because the flesh is of no value at all in combating the flesh, it is the Spirit which is life giving. The flesh is dead in Christ Jesus for these anointed Christian's, how could they fight fire with fire if the fire of their flesh no longer existed in God's sight?

John 6:63 It is the spirit who gives life. The flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and are life.

In other words, how do you get into the body of Christ Jesus having no sin as unleavened bread by using yeast/leavened bread? How do you get sweet water from polluted water, how do you get a fig from a thorn bush? The mistake the fleshly mind Christian makes is believe life comes from its own good efforts, no it does not! These brothers and sisters James was speaking too here were the body of Christ Jesus, within the body of Christ is his life, not their life, and this is why the sinful flesh was dead to the body of Christ Jesus, they must endure in their sinful vessel with the life of Christ working through them to conquer the temptation by God's Spirit, perfecting their faith by the fruits of Holy Spirit.

Romans 7:18 For I know that in me, that is, in my flesh, dwells no good thing. For desire is present with me, but I don't find it doing that which is good.

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