OK, well, let me have you guys turn in your Bibles to Galatians chapter 5. Galatians chapter 5 for our time. A study in the Word this morning. The, we're doing a verse by verse study through the book of Galatians, and as we continue in our study of this book, we come this morning to Galatians chapter 5, verse 16, we're gonna be looking at verses 16 through 21, and I think we're also going to steal a glimpse into verse 24.
And the title of the message this morning is frightening Facts about the flesh and what you can do about them. Frightening facts about the flesh and what you can do about them. We're going to learn some unsettling things about us and about our flesh. That might end up being a downer, but what guys, when, when you get up in the morning and you look in the mirror and you see flaws that are fixable, aren't you glad that the mirror was there to show you?
Or do you ever get mad at the mirror? Or do you ever say, what, I am never going to look in the mirror again. None of you do that. you're grateful that the mirror showed you those flaws so that you can do something about them.
And that's the effect of the word of God being held up to us as a mirror this morning will show us some things that are not flattering about ourselves, but in knowing them, we are helped extremely in our battle with sin and to live the lives that God wants us to live. let me start off by reading to you an excerpt from Chuck Coulson's book, The Body. That came out a number of years ago. and just listen to this as I read....
