“And you were dead in the trespasses and sins in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience—among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body.” Ephesians 2:1-3a
The Puritan author and theologian John Owen understood the battle of the flesh and the sin that so easily entangles. Owens pens the following in his classic work, Overcoming Sin and Temptation, “Do you mortify; do you make it your daily work; be always at it whilst you live; cease not a day from this work; be killing sin or it will be killing you.” Owens provides two helpful insights about the third enemy Christians face, which is the flesh.
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