MORTIFYING THINGS
The human appetite is insatiable. It cannot be tamed or controlled by any one of us—I know we would like to think we can control our appetites, but we can’t. To subdue a human appetite requires Something Superhuman. The best that we can do is to learn management techniques (contentment—not with the appetites, but with possessions). The Word of God teaches us to “For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.” Romans 8:12-14 . “ Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:” Colossians 3:4-6 . They must be subdued—those deeds (or appetites), if we are to live, but it is the Spirit that gives that process life. Being human, our flesh chooses by nature, the things that are comfortable and soothing, rather than the things that are eternally beneficial. This is the reason tha