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by grace naturally seeks. If the wife feels that in order to please her
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husband she must come down to his standard, when animal passion is
the principal basis of his love and controls his actions, she displeases
God; for she fails to exert a sanctifying influence upon her husband. If
she feels that she must submit to his animal passions without a word of
remonstrance, she does not understand her duty to him or to her God.
Ye Are Bought With a Price
The lower passions have their seat in the body and work through
it. The words “flesh” or “fleshly” or “carnal lusts” embrace the lower,
corrupt nature; the flesh of itself cannot act contrary to the will of
God. We are commanded to crucify the flesh, with the affections and
lusts. How shall we do it? Shall we inflict pain on the body? No;
but put to death the temptation to sin. The corrupt thought is to be
expelled. Every thought is to be brought into captivity to Jesus Christ.
All animal propensities are to be subjected to the higher powers of
the soul. The love of God must reign supreme; Christ must occupy
an undivided throne. Our bodies are to be regarded as His purchased
possession. The members of the body are to become the instruments
of righteousness
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