"Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh
flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD. " (Jeremiah 17: 5)
What makes a man who trusts in man "cursed"? When we trust in others, in what we see, then we are not walking by faith:
"For we walk by
faith, not by sight." (2 Corinthians 5: 7)
Flesh is all about law:
"I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve
the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin." (Romans 7: 25)
Jesus came in the flesh to abolish the law in His flesh:
"[Jesus] abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments
contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man,
so making peace;" (Ephesians 2: 15)
To be under the law, is to be under the curse:
"For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is
written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are
written in the book of the law to do them." (Galatians 3: 10)
Instead of trusting in the Law, let us walk in the Spirit.
The law of Life through the Spirit is contrary all the way with the flesh:
"For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law
of sin and death." (Romans 8: 2)
This same Spirit has written God's laws on our hearts and minds (Hebrews 8: 10), and through this new covenant, He has replaced the Old Covenant (Hebrews 8: 13)
Paul stresses that we can rest in His Spirit:
"This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of
the flesh.
"For the flesh
lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are
contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.
"But if ye be led
of the Spirit, ye are not under the law." (Galatians 5: 16-18)
This same Spirit knows all things, and thus we can know all that we need to know through Him (1 John 2: 20, 27)
Indeed, fear of man, trust in man is a snare, but:
"whoso putteth his trust in the LORD shall
be safe." (Proverbs 29: 25)
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