Many people today are merely existing but not truly living. Jesus told us in John 10:10 that the thief comes to steal, kill, and destroy but He came so we might have life, and life more abundantly. The thieves in our lives may not only be the enemy, but also false teachings, distractions, and anything that robs us of the fullness of God.
The difference between carnality and divinity lies in our process of sonship growing from being spiritual babes to mature sons and daughters who walk in the authority of Christ.
The Importance of Knowledge
2 Peter 1:2–4 reminds us that grace and peace are multiplied through the knowledge of God. If you are not taught properly, you can live beneath your God-given potential. Scripture calls us to “circumcise” our ears and hearts removing what blocks us from hearing truth.
Our True Address: In Christ
When we study Jesus as the Seated One the Ascended One we begin to realize something powerful: our spiritual address is Christ. We are not only filled with His Spirit; we dwell in Him, and He dwells in us.
The Holy Spirit’s main job is to teach us and continually reveal Jesus. John 15:26 says the Spirit testifies of Christ. Everything God has for us is found in Him. Many may speak in tongues or know spiritual language, but the real question is: Do you truly know Him?
When we allow Christ to step into us, He aligns our hearts and lives with His. God is not looking for a temple made by hands He is looking for you to be His dwelling place.
The Flesh vs. The Spirit
Romans 8 draws a clear line: some walk according to the flesh, and others according to the Spirit. The flesh is the domain of sin. In order to sin, a believer has to step back into the flesh. But in Christ, sin has no dominion.
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“No one who abides in Him keeps on sinning” (1 John 3:6).
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“There is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus” (Romans 8:1).
To overcome, we must stop identifying with our flesh. Identity and identifying share the same root. Whatever we continually identify with, we give the enemy legal ground to use against us. If you keep calling yourself broken, stuck, or unworthy, you’ll live in that reality. But when you identify with Christ, you walk in His freedom.
Breaking Carnal Agreements
Some struggles don’t just come from personal weakness they are tied to bloodline covenants made in the flesh. The enemy uses these agreements to keep families bound. But because they are made in the flesh, they cannot be broken by fleshly means. They must be canceled in the realm of the Spirit.
In Christ, we cancel every agreement with darkness and walk in the new covenant of His blood. Where the flesh brings doubt and dread, the Spirit brings faith and victory.
Transformation Through the Word
The Holy Spirit moves over us just as He moved over the waters in Genesis 1. He sows the Word of God into our hearts, giving us His seed and His voice (John 1:1, John 6:63). The Word is Spirit and life. Rejecting the Word is rejecting Christ Himself.
That’s why Paul said in Romans 8:14, “For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.” Every day, we should look more and more like Jesus.
From Believer to Sonship
The process of sonship is a journey:
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Believers → Babes/Children → Sons
1 Corinthians 3 and Galatians 4 remind us that babes in Christ are still tied to worldly matters. A child cannot be given dominion or power because they don’t yet know how to handle it. But as we mature, surrendering our carnal attitudes and desires, we step into the divine life God intended.
This divine life is not about just surviving it’s about walking in dominion, authority, and freedom as true sons and daughters of God.
Final Word
Carnality will always pull us back into the flesh. Divinity calls us higher into the Spirit. The difference is where we set our focus: “For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit” (Romans 8:5).
The Sonship process is not instant it’s daily. But the more we surrender, the more we look like Him. And the more we look like Him, the more we live not as victims of Christianity, but as vessels carrying the living God.
✨ Your takeaway: Stop identifying with the carnal. Start living in the divine. Your true identity is found in Christ alone.
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