Secret Work of the Flesh

Fellowship with God was a daily and precious blessing in the garden. After the fall of man, there came a deep-seated aversion for God evidenced by Adam and Eve fleeing and hiding from his presence. This is characteristic of the unregenerate flesh and is a hidden defect. We must be willing to surrender our desires and take up our cross and follow the Lord, Jesus. If any man come after me, he must deny himself (flesh), and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever will save his life, will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me, will find it. Matthew 16:24-25