When a Christian remains carnal he is ruled vigorously by his desire.
All natural or soulish desires and ambitions are linked with self life.
They are for self, by self, or after self.
While carnal, one’s will is not yielded fully to the Lord, and so he holds many ideas of his own.
His desire then works together with his ideas to make him delight in what he wills to have and to expect to have his own ideas realized.
All self-delight, self-glory, self-exaltation, self-love, self-pity and self-importance issue form man’s desire and render self the center of everything.
If they are not self-pleasing, then they are self-glorifying.
How can a Christian Live in the Spirit if he is engulfed in such a condition?