July 8, 1984
How should Christians deal with indwelling sin? No matter how blessed we are on a Sunday morning, when Monday comes, our earthly nature tries to draw us from Christ. As Paul wrote, however, the foundation for confronting sin is found in our relationship with Jesus Christ. By coming to the cross, we are able to flee from the devil and resist the temptations of the world and flesh. Spiritual failure need never to be final, Alistair Begg reminds us. Jesus was forsaken so we might be forgiven.
5jPut to death therefore kwhat is earthly in you:2 lsexual immorality, impurity, mpassion, evil desire, and covetousness, nwhich is idolatry. 6oOn account of these the wrath of God is coming.3 7pIn these you too once walked, when you were living in them. 8But now qyou must put them all away: ranger, wrath, malice, sslander, and obscene talk from your mouth. 9tDo not lie to one another, seeing that uyou have put off vthe old self4 with its practices 10and whave put on xthe new self, ywhich is being renewed in knowledge zafter the image of aits creator. 11bHere there is not Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave,5 free; but Christ is call, and in all.
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