Put Off the Old Self
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· 23 viewsWhen we placed our trust in Christ and He became the Lord of our lives, we were moved positionally before the Lord from dead to alive, condemned to redeemed, sinner to righteous. While before the Lord, we are fully seen in our new position, the reality of how that is lived out is a work in progress. We are in the middle of a process of becoming holy. This process begins with turning from our fleshly pursuits to responding to our surroundings and our relationships with the heart of God, not the fleshly heart. Paul describes this as the old self.
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Since We Have Been Raised
Since We Have Been Raised
Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.
All of this is centered on the transformed heart and mind. If we have not been raised with Christ, then what is occurring is mere behavioral modification. Transformation can only occur in the hands of the One who created us.
The Old Nature
The Old Nature
Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry. Because of these, the wrath of God is coming. You used to walk in these ways, in the life you once lived. But now you must also rid yourselves of all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips. Do not lie to each other, since you have taken off your old self with its practices and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator.
Paul begins with sins that we all kind of shrug off as not describing us, but then he follows with the everyday sins that none of us get to shy away from. Paul speaks about sins of sexual/covetous nature and sins of anger/control.
Sins of sexual/covetous nature consume the mind.
Sins of anger/control consume the heart.
Often times in the Christian life as we identify our sttruggles in these areas, we seek to do battle to deter our behavior. We pit sin against sin to overcome our struggles. We pit self-righteousness against lust and control/maniulation against fear and anxiety. The problem is that the outcome remains the same, sin wins.
Jesus’ desire is to put to death these things. There is a real violent/ruthless aspect to the way that Christ desires to deal with sin in our lives. Jesus wants to put sin to death in your life. He does not desire to get it under control. We do that often, we address sin until it is better managed. But when we are tired, frustrated or just caught off guard, sin erupts like a volcano and we realized that we are beaten yet again.
This is not the new life that Christ has for us. It is not about not doing this, it is about allowing Christ to reign. Let Christ be Lord over your sin. Stop clinging to these things. Intentionally pursue the truth. Intentionally pursue Christ. Intentionally remove yourself from lustful situations. Intentionally put off the old self.
Be as One
Be as One
Here there is no Gentile or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave or free, but Christ is all, and is in all.
Finally, because we have all died in Christ and been raised anew in Him and He has made us one body and one people, we should not view others as less than ourselves for Christ is in all and is all sufficient for all inadequacies. To condemn another is to condemn Christ, when an elderly is ignored, Christ is ignored. When a teen is stifled, Christ is stifled.