There are many things in life that we try to rescue: Dogs from the shelter, people from themselves, or animals in the middle of the road. One thing that we should never rescue is our sin. However, we keep giving life to it by having mercy on it and continuing to do it over and over and over again.
We have to KILL SIN before it kills US!
"Put to death therefore what is earthly in you.: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. One account of these the wrath of God is coming. In these you too once walked, when you were living in them." Colossians 3:5-7
*"put to death" = mortuary
We don't give power to the sins we struggle with, when we stay away from it's source! When you have a tooth that is rotten, you can't clean it up, make it look pretty, and then think your tooth isn't going to still hurt. You have to rip it out from the root in order for the problem to go away.
What's the source of your sin? Kill it.
"Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you." James 4:7
When we feed the spirit, we starve the flesh. When we feed the flesh, we starve the spirit.
If something is distracting you from your relationship with God, why wouldn't you kill it?
The enemy came to kill us with sin but Jesus came to put sin to death!
Quit living as you "once lived" and start living as whose you are.
The choices you make today will determine your future.
"Like a dog that returns to its vomit is a fool that repeats his folly." Proverbs 26:11
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