Slay the Old Self
"Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry" - Colossians 3:5
You cannot be casual with sin. Paul does not say manage it or minimize it. He says kill it. Put it to death. If you have been raised to a new life in Christ, you cannot keep entertaining what once enslaved you.
There is a story of a man who kept a full-grown python in his house. For years, he treated it like a pet. He let it roam freely, trusting it would never hurt him. Then one night it did. That’s what sin does. What you think you control ends up controlling you. What you tolerate eventually devours you.
Paul calls out specific things to kill. Sexual sin. Greed. Evil desires. Lying. Impurity. These are not light issues. They are evidence of an old life that was headed for death. The new life in Christ is not just about what you add in. It is about what you throw out.
Think of your old self like a junkyard. Rusted out. Corroded. Broken. There is no reason to go digging through it again. But many believers walk around like collectors, picking through old parts, trying to carry bits of who they used to be into who they are now. That never works.
This is not a suggestion from God. It is a command. If you want the freedom of the new self, you have to be ruthless with the old one. That means you stop flirting with temptation. You cut off easy access. You delete the number. You block the site. You stop justifying patterns that are keeping you bound.
Killing sin is not about earning God's love. It is about living like someone who already has it. Jesus already broke your chains. So now you get to live like you are free. Do not feed the snake that wants to kill you. Put it to death before it puts you in a place God never intended you to be.
You cannot be casual with sin. Paul does not say manage it or minimize it. He says kill it. Put it to death. If you have been raised to a new life in Christ, you cannot keep entertaining what once enslaved you.
There is a story of a man who kept a full-grown python in his house. For years, he treated it like a pet. He let it roam freely, trusting it would never hurt him. Then one night it did. That’s what sin does. What you think you control ends up controlling you. What you tolerate eventually devours you.
Paul calls out specific things to kill. Sexual sin. Greed. Evil desires. Lying. Impurity. These are not light issues. They are evidence of an old life that was headed for death. The new life in Christ is not just about what you add in. It is about what you throw out.
Think of your old self like a junkyard. Rusted out. Corroded. Broken. There is no reason to go digging through it again. But many believers walk around like collectors, picking through old parts, trying to carry bits of who they used to be into who they are now. That never works.
This is not a suggestion from God. It is a command. If you want the freedom of the new self, you have to be ruthless with the old one. That means you stop flirting with temptation. You cut off easy access. You delete the number. You block the site. You stop justifying patterns that are keeping you bound.
Killing sin is not about earning God's love. It is about living like someone who already has it. Jesus already broke your chains. So now you get to live like you are free. Do not feed the snake that wants to kill you. Put it to death before it puts you in a place God never intended you to be.
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