Today Pastor Tim Goad expounds on what the apostle Paul is encouraging and calling the Colossian church, and all CHRIST's followers, to obedience in seeking, moment by moment, to put aside sin and the old self. As we have been regenerated in salvation, given a new heart and the mind of CHRIST, having died with CHRIST and raised anew with HIM, and seated with HIM in the heavenly places, we are positionally true in this. However, we still are encased in the flesh and thus will still sin and stumble. But we have the ability to know and discern what is true and right and thus, have the ability to fight the flesh and temptations of the world. Christian, make war against the flesh and do so in love and obedience unto our sovereign LORD who gave HIMSELF in order to ransom us from such bondage, from the realm of darkness into light and HIS truth. |