12/29/2023 0 Comments Bingham oh lord my inmost heart![]() ![]() In this way you will leave less and less room for sinful ones (v. (“Put on compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience”, Col. Fill your life with Christ-like characteristics. Do not compromise with it rather, put it to death (Col. Now you must set your mind on Christ and on His reign in your life, and express your new identity in Christ by a life of holiness.Ĥ. Consequently you are no longer under the reign and rule of sin (Rom. You have been crucified, buried and raised with Christ (Col. See the sin which continues to indwell you not in the light of your perspective but in the light of God’s judgment. In Colossians 3:5-9 he recognizes that the seeds of sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, greed, anger, rage, malice, slander, filthy language and lying, may remain in true Christians and plague their lives.Ģ. Be honest about the presence and nature of sin continuing in your life. The magnitude of his sin is also the measure of his need of salvation.ġ. The very breath, which God gives him thousands of times each day, he abuses by his sin. He takes all that God has lavished upon him to enable him to live in free and joyful obedience, and he transforms it into a weapon by which he can oppose His Maker. What if the image of God, in which His greatness and glory are reflected, becomes a distortion of His character? What if, instead of reflecting His glory, man begins to reflect the very antithesis of God? What if God’s image becomes an anti-god? This, essentially, is the affront which fallen man is to God. We might well be justified in thinking that there could be no greater disaster than that the likeness of God should be exterminated. Does Scripture teach that man is no longer in the image of God? Or does it suggest that the image remains but has been grossly defaced? In many ways (the latter) is an even more tragic prospect. Theologians have an interesting question. ![]()
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