PUTTING SIN TO DEATH
“Turn (depart) from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.” (Psalm 34:14)
I’ve shared this devotional before, but it is worth repeating. It is from our Keswick devotional, Real Victory for Real Life:
How can you put to death the ruling power of sin in the deeds of your body? Both negative and positive ways: “turn/depart” = negative; “do good” = positive. You need to TURN “from” and TURN “to” in putting sin to death.
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From TEMPTATION: (1 Corinthians 10:13) the re is no temptation beyond your ability to overcome. God makes a way to escape every time. Temptation is not sin – you have a choice to turn from temptation.
To TRUST: (Proverbs 3:5-6) it is necessary to turn to trust in Christ. You yield to temptation when you don’t really trust God that He will provide for the need that leads you into sin: drugs – what for? Steal – what for? Illicit sex – what for? Cheat – what for? Gossip – what for? Doing for yourself means God won’t do for you. So, turn to trust.
From UNRIGHTEOUSNESS: (Zephaniah 3:5) God does no unrighteousness. He brings justice to light through His Word. The unjust knows no shame. Unrighteousness is the lack of right in every area of your daily life: work ethics, entertainment, relationships, money, worship. Turn…
To UNDERSTANDING: (1 John 5:20) Jesus gives you understanding to know right – in order to know Him who is true. You are IN Him! Turn to understand that.
From RAGS: (Isaiah 64:6) all your self-righteous acts are like filthy rags, and you will shrivel up life a leaf and be blown away by your unrighteousness. Do you wonder why everything is messed up? Turn from your rags!
To RICHES: (Ephesians 2:6-7) you are rich! You are already raised up in God’s mind to sit in the heavens. You have the riches of His grace and kindness. Why chase the world to gain rags? Turn to riches!
From NATURAL: (Romans 6:19) in human terms, you are a member of a body. In your flesh, you are weak and you fall. You are a slave to uncleanness in your habits. In wickedness the re are no laws, rules, regulations or restrictions. Turn from the natural man.
To NEW: (Ephesians 4:23-24) be renewed in your attitudes which begin in your mind. Put on (which involves the action of choices) the new man (created to be like God) in righteousness and holiness. Turn to the new!
Put sin to death today: TURN – from temptation to trust; from unrighteousness to understanding; from rags to riches; from the natural to the new. Have a victorious day! Chaplain Jack Noel served at America’s Keswick for 18 years and is now “retired” and living in Lancaster, PA
Compass Pointers: Faced with a pile of problems, we may say with our lips that only prayer can solve them, yet we talk more than pray, worry more than pray, and scheme more than pray. In sum, we put everything before prayer; other things are placed in prominent positions while prayer is relegated to last place; it is the only thing which is not so important. Watchman Nee
Anchored to the Rock: As it is the business of tailors to make clothes and of cobblers to mend shoes, so it is the business of Christians to pray. Martin Luther
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