Out With The Old and In With The New This was the Apostle Paul’s take when he wrote, “For when we were in the flesh, the sinful passions which were aroused by the law were at work in our members to bear fruit to death. But now we have been delivered from the law, having […]

Kill the Old Man Now the term, “old man” has nothing to do with age, but everything to do with what happened to us ages ago. The Apostle Paul uses this phrase on three occasions in three different letters all referring to the old life of sin that Paul says was crucified, that is, it […]

Freedom Not to Indulge While Paul says we’ve been called to liberty, we don’t have the liberty to sin. “Do not use liberty as an opportunity for the flesh.” (Galatians 5:13b) In this instance, flesh isn’t what covers our body; rather it’s symbolic for humanity’s sinful nature. It’s a twisted nature centered upon self and […]