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Jun 7, 2026, 10:30 PM
Does anyone here struggle with sin? Did you know that in Colossians Chapter 2, Paul tells us that our sinful nature has been removed from us (Colossians 2:11)? Yet at the end of that same chapter Paul hints at our continuing search for victory over our sensual lusts. Like the rest of the world, we naturally gravitate toward restrictions against fleshly indulgence. “Do not handle, do not taste, do not touch” (Colossians 2:21). “Do not drink, do not dance, do not smoke.” Burkas and beds of nails; diets of grass and grubs; outlawed ice cream and rock and roll. But Paul tells us that prohibiting the indulgence of our fleshly desires doesn’t eliminate them. In fact, that oftentimes—perversely—fans their flames (Romans 7:5-13)! So what can we do? What does disarm our sensual lusts? It’s certainly not by reclassifying all our sensual indulgences as permissible! He actually has a far more effective weapon against the demanding desires of our flesh. Colossians 3:1-4 (NIV84)