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Apr 7, 2002 · Ephesians 6:17 says it is “the word of God,” which confirms our connection with 1 Corinthians 2:14. The sword that kills sin is the word of God. And the way we kill sin “by the Spirit” is to set our minds on “the things of the Spirit,” that is, the word of God in Scripture, which becomes then the sword of the Spirit.
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Feb 3, 2021 · John Owen famously wrote, “Be killing sin, or sin will be killing you.” From his teaching series Assurance of Faith, Joel Beeke describes how the Holy Spirit empowers Christians to put sin to death and grow in righteousness throughout their lives.
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And, of course, it doesn’t mean just make sure your body doesn’t do bad things, and it doesn’t matter what your heart does. Of course that is not what Paul means. He knows that bodily deeds that are wrong are rooted in hearts that are wrong, and so the killing must begin at the root — or at least it must go to the root, not just to the fruit in the...
Here is my answer to the how question and I take it straight out of the verse. There is one clue for the how in Romans 8:13. It says, “If by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body.” So how do you do it? You do it by the Spirit. You act in such a way that the Spirit is happy. You kill in such a way that it is the Spirit killing. Now what ...
Let’s just end this with one example: let’s take the sin of greed or covetousness, because here is a verse that shows what the paradigm is for how the New Testament says to fight the sin in the power of the Holy Spirit. Here is Hebrews 13:5–6: “Keep your life free from the love of money, and be content with what you have” — and here comes the dagge...
Feb 17, 2002 · You owe your final resurrection life to the Spirit, and the perseverance you need to make it to the resurrection as a believer in war with sin, you owe to the Spirit. If you try to survive as a Christian in any other way than “by the Spirit,” you will not survive. You will die.
Aug 27, 2013 · Sin as Impiety: Another word for sin in the New Testament is asebeia, a classic ancient Greek term for impiety, which referred to a lack of reverence and respect for the gods. For the Greeks, the attitude of piety implied distance from the gods.
O death, where is your sting?” The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
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18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness; 19 Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them.
