"Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. For you died and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry."
Colossians 3: 2 & 3
There was an article in the paper about a man who was declared legally dead and then resurfaced. He was having a hard time reversing this declaration. A judge told him, "You're still deceased as far as the law is concerned." My husband joked, "He could use that to his advantage. If he were stopped for speeding, he'd just say he was a dead man."
As a Christian, we have to die to self so we can live in Christ. It's not always easy to be in the world but not of the world. We are, by nature, sinful but, with the help of God, we must slay that propensity to sin. Other folks may not understand that. They want us to go along with them down that wide road, but we are dead to that. Our true citizenship is in heaven and, until we get there, we ache with longing.
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