Mortification
Putting Sin to Death
Sanctification · 6 verses
Believers are commanded to mortify the deeds of the flesh through the Spirit's power, actively putting to death those sinful dispositions and practices that wage war against the soul. This violent, aggressive stance toward sin requires ruthless self-examination, deliberate renunciation of evil, and conscious dependence upon the Spirit's sanctifying operations to subdue indwelling corruption.
Scripture References
“For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.”
“Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:”
“And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.”
“Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof. Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.”
“Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;”
“That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts; And be renewed in the spirit of your mind; And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.”