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Scripture Meditation No. 1704
AATHAVAN – Tuesday, 07.10.2025
“Therefore, treat the parts of
your earthly body as dead to sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire,
and greed, which amounts to idolatry.” (Colossians 3:5)
There are two major sins that
God abhors: sexual immorality and idolatry. Our God is holy. If we are to know
Him and draw near to Him, we too must live in holiness. But the world today is
caught and ruined by these very sins. The writer of Hebrews exhorts us: “Pursue
peace with all people, and the holiness without which no one will see the
Lord.” (Hebrews 12:14)
Furthermore, the Apostle Paul
instructs us: “For you know this with certainty, that no sexually immoral or
impure or greedy person, which amounts to an idolater, has an inheritance in
the kingdom of Christ and God.” (Ephesians 5:5)
If we are to be freed from
such sins, today’s meditation verse tells us: “Treat the parts of your earthly
body as dead.” This does not mean we are to literally destroy the members of
our body, but rather that we must crucify those sinful desires with Christ.
What primarily draws us into
such sins is lustful desire. Esau, being led by his desire, sold his birthright
to Jacob for a single meal. That is why the Scripture warns us: “See to it that
there be no sexually immoral or godless person like Esau, who sold his own
birthright for a single meal.” (Hebrews 12:16)
Yes, beloved, even the first
man in Eden fell into sin because of the lust of the eyes. Therefore, we can
only be freed from such sins when we turn away from sinful desires. The Word of
God reminds us: “But each one is tempted when he is carried away and enticed by
his own lust. Then when lust has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin,
when it has run its course, brings forth death.” (James 1:14–15)
That is why our Lord Jesus
Christ taught: “And if your eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it
away; it is better for you to enter life with one eye, than to have two eyes
and be thrown into the fiery hell.” (Matthew 18:9)
By our own strength, we cannot
free ourselves from these sins. Only the Spirit of the Lord can deliver us. Do
we not read, “Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is,
there is freedom.” (2 Corinthians 3:17)
Therefore, as today’s verse
urges, let us yield our earthly members—sexual immorality, impurity, passion,
evil desire, and greed which is idolatry—to the leading of the Holy Spirit in
prayer. Only then can we experience complete deliverance and live a life of
holiness.

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