Kill Sin!

Now that you’re a Christian, what do you do with sin that won’t seem to go away?

SEE IT - Sin is anything that’s against God. It’s disobedience to Him. It’s loving anything more than Him. Like a surgeon who’s about to cut a tumor out of a patient, we must be aware of the sin in us.

NAME IT - Rather than calling it a “bad habit,” you must call it what it is—sin. When I was a kid, my front yard was full of weeds. When I would mow the lawn, it would actually look like grass for a while because it was all the same color and length, but it would soon grow again into a yard full of ugly weeds. I may have changed how it looked for a season, but because I treated it like grass and not what it really was, it soon grew back every time. Sin must be called sin and treated like sin in order for you to have lasting freedom.

KILL IT - In Colossians 3, we are given a list of sinful behaviors to watch out for and are told to put them to death. The Bible is clear that sin leads to death; therefore, we don’t just mow over it, we pull it up by the root.

You now have the power to do this because of Jesus’ death and resurrection. He conquered sin and death once and for all, now you have the power to walk in that freedom! 

SEE IT. NAME IT. KILL IT.

- What sin needs to be killed in your life?

- Who can you confess your sin to? Ask them to pray for you and hold you accountable.

- What is one practical change you can make to put that sin to death?