You No Longer Follow After Such Things
Dr RJ Sing · 2 min read
“So kill (deaden, deprive of power) the evil desire lurking in your members [those animal impulses and all that is earthly in you that is employed in sin]: sexual vice, impurity, sensual appetites, unholy desires, and all greed and covetousness, for that is idolatry (the deifying of self and other created things instead of God).It is on account of these [very sins] that the [holy] anger of God is ever coming upon the sons of disobedience (those who are obstinately opposed to the divine will), Among whom you also once walked, when you were living in and addicted to [such practices].”
There was a time when you practiced sin. However, now that you have received Christ as your Saviour, you no longer follow after such things. You have replaced those selfish, sinful desires with the fruit of the Spirit. People who know you before have noticed. Take the time to share your personal testimony with them and help to bring them out of darkness unto God’s marvelous light. In the Book of John: *“I am the vine, ye [are] the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.”John 15:5.*
Who are the branches? We are the branches. Fruit grows on the branches, not on the trunk of the tree. Therefore, since we are the branches, we know that the fruit of the Spirit refers to the fruit of our recreated human spirit. So as you abide in the vine you begin to bear fruit. You begin to follow the things that belong to the Kingdom of God. This is what I see in your life! I see you studying the Word of God. I see you working in the Kingdom of God! I see you being effective and functional in God’s Kingdom. I see you blessed.
