#4 Old Self is Morally Decaying
Posted: Monday, September 23rd, 2019
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Devotional
(Reading Ephesians 4:22)
The NIV reads correctly: put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires. The word corruption in Greek is PHTHEIRO and implies a progressive downward spiral: “morally decaying, on the way to final ruin” (Vine’s Expository Dictionary).
This fallen nature within does not progress to become better. In fact, it progresses constantly to greater and lower moral decay. When this nature is left alone to have its way, you will be destroyed by your own “old self.” Astonishing!
To understand this enables you to put it off and lay it aside!
Other Devotionals in Finding the New You Series
Finding the New You Is an Adventure #42 Pleasing to God #41 What Has Eternal Value? #40 Deny Self for Christ #39 The Self-focused Self #38 Desire is the Power to Follow #37 Only Love Will Truly Follow #36 Who Will Follow Christ? #35 The 'IF' of Following Jesus #34 Jesus Said, Deny Self #33 The Fact of Having Died in Christ #32 The Fact of Salvation #31 Cemented Sin, A Garment Only #30 One Problem, Not Many #29 Free of the Incessant Sin #28 The Perfecting of the Saints #27 The Fullness of Christ #26 Belong is the Word #25 That I May Gain Christ #24 Put on Fully the Glorious Christ #23 The Good Self Must Go #22 Possessed by Christ Absolutely #21 The Victim Mentality Is Satan's Deception #20 Losing Our Soul-life #19 Whoever Loses Their Life for Him #18 The Spirit of Your Mind #17 What is the Lord's Joy? #16 Ready to Have Your Eyes Opened? #15 The Nature of the Old Self #14 Clothed with Humility #13 Possibility of Being Free #12 Discovery Not Improvement #11 Change through Revelation, Not Effort #10 Knowing Who Christ Is #9 How to Break the Conquering Grip #8 Lay Aside the Old Self #7 Utterly, Gloriously Free! #6 Deceit is in the Nature of Adam and Eve #5 The Old Self Will Deceive
#4 Old Self is Morally Decaying (Currently Viewing)
#3 The Adamic Nature Is Utterly Corrupt #2 Discovering Our Own Futility #1 Fallen Nature, Not Just Sins