Read: Colossians 3:5–6; Romans 6:1–7; Romans 1:18

Summary

• Paul calls believers to put to death earthly behaviors and desires.
  
  
• This command follows the truth that believers have been raised with Christ.
  
  
• Because we share Christ’s new life, we have power to overcome sin.
  
  
• Earthliness refers to sinful habits and desires rooted in the old life.
  
  
• Paul lists examples such as sexual immorality, impurity, evil desires, and greed.
  
  
• Covetousness is called idolatry because it places desire above God.
  
  
• These practices belong to the old life that must be left behind.
  
  
• God’s wrath comes upon those who persist in such disobedience.
  
  
• Sin dishonors both the body and the Creator who made it.
  
  
• True change begins with a new life in Christ.
  
  
• Believers must actively reject sinful thoughts and actions.
  
  
• Victory over sin is possible only through Christ’s power within us.
  
  
• Spiritual life grows when we focus on things above rather than earthly desires.
  
  

Question

• How can believers put to death earthly desires?
  
  

Answer

• By living in the power of Christ’s new life and rejecting sinful thoughts and behaviors.
  
  

Reflection

• What earthly habits or desires might God be calling you to surrender today?
  
  

Takeaway

• Because you are alive in Christ, you have the power to put away earthly sin and live for heaven.