Words like "inner man", "dwell in your hearts through faith", "renewed in the spirit of your minds" are poignant reminders for a carnal man like me. They remind me that I am three-in-one - soul, spirit and flesh. Furthermore, Paul speaks like this: "you took off your former way of life, the old man that is corrupted by deceitful desires...you put on the new man, the one created according to God's likeness in righteousness and purity of the truth." (Ephesians 4:22-24)
How can I live like a savage who's never seen fire? Or a child who's never had a shower? It is crass, absolutely revolting that I continue to even indulge any part of the old self. It is more than forging new habits, more than finding right company, pursuing righteousness and justice. All things Christians do need not be Christian, or church, or spiritual, but all things done should find their purpose in Him who made us "no longer foreigners and strangers, but fellow citizens with the saints, and members of God's household." (Ephesians 2:19)
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