Colossians 3:5-8 Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. On account of these the wrath of God is coming. In these you too once walked, when you were living in them. But now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and obscene talk from your mouth.
The transformation process which God has begun in the believer's heart is to be pronounced. It is to show in how we use our bodies, and how we use our mouths. Using our bodies for whatever makes us feel good, with no regard for God or others makes those things our idols - we worship them instead of Him. As for our mouths, using them as offensive weapons against the holiness of God or the honor due another human being is also wrong. The short sentence that should jump off the page is nestled in between: "On account of these the wrath of God is coming." God's wrath is coming because of man's sinful wrath - our unleashed words and actions that occur as if He did not exist. His wrath is just; ours is not. He is holy; without Christ and His transforming power we are not. May we put to death and put away what does not please Him today.
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