Subduing Self

We're not to submit, but subdue the flesh.

“He is able even to subdue all things to himself.” ~ Phil.3:21

Did Paul mean all without exception, or all with one exception? We talk as if whatever else could be subdued to him, our sinful selves could never be. Did the Apostle forget self among the “all things”? I think not.

Just as God gave man the power and dominion over every kind of animal, He has given the Christian the power to subdue the beast within himself, through the power of God’s indwelling Spirit.

Romans chapter six says “sin shall not have dominion over you.” Why? Micah tells us: “He will subdue our iniquities.” If God forgave the sin that has been committed by us, He will certainly subdue the sin that dwells in us.

“I cannot live without sin, but I can live above it.”~rds

by an Old Disciple

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