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• In Colossians 3, Paul is identifying root sins rather than fruit sins (1 Corinthians 6:9-10; Revelation 21:8; Galatians 5:19-21).
• The difference between fruit sins and root sins are twofold.

// Root sins are harder to

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// Root sins are harder to

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Colossians 3:5 | Put to death…impurity…

• “Impurity” is the

form of the Greek word for “cleanse or purify”. It literally describes any substance that is filthy or dirty and could refer to garbage or the contents of graves, causing ceremonial impurity. The term refers morally to uncleanness in thought, word, and deed and could specifically refer to sexual sin.
• This term is a

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term than “porneia” which we studied last week. “Impurity” is “uncleaness” (Matthew 23:27)

• Other usages reveal (all come from Paul; typically paired with sexual immorality as it is in this passage)

// Comes from the flesh (Galatians 5:19)
// Impurity is judgment against the dishonoring of the body (Romans 1:24)
// It is what you presented yourself to under the authority of the sin nature (Romans 6:19; Ephesians 4:19)
// It should have no place among believers (Ephesians 5:3)
// Something the Corinthian church needed to repent of (2 Corinthians 12:21)
// Impurity is the opposite of holiness (1 Thessalonians 4:3-7)

• Akatharsia describes a

in the heart and mind that makes a person defiled. Medically, it described an infected, oozing wound.

Hebrews 12:14 | Strive for peace with everyone, and for the holiness without which no one will see the Lord.

• How can believers “be holy”?
• Holiness is rooted in the reality of what

has done for us (justification)
• Holiness is rooted in submission to what the Holy

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is doing in us (sanctification)

What do you crave?

• The way to kill or uproot the desires of the heart is to change the

and then follow the new

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• Do you crave impurity? Do you have a taste for the things of God or the things of the world? Only one thing will satisfy.
• Be honest…what do you desire. Read your weeds. It’s a good indication of your soil health.