So put to death the parts of your life that belong to the earth, such as sexual immorality, moral corruption, lust, evil desire, and greed (which is idolatry). The wrath of God is coming upon disobedient people because of these things. You used to live this way, when you were alive to these things. But now set aside these things, such as anger, rage, malice, slander, and obscene language. Don’t lie to each other. Take off the old human nature with its practices and put on the new nature, which is renewed in knowledge by conforming to the image of the one who created it. In this image there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcised nor uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave nor free, but Christ is all things and in all people. (Colossians 3:5-11, CEB)
I always get worried when we get passages that talk about sexual immorality because the power struggle was/is to say that this is about homosexuality. And it is not. The final part of this passage, which harkens back to Galatians 3:28 and is Paul’s discussion on circumcision and who is in and who is out, says that all are included, no matter what.
All of the things that bring the wrath of God are self-centeredness. It is the unholy trinity of me, myself, and I. When we focus only on ourselves and not the body, we deny God and bring on Their wrath.
DO not be self-centered.
Love as Jesus did and know that all are included.
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