What is Sexual Immorality? (TMF:2770)

Friday, December 19, 2025

Peace to Live By: What is Sexual Immorality? (TMF:2770) - Daniel Litton
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Now reading verse 5 in its entirety: “Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry” (ESV). Interestingly, these are the main sins that Paul lists for the Colossians. The main sins. They seem like no-brainers, but it is probably wise to go ahead and define them. At the very least we can be reminded of what they actually are. Let’s go through the list of the sins, one-by-one. Number one: Sexual immorality. Sexual immorality. This is the practicing of sexual relations in a way that isn’t approved by God. So, this would include fornication, and that older term (though it is very precise), is simply having sexual relations with a person of the opposite sex outside of marriage. It is like when two people live together without being married. A big sin in our day and age, one that has had major resurgence in the last thirty years or so.

Putting to Death Sin in Us, Part 4 (TMF:2769)

Thursday, December 18, 2025

Peace to Live By: Putting to Death Sin in Us, Part 4 (TMF:2769) - Daniel Litton
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As we become more and more enlightened to the truth, as we gain knowledge of the Bible and the things of God, we come to understand very quickly, and not that we really didn’t understand this already, how destructive sin is. There is the great downloading of knowledge we get when we first become a believer in Jesus; at least, that’s the experience for a lot of people, especially for people that didn’t have much of a church background. And all that knowledge we gain excites us, and increases our eagerness to grow in our newfound relationship with God. And learn and grow we do. And sin starts to be eliminated from our lives, or at least, it should be in the process of being eliminated. That’s one of the initial goals of the Christian, and it will remain a goal for the rest of life. For a person who wants to be a Christian, and yet at the same time practice what the Bible calls sin on a daily basis, there is a major problem, and the major problem is likely the fact that that person hasn’t become a true believer to begin with.

Putting to Death Sin in Us, Part 3 (TMF:2768)

Wednesday, December 17, 2025

Peace to Live By: Putting to Death Sin in Us, Part 3 (TMF:2768) - Daniel Litton
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We saw this was the Rich Young Ruler’s problem in the Gospel account, wherein he asked what he must do to inherit eternal life. That’s the problem of a lot of people. There’s that sin they can’t, or to be more precise, really don’t want to give up. For the true Christian, for the one who has become born-again, that’s not the case. There isn’t a sin we want to keep on practicing. We don’t want to sacrifice our fellowship with God for some sin, whatever that sin is. We know we can’t have both, and we truly don’t even want both. We only want our relationship with God. As we become more and more enlightened to the truth, as we gain knowledge of the Bible and the things of God, we come to understand very quickly, and not that we really didn’t understand this already, how destructive sin is. There is the great downloading of knowledge we get when we first become a believer in Jesus; at least, that’s the experience for a lot of people, especially for people that didn’t have much of a church background.

Putting to Death Sin in Us, Part 2 (TMF:2767)

Tuesday, December 16, 2025

Peace to Live By: Putting to Death Sin in Us, Part 2 (TMF:2767) - Daniel Litton
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There is that great relief from the guilt of past sins. Often times found in this experience is a new power to overcome that which has been so problematic in the past. Even if a person finds that a particular ‘big’ sin is not easily overcome, at least there is now the desire to overcome it. And with the desire will come the power, though, it may take time. There has to that initial desire anyway to be free from sin, right? It seems that’s what brings a lot of people to the cross, to belief in Jesus. Some individuals, we know, want to protect their sin. They don’t want to give it up. They may be willing in fact to give up all the them, all of them perhaps except one thing, whatever that one thing is. That’s the thing they cannot face. That’s the thing that holds them from believing in the Gospel message. We saw this was the Rich Young Ruler’s problem in the Gospel account, wherein he asked what he must do to inherit eternal life.

Putting to Death Sin in Us, Part 1 (TMF:2766)

Monday, December 15, 2025

Peace to Live By: Putting to Death Sin in Us, Part 1 (TMF:2766) - Daniel Litton
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Colossians 3, starting in verse 5: “Put to death therefore what is earthly in you” (ESV). Paul’s focus begins today with us, us as Christians. In fact, that’s going to be his entire focus for us today. Paul is going to zoom in on individual character, and how we are supposed to act, as Christians. We start first with the behaviors that are not supposed to be part of our characters. Sometimes these things are those of which a person actually wants to deal with, to remove from their lives. If they are the bigger sins, a lot of times people want freedom from them but they have found in their lives, at least up to this point, that that really has never worked. In coming to Jesus, however, in believing in his death on the cross and resurrection back to life they have come to realize they are forgiven of all their sins. There is that great relief from the guilt of past sins. Often times found in this experience is a new power to overcome that which has been so problematic in the past.