Crossroads Church Aiken

S2 E28 Walk of Warfare

51 min · 13 de jul de 2026
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Colossians 3:1-8 Before there can be peace in the body of Christ, there must be war within the believer. Paul makes this clear in Colossians 3:1-9, where he calls risen believers not to manage sin but to execute it. Because we are risen with Christ, we already have everything we need to fight. The battle begins inward, with the mind and the affections set on things above, before it ever touches outward behavior. Paul identifies two distinct lists of sin: the sins of the wanting heart and the sins of the warring mouth. The heart is the loading dock, and the mouth is the shipping department. What gets loaded in the heart will always be shipped out of the mouth. The war must come before the wardrobe, but for those who fight it, a new wardrobe is waiting.

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