The flesh crucified, and still struggling
But those who are Christ's have crucified the flesh, with its affections and lusts. Galatians 5:24. They have. Yet it remains in them still, and often struggles to break loose from the cross.
No, but they have put off the old man with his deeds. Colossians 3:9. They have. And, in the sense already described, old things have passed away, and all things have become new. A hundred texts may be brought for the same point, and they all admit the same answer.
But to say it all in one word, Christ gave himself for the church, that it might be holy and without blemish. Ephesians 5:25, 27. And so it will be, in the end. But from the beginning until this day, it never yet was so.
1771 text
8. “But they that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh, with its affections and lusts.” Gal. v. 24. They have so: yet it remains in them still, and often struggles to break from the cross. “Nay, but they have put off the old man with his deeds.” Col. iii. 9. They have: and in the sense above described, old things are passed away; all things are become new. An hundred texts may be cited to the same effect. And they will all admit of the same answer. “But to say all in one word, Christ gave himself for the church, that――it might be holy and without blemish.” Eph. v. 25, 27. And so it will be in the end: but it never was yet from the beginning to this day.
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Sermon 13 in the 1771 Works. Second Corinthians 5:17.
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