“In spiritual realm, we are righteous, holy, perfect, justified, new creation and so on, it is because of the sacrificial works of Christ but in the natural realm or in reality, we are slave to the sin living in the parts of our body (hands, eyes and tongue as well as in the whole body) wherein we must overcome all of it completely”.
Our whole being is consisting of the unseen and that can be seen. One is the spiritual being which cannot be seen. We have no problem in our spiritual being because it was already given complete solution through Christ. By his sacrificial works our spiritual position remained the same, we are holy and righteous in God’s sight even though we sin many times. All of our sin from the past, present and in the future was already paid by Jesus blood.
While on the other side of our being which can be seen problem is not yet resolve. Our physical being or the so called our physical being- the body which is also called the flesh is something a Christian should give himself with much concerns. Because there in the body dwelling sin is actively manifest by the eye, hand and tongue. In those parts of the body sin is alive and kicking. Sin of omission (sin that we should not do such as murder -anger adultery -lustful look, stealing -robbing God , lying -exaggeration is also a form of lying and others sin prohibits by the Ten Commandments) and also the sin of commission (such as not reading the bible, praying and others that we should do but we neglect to do) are the sin dwelling in the parts of the body that must be overcome completely.
Like the Apostle Paul, anyone who is in Christ will experience an inward struggling with sin. He said,” For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I. If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good. Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me. For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not. For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do. Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me. (Rom 7:15-20)
And the Lord Jesus warns that if the eyes and hand causes you to sin it is better to pluck it out or to cut it out that part from your body. It is better, Jesus said, to throw it out those parts of the body so that not your whole body be thrown in hell (Mat 5:29-30). In general, the whole body itself causes us to sin, it makes us lazy to do the things of God and makes us to crave more on its desires such as the lust of the eyes, the lust of the flesh and the pride of life.
Keep in mind, no “Flesh” and blood cannot inherit the Kingdom of God (1 Cor 15:50). It really means that our body has nothing good lives in there as what Apostle Paul had seen (Rom 7:18).
Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof. Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God. (Rom 6:12-13)
In order that the sin will not reign in our mortal body, we must keep on practicing the Law that Jesus said, “But now I tell you…” (Mat 5:28,32,34,39,44). By keep on practicing the (spiritual) Law which is the Ten Commandments it will form a new pattern in your brain. Once the pattern is formed, it becomes an automatic behavioral response. As you develop new spiritual habits, they will begin to replace worldly and lustful habits that basically of long ago was formed in the mind.
It is all about the Ten Commandments the Lord told and establish by the Apostles in the New Testament which is the only way to transform the mind into the mind of Christ. It is the perfect way because the Law is perfect to renew the mind that will certainly put to death the misdeeds of the members of body.
The body (desires) which is the “flesh” must put to death.
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