So in Exodus 29 you've got this commandment here that the Lord is giving Moses when it
comes to the sanctification of Aaron and his sons into the priesthood and of course we
just read it there in Exodus 29 in verse 1 and this is the thing that thou shalt do
unto them Aaron and his sons to hollow them to minister them unto me in the priest
office take one young bullock and two rams without the blemish and there's this whole
procedure that takes place we'll jump down to verse 19 this is the part I want to focus
on and it says and thou shalt take the other ram and Aaron his son shall put their hands upon the
head of the ram then thou shalt kill the ram and take of his blood and put it upon the tip
of the right ear of Aaron and upon the tip of the excuse me the tip of the right ear of his
sons and upon the thumb of their right hand upon the great toe of their right foot and
sprinkle the blood upon the altar around about so part of this whole sanctification process
that they went to when they were being put into the priesthood was that the blood of
that sacrifice was to be put on the right tip of the right ear and the tip of the right thumb
and the tip of the right toe and this is something that's being commanded Moses and if you would go to
Leviticus chapter 7 Leviticus chapter 7 where we see Moses follows through on this he
actually does it the Bible says that Moses was faithful in all his house you know Moses was
told hey you need to do this we see him in Exodus being told this is what you're going to
do and then you go into reading Leviticus and he does it okay and if you go to Leviticus
chapter 7 beginning in verse 22 and he brought the other ram the ram of consecration and Aaron
and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the ram and he slew it and Moses took the blood
of it and put it upon the tip of the right of Aaron's right ear and upon the thumb of his
right hand upon the the great toe of his right foot and he brought Aaron sons and Moses
put of the blood upon the tip of the of their right ear and upon the thumbs of their
right hands and upon the great toes of their right feet and Moses sprinkled the blood upon
the altar round about and we have to understand the the picture here of this blood is the picture
of the blood of Christ the Old Testament sacrifices are always a picture of the sacrifice
that Christ made for us if you would go over to Hebrew keep something in Leviticus chapter
7 go to Hebrews chapter 10 Hebrews chapter number 10 the Old Testament sacrifices are a picture
of Christ the Old Testament that the picture of the blood of those sacrifices are a picture
of the blood of the sacrifice of the sacrifice of Christ his own blood that was given for
us if you look there in verse 1 of Hebrews 10 the Bible says for the law having a shadow
of good things to come and not the very image of the things so the things that we're
reading of in the law in the Old Testament these sacrifices these are merely a shadow
of the things that are going to come the good things to come that sacrifice that is
Christ and isn't it a good thing that Christ came and made that sacrifice that you
and I today don't have to go through this ritual of animal sacrifice and keeping these
uh these these ordinances that these things have been nailed to his cross he says because
he says there these are good things to come they're a shadow of the good things to
come and not the very image of the things uh can because those things what can never
with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers there
unto perfect the Old Testament sacrifices were not what saved people in the Old Testament
it was always faith they looked at they saw the sacrifices being made and they understood
as Abraham said that God himself will provide that God will provide himself a land they
understood that it was a picture of the good things to come the picture of God's
land slain before the foundation of the world and he says look these things can
never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers
there unto perfect verse 2 for then why would they have not ceased to be offered
look at if the if that sacrifice was good once enough and they wouldn't have to come
year by year and make that sacrifice why because the worshippers once purged should
have no more conscience of sins but in those sacrifices there is a remembrance again
made of sins every year look at verse 4 for it is not possible that the blood of
bulls and of goats should take away sins so what's the purpose of all this why if
the blood of bulls and of goats and these rams and other things can't take away sin
what's the point behind it because there's a picture here that God is trying to give us and that
picture is that of the blood of Christ and we'll get more specific here about the right
year and the right thumb and the right toe here in a minute we have to understand
first of all that that blood is a picture of Christ's sacrifice for us if you would
jump down to verse 9 then said he lo I come to do thy will oh God he taketh away
the first that he may establish the second talking about the fact when Christ came he
took away that which was you know that which is done away in Christ the Old
Testament sacrifices by the which will we are sanctified through the offering
of the body of Jesus Christ once for all so what is it that sanctifies us
what is it that makes us whole what is it that saves us it's the offering of
the body of Jesus Christ it's not these Old Testament sacrifices those were
merely a picture of Christ who should come and what I want us to understand
in this passage if you would go to Revelation chapter 1 in Leviticus is
that the sanctifying of the priests what represents the priesthood of the
believer not something we've preached on here in the past that we as Christ
children as as born again believers are are in a we are priests unto our God
that's the Bible teaches us so I thought the priest was the guy that wore the
dress and you know stood up before everybody and tell them to call him
father had his collar on backwards no that's not that he might call himself a
priest but you know who's a real priest to God me and you if we've been
sanctified by the blood of Christ we have been made priests unto our God
this is what the Bible teaches us now we see that in the Old Testament
what made Aaron and his son sanctified in the priesthood was what the blood
of the sacrifice and it's the same way with us once we are once we
receive the blood of Christ once we accept Christ by faith you know we put
our faith in his sacrifice we are what made priests unto our God that's the
Bible says in Revelation if you went there verse chapter 1 verse 4 John to
the seven churches which are in Asia grace be unto you and peace from him
which is and which was which is to come and from the seven spirits which
are before his throne and from Jesus Christ who is the faithful witness and
the first begotten of the dead and the prince of the kings of the earth
unto him that loved us and washed us from our sins in his own blood so
again there's that anointing there's that sanctification through the blood
that we saw in Leviticus and that when and then only that verse 6 and hath
made us kings and priests unto God unto God and his father to him be glory and
dominion forever and ever amen so the Bible is real clear here that we are
made priests unto our God by what by the blood of Christ you would go to
Revelation chapter number 5 Revelation chapter number 5 the Bible says in 1st
Peter chapter 2 you're going to Revelation 5 it says in 1st Peter to
ye also as lively stones are built up a spiritual house and holy priesthood to
offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God by Jesus Christ we
are made priests we are in a holy priesthood the sacrifices that we offer
today are spiritual ones we're not gonna you know break out a ram or a
goat here at some point in a service and sprinkle the blood around the altar
up here if you want to call it that you know the pulpit and start
anointing everyone's right here you know that's already happened we've
already been anointed by faith through the blood that's in Christ we offer
spiritual sacrifices it goes on and says in verse 9 that we are chosen
generation a royal priesthood and holy nation that's Peter and he's speaking
to what Gentiles he's saying look you have been made a chosen generation
you are a role of priesthood you are that holy nation you are that
peculiar people through what through the blood of Christ you look there
Revelation chapter 5 look at verse 9 and they the four and 20 elders of
course sung a new song saying thou art worthy to take the book and to open the
seals thereof for thou was slain and has redeemed us to God by thy blood
out of every kindred and tongue and people and nation and has made us unto
our God kings and priests and we shall reign on the earth and you might read
that and say well he's just saying that four and 20 elders are saying
that you've made us kings and priests unto our God but it says there
that they said in verse it said there but that they have redeemed us unto
has redeemed us to thy God by thy blood out of every kindred and tongue and
people and nation look there's more than just 24 kindred there's just more
than 24 nations upon the earth the 24 elders here are speaking on behalf of
the collective they're saying look you have made all of us that are
washed and sanctified by the blood of Christ to be kings and to be priests
unto our God and we shall reign upon the earth now what I want to just
establish that right out of the gate because of the fact that we need to
understand that in the Old Testament the picture of that blood is a picture of
the sacrifice that Christ made for us so what is this I want to make
application this morning about how that one Aaron and his sons were put
in the priesthood Moses was specifically told that was specifically
told to put the blood upon the right ear and the right thumb and the
right toe if you are still in Leviticus go back there to chapter 7
verse 24 we're gonna be coming back several times so go ahead and keep
something there and he brought Aaron's sons and Moses put on the blood upon
the tip of the right ear and upon the right thumbs of their hands and upon
the great toes of their right feet and Moses sprinkled the blood upon the
altar roundabout so you say what does this represent you know this why
not the left foot you know and maybe there's a lot of Fox News Baptist
and say oh this is about partisan politics you know that's not it
there's a deeper spiritual meaning here okay what does this represent well I
believe you know there's probably other interpretations there's other
applications that can be made but the way I want to apply this morning is
that this and you know when I was reading this this stuck out to me is
that this is represents what our dual nature it's true that you know we've
been sanctified by the blood of Christ so we've been made priests but only
only we've been fully sanctified you know we were going to say but you
and I still have what this flesh to deal with there's still part of us
what the old nature the old man that we have to live with in this life now
it's the right and the left sides right that's see there's a division here now
let me just make this perfectly clear before we get into it is that we are
completely saved by the blood of Christ there's people out there that I
want to teach this doctrine of being you know fully sanctified or attaining
some kind of sinless perfection that you have to you know live a sinless
life in order to into achieve salvation you know that's you know
Bible says for by grace you say through faith that not of yourselves it is the
gift of God not of works that's any man should boast and you know you know
that's funny it says that less any man should boast because usually that's what
people like to boast about you know how you're gonna go to heaven well I
live such a good life you know I didn't commit adultery I didn't kill
anybody I don't steal like these are these great moral you know bars of
high bars that we have to not killing people it's like oh good job right but
this is what people see people that get in this false doctrine of reaching
sinless perfection really what they're trying to do is just boast about
themselves about that the hell they live some godly holy life and there's so
much holier than somebody else and look I'm all for living a holy life but
that's not what's gonna get you saved and I'm just saying right out of
the gate making it perfectly clear the Bible says in 2nd Corinthians 5
therefore if any man be in Christ he is a new creature old things are
passed away behold all things are become new I'm we are 100% saved by the
blood of Christ but the fact is is that you and I still have what a dual nature
we still you know the right hand is you know it has been anointed we still
have that left hand that we have to deal with that old man we are fully
sanctified by the spirit but we still have what this unregenerate flesh
to live with I don't know you know we've probably and this probably isn't
news to anybody and a lot of times people get confused and they get
frustrated the Christian life because you know they get saved but then they
realize that they still sin and they still struggle with sin then they start
to question their own salvation look you're still saved but what you're
dealing with is the old man you're still dealing with that nature it's
that left hand that's still there that you have to drag around with you so
let me just again make it perfectly clear go to Romans chapter 7 Romans
chapter 7 full sanctification or this doctrine of sinless perfectionism which
I've preached against in the past recently is a false works-based
salvation that's what it is Bible says in Hebrews 10 by the which will we are
sanctified through the offering the body of Jesus Christ once for all you
know Christ is the complete atonement he's the only sacrifice that we need
he has been offered for us once for all for by one offering he hath
perfected forever them that are sanctified and that word perfected
means made whole look either Christ made me whole either his offering makes
me perfect either it makes me whole and complete in him or doesn't and the
Bible says that it does that he has perfected forever them that are
sanctified and it's not something I have to work to keep it's once it's
done it's done where we'll remain sanctified that doesn't change the
fact that we still have what a dual nature to deal with in Romans chapter
7 if you're there Paul talks about it in verse 14 for we know that the
law is spiritual but I am carnal sold under sin for that which I do I allow
not for what I would that do I not but what I hate that I do 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 with sin that dwelleth in me saying look I'm
carnal I still have sin I still have the old man I still have flesh that's
why I still do the things that I hate and when I do those things I feel
guilty and I feel shame and I want to quit doing them but I keep going back
to those things why because it is my flesh that when which dwelleth no good
thing for to will is present with me verse 18 but how to perform that which
is good I find not verse 19 for the good that I would I do not but that
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 look when you got saved and you got
sanctified when the blood of Christ was applied to you you got saved you're
gonna you once for all forever you're gonna go to heaven no matter what but
sin it still dwells in us in this flesh and that's what we deal with
every day and that's the struggle that Paul is describing here this
difference between the two natures that right hand that has been
sanctified and is going to live you know go to heaven right that's it's
made a priest unto our God and this left hand which has not been
sanctified like the you can't make this physical sinful flesh perfect
it's never going to happen it's always going that the Bible says
knowing that the spirit which would dwell in us lusted to envy but the
old man the flesh it lusts to envy it wants to sin we and we have to
fight it every single day our sinful flesh versus our renewed spirit if you
would go over to Colossians chapter 3 this is something that the Bible deals
with at length at length
Colossians chapter 3 verse 1 if you then be risen with Christ seek those
things which are above what well I thought if I was saved I just
automatically seek those things which above no you won't you know there's a
lot of saved people that aren't in church this morning why because
they're not seeking it you know maybe they're busy or maybe they're
sick I get it people miss church but when people fall out of church and
don't come to church a lot of times it's because they don't want to be
there because they're not seeking it they're not seeking those things
which are above they're in the flesh they're backslidden set your
affection on things above not on things on the earth these things
aren't automatic for he are dead and your life is hidden Christ when
Christ is who our life Christ who is our life shall appear then she'll
you also appear with him in glory and that's when the flesh is made
perfect not when this flesh is made perfect we're getting out that new
body in Christ right but in the meantime what are we supposed to
do verse 5 mortified therefore your members which are upon the
earth he says you have to kill the flesh the affections and
the lusts those things have to die I mean think that's what
mortify means mortify think about the term mortician right
what is a mortician deal with deals with dead people right
mortality talking about the fact that you could die okay
mortify therefore your members kill your members put your
members to death which are upon the earth he's talking about the
old man now he's not saying you need to go kill yourself
but he's saying look you need to crucify the flesh every
day mortify your members which are upon the earth and
then he gives an example fornication uncleanness inordinate
affection evil concupiscence and covetousness which is
idolatry for which sings sake the wrath of God cometh on
the children of disobedience so it's not this mystery what it
means to mortify the flesh it means you know what don't be a
fornicator don't be unclean which is something that comes
with being a fornicator not don't be given or inordinate
affection and we don't want to be you know gluttonous in
some area of our life evil concupiscence you know like a
court you know just being given over to sin that
concupiscence and covetousness lusting after
all these things that we we can't have for which things
sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience
for seven in which he also walked sometime when you lived
in them but now he also put off all these so here's
more mortifying of the flesh it's not just the fornication
anger wrath malice blasphemy filthy communication out of
your mouth lie not one to another seeing that you have
put off what the old man with his deeds these are the
deeds of the old man this is that left hand that we
have to drag around with us even though we've been
sanctified into that priesthood go to Ephesians
chapter four he deals with it again Ephesians chapter
number four like this is you know we're getting into
the nuts and bolts of the Christian life and this is
the type of preaching that we need to hear to be told
that look you have an old nature that's going to haunt
you every day until you go to heaven it's going to be
there to try and trip you up to try to drag you away
try to get you into sin to try to get you to do
things you know you shouldn't do and if you don't
mortify it if you don't deal with it it's going to get
you Ephesians chapter four verse 17 this I say
therefore and testify in the Lord that you hence
force not walk not as other Gentiles walk in the
vanity of their mind having the understanding dark
and being alienated from the life of God through the
ignorance that is in them because of the blindness
of their heart and again Paul's commanding them not
to do this which tells me that it's possible for
Christians to do this to walk as other Gentiles
in the vanity of their mind to walk as people you
know even though they're saying that what are are
ignorant that walk as if they're blind we can't
blame what the what the lost world does I don't
hold it against them when they you know when
their lives are full of adultery and fornication
and drunkenness and all these other sins and it's
evil concupiscence and the wrath and the
malice and the anger and everything else that
they're given to that they're they don't have
another nature all they have is the left hand
that's it the right hand hasn't been anointed
the priesthood it's not going to seek out the
things of God but it's a real shame when God's own
people at the same way they do and it's possible
for us to do this if we don't mortify the flesh
if we don't deal with the old man if we don't
realize that we as Christians have a dual nature
in us look there verse 21 if so be that you have
heard him and have been taught of him as the
truth is in Jesus verse 22 that he put off
concerning the former conversation the way you
used to live the old man that's what it means to
have that that conversation there's not talking
no we use that as like we have a conversation
we're going to talk to one another the
conversation also means you know like your
behavior the way you conduct yourself in this
world and he's saying look if you if you have
heard of him if you know the truth that is in
Jesus you need to put off that former
conversation and quit living the way you used
to yes we used to be gentiles that walked in
the vanity of our mind yes we used to be just
given over to the lust of the flesh by saying
that now that you know Christ that you've
been sanctified on that right hand you need
to what put off that that conversation
concerning the old man because it's corrupt
according to the deceitful lust he says there
verse 23 and be renewed in the spirit of your
mind that you need to change the way you
think we can't we can't approach the
Christian life with the same philosophy that we
had about the world you know when we lived in
the world you can't approach life the same
when people get saved want to live for the
Lord it should change your philosophy about
life your priorities should change you should
be renewed in the spirit of your mind there
needs to be a change there doesn't mean it's
going to be there a lot of you know a lot
of Christians just keep on living the way they
did they'll still go to heaven why because
they're not doing the hard work of
mortifying their members of putting away the
flesh be renewed in the spirit of your mind
and put on the new man which after God is
created in righteousness and true holiness so
it's a putting off and it's a putting on
right you know it's kind of like he's liking
unto clothing right I don't about you but
every I got this morning I had to tie this
tie I had a button these buttons I had to
put this belt and I had to pull this coat
on no no one did that for me I didn't wake
up ready for church you know I had to
actually put some effort into that I go in
the closet and find the shirt and put it
on and all of that and it's the same way in
our Christian life you're not just going to
automatically start walking the spirit because
you got saved you have to actually put
effort into putting off the old man and
saying I'm going to put on the new man I
used to spend my time doing this I'm going
to start spending my time doing this I used
to spend my time just you know watching
television and filling my mind with worldly
entertainment and everything else now I'm
actually going to spend some time picking up
the word of God and reading it and being
transformed and by the renewing of my mind I
used to spend my Sundays on a golf course on
a lake I used to spend my Sundays just
doing whatever I wanted watching you know
games and everything else but now I'm going
to spend my Sundays going to church and
serving God it's a change there it's a
putting off the old man and putting on the
new that's what the Christian life is that's
what it means to live the Christian life but
it's up to us to live it we have to
decide whether or not we want to walk in
that new man or the old man and guess what
that old man is always there verse 25 and
a lot and again he makes us very
practical verse 24 and put on the new
man which is after God created and
righteousness the true holiness verse
25 wherefore put away lying just like
we saw over in Colossians 3 speak every
man truth with it with his neighbor
for we are members one of another be
angry and sin not let not the sun go
down upon your wrath neither give place
to the devil and he gives this whole
litany litany of things that we
could do to put on the old man some
practical examples the transforming of
our mind what I want us to understand
is that when Moses anointed Aaron and
his sons on that right hand side with
that blood into that priesthood and
left that left side unanointed
unsanctified what the Bible is
showing us that even though we are
priests in the service of God we have
two natures that are at odds with
one another they're opposing one
another and we need to learn to put off
the old and put on the new because
that is not automatic that's something
that has to be practice and look
here's the thing there's no neutral
ground here it's not like well I'm
just gonna walk that razor's edge
between the two and it'll everything
will be okay no the stronger nature
wins every time the stronger nature is
going to win whichever you know
whichever nature you're feeding that's
the one that's gonna win and that
struggle will always be there there
always be this tension in the
Christian life even if we're no matter
how far down we go into the depths of
sin there will still be the Holy
Spirit of God there convicting us and
telling us that what we're doing is
wrong you know a lot of the sins I
used to do after I got saved you
know before I got saved when I try
to do those same sins afterwards it
was not as fun there was always that
nagging thing in the back of my
mind saying you shouldn't be doing
that you need to knock that off you
need to get in the old get out of
the old man get in the new when I
got out of when I get out of church or
if I quit reading my Bible stop
praying or getting some sin there was
always God's Holy Spirit there
convicting me and convicting me and
convicting me and that's the way
it's always going to be but here's
here's what I want you to understand
the stronger nature is the one that's
going to win they say you know what
I want to put off the old man I
want to put on the new man I want
to walk in holiness and with Christ
Jesus I want to I want to walk in that
new man but you're always going to feel
that tension it's not like well I've
been I've been living right long
enough and now it's just everything's
perfect it's you know I don't have
to worry about that anymore no the old
man will always be there but it's
going to be that stronger nature that
wins it's kind of like you know the
sumo wrestler versus the weakling
right or how about this you know I'm
Corbin John wrestled the second my
son is the third right he's named
after me you know it's we're kind of
the you know the same guy you know
we kind of almost look the same a lot of
ways if you saw a picture meet his age
you think it's the same kid but let's
say you know he and I are going to get
into an arm wrestling match who do you
think is going to win me right amen
amen think I'm going to beat by some
five-year-old you got your mind right
no I'm going to win why because I've
been around longer because I'm bigger
I've been exercised more I've been
fed better I've seen what he eats trust
me I'm more than eating pork chops and
he's got white rice hey there's nothing
wrong with white rice it's great have
a lot more right we're more pork chops
for me but that you know if I'm that
old nature you know I'm going to win
that battle every time and look that's
what a lot of Christians they walk
into that in their life they get
saved later on in life and it's it's
like they don't understand why they
can't start living for the Lord so
easily as other people can because you
have this giant sumo wrestler called the
old man that you've been feeding your
whole life and now you have this
little tiny babe this newborn babe in
Christ this new nature this little
fledgling of the Christian life that's
you know the old man is going to
stop him no problem so the secret is
what you got to start starving the
sumo right and start feeding the baby
you got it you got to put that that
old man on a diet and he says hey I
want to go do this it's hey remember
that old sin hey let's go to the
casino let's get drunk let's watch this
let's look at that let's go run around
let's do that and you have to say no
I'm not gonna do that you're gonna
I'm gonna starve you out and kill
you and look that's not an easy
process I'm not gonna get up here and
say the Christian life is easy
because it's not it's hard work that's
why so many Christians just choose not
to live it to say I know I'm saying
I'm not I know I'm gonna go to
heaven I die but you know what I'm
just gonna go ahead and keep living
this wicked sinful life because it's
easier it doesn't take so much effort
now the you know as I was preaching
last week the end thereof are the
ways of death you know I mean in the
lot the way the transgressor is hard
you know you think it's easier now
it's gonna be a whole lot harder when
the bill comes do we have to stop
feeding the old man and start feeding
the new and start you know we have to
get in church get in our Bibles get
in prayer serve the Lord and you know
what that they will turn into a child
into a teenager into a full-grown man
that will get stronger and stronger and
that that old man will get weaker and
weaker and weaker I'm not saying he
won't always be there but you know
what a lot of those temptations will
just bounce right off us you know
the old man that you know the old
man will deal bone of the old man
will move and we'll want to do
something we know we shouldn't say
well you know what it's been so long
since I've done that it's I've gotten
victory over that so much time just
get out of here old man it'd be
like you know Corbin outgrows me and
I turn into shriveled old man right
and I try to take him on and he just
smacks me across the room right why
because he's had time to grow and
develop and you get stronger while
I've gotten frailer and weaker and
sicklier the nature that you feed and
exercise is always going to be
stronger so which one are you gonna
feed tonight are you gonna feed the
old man are you gonna feed the new
man are you gonna feed that right
hand or are you gonna feed that left
hand go over to Colossians chapter 3
Colossians chapter 3 well how do I feed
him how do I feed the old man look I
want him to I want to walk in newness
of life I I want to you know live
after the new man which is created
in Christ Jesus but how do I do that
what does that mean give me some
practical application well Colossians
chapter 3 look at verse 10 he says and
have put on the new man which is
renewed in knowledge after the image of
him that created him look at verse
16 let the word of Christ dwell in you
richly in all wisdom somewhat the Bible
there the word of Christ we have this
Bible which is our spiritual
nutrition this is the the manna that
God has given us that's going to help
us grow and become stronger Christians
people wonder why am I spiritually why
am I just this this weakling of a
Christian why is it I feel like I
just can't live for God when's the
last time you got a good meal in you
know we want to a lot of times we want
to work out and get stronger
physically you know you can exercise
all you want but if you don't eat
right you're never going to get
stronger in fact you'll you'll burn
yourself out you won't be able to
recover you'll injure yourself and we
understand that when it comes to you
know physical exercise but the same
principle applies spiritually you know
if we want to get stronger as
Christians and to be bolder in our
faith and walk in the new man we
have to make sure we're still getting
the same you know sustenance
spiritually we need to be getting the
word of God breaking up what the bread
of God and eating it the milk of the
word of God he's saying look let the
word of Christ dwell in you richly in
all wisdom teaching and admonishing
one another in Psalms and hymns and
spiritual songs singing with grace in
your hearts the Lord you know learn
in him sing the hymns walk in the
spirit these things will help you do
that so we have what the old man
versus the new man we have to decide
which one are we going to feed which
one are we going to walk in we have
that left hand versus the right hand yes
we're sanctified in the priesthood by
the blood of Christ it's sealed on the
day of our redemption but that left
hand is still there with us
everywhere we go which one are you
going to feed the thing you're going
to put the things into the left ear
that the left ear likes listen to the
world's music we're gonna we're
gonna put the things into our mind
that the left hand side likes you
know the the the wicked movies all the
filth that's out there are we gonna are
we gonna do things with that left hand
that the old man likes to do are we
gonna go work the works of the flesh
in this world we're gonna get in the
fornication and everything else are
we gonna go to the places that the
old man likes to go with that left
foot that we drag around with us
it'll carry us right down those same
old paths take us right in those same
old haunts and right back in the
same old sins if we want to follow
that left hand or are we gonna follow
the right hand side are we gonna put
the things into our mind that that
sanctified believer can grow on are we
gonna put the things into our minds and
into our ears and into our eyes that
that are gonna got edify us and help
us to grow in Christ are we gonna be
in the Word of God are we gonna be
with the brethren are we going to go
do the things at the right hand
that's sanctified wants to do are we
gonna go work the works of God with
that sanctified right hand are we
gonna go with the left are we gonna
go to the places that the right hit
that right foot wants to take us get
into the house of God go out soul
winning go out and do the works of God
are we gonna go out and do the works
of the flesh are we gonna follow the
old man or the new man which one's
it gonna be you have to choose
there's the old man and then there's
the new man there's also what the
outward man right and the inward man
the Bible again makes this division
between our two natures that are in
us the new man which is the the
inward man that unseen spiritual man I
mean brother court when you're telling
me that you're a new creature in Christ
that all things are new but you're not
looking so new I mean I look at you
you look just the way you did before
you got saved you know we keep talking
about that new body that we're gonna
get in Christ look it hasn't come yet
one look in the mirror should tell you
that you say I'm a new creature I
sure don't feel like it yeah because
it's the inward man that's new it's
the spiritual man that which cannot be
seen which is created new in Christ
Jesus if you would go over to if you
were in Romans go back to Romans
chapter 7 Romans chapter 7 the new man
is the inward the unseen the spiritual
man he said in Colossians 3 have put
on the new man which is renewed and
what in knowledge it's the
understanding it's the knowledge that
we have that's been renewed Romans
chapter 7 verse 21 I find that a law
that when I do good evil is present
with me Romans chapter 7 verse 22 for
I delight in the law to get a law of
God after the inward man it's the inward
man that desires to do the things of
God that that delights after the law
of God but the I see another law in
what my members usually talking about
his members is his body his physical
flesh I see another law my members
warring against the law of what my
mind look the inward man the unseen
is created in knowledge it's the thing
that's unseen it's the understanding
that we have it's the it and that it's
what wars against the old man in the
mind the inward man but I see it the
the the another law and my members
warring against the law of my mind
and bringing me into captivity
captivity to the law of sin which is
in what my members so the outward man
is our flesh the old man is your
flesh that body that carcass that we
have to drag around everywhere we go
that's the old man because it has not
been made new in Christ Jesus it
will be you know there is that new body
at the resurrection we will receive that
new body all things truly are made new
in Christ Jesus it's just that we
haven't received it yet but if you
would go over to 1st Peter chapter 3
1st Peter chapter 3 he said in verse
2nd Corinthians 4 for which cause we
faint not but though our outward man
perish yet the inward man is renewed
day by day this is what's so
frustrating with when you see Christians
who desire who want to just live after
the old man who want to just live
after the outward man who just want
to live for their members and for
the flesh because that's going to get
old and wear away and die say well
I'm just gonna you know I just I
just want to live for the flesh and
enjoy the seasons of the pleasures of
sin for a season and just you know
and just live for myself and be
selfish the rest of my life yeah
until you're old and you've been
living for the flesh and the flesh
the pleasures you know are not so
pleasurable anymore you've lost that
sense of taste the visions going the
hearing is gone and then what's there
to live for if we just live for the
flesh one day that flesh is just
going to get old and weak and
crippled and die and we'll have
nothing to show for it he said yet the
inward man is renewed day by day does
the inward man the spiritual man does
he wear out no never he's renewed day
day by day he's made new every single
day look you can get up and walk in
the spirit every single day of your
life until you die and then you'll go
in the spirit to heaven it's never
gonna go away it's always gonna be
there first Peter chapter 3 verse 1
likewise he wives being subjections to
your own husbands that if any obey not
the word they may also without the
word be won by the conversation of the
wives while they behold your chase
conversation coupled with fear who's
adorning let it not be that outward
adorning of plating of the hair and
wearing of gold or putting on of
apparel he's saying look you're you're
a you're a wife a Christian woman
who's married to an unbeliever and
you want to get him saved it's not
going to be about what you put on on
the outside it's gonna be about what's
on the inside that's gonna win him
over he's saying you know who's
adorning let it be not that
outward adorning of plating of the
hair of wearing of gold and of
putting on apparel if anything you're
probably just gonna make it more mad
like where'd you get all that stuff you
know you've been swiping my credit card
again right that's a bit of a joke
you say look that's that's what's
gonna win him over to Christ oh I
think of you a Christian because of
how nice you look that doesn't make
any sense but he says in verse 4 but
I let it be the hidden man of the
heart that inward man that new man
that new creature that is within which
is unseen which cannot be adorned with
you know physical objects but let it be
the hidden man of the heart and which
is not in that which is not corruptible
even the ornament of a meek and a
quiet spirit which is in the sight of
God a great price the world's not
gonna say it's a great price but
God's gonna look down and say that
meek and quiet spirit that adorning of
that inward man ladies is of a great
price so you know we are flying this
to everybody this morning which nature
are you going to adorn which
which nature are you gonna doll up every
day which which you know what nature
are you gonna live for who are you
gonna be more give put more time and
attention to you think about you know
the braiding of the hair and the
plating of hair and the putting on of
gold and costly peril and all these
things you know how much time are you
gonna spend in front of the mirror
dolling up that physical old man and I
don't care how good you make it look
it's still an old man it's still an
old nature it's still something that's
gonna wear out and get old and die and
become it's corrupt no matter how much
you know makeup you want to put on it
no matter how much you know jewelry you
want to put on know how matter how
much you pretty you want to try and
make it look it's still corrupt are we
gonna spend you know hours in front
of the mirror making that happen or we
gonna spend our time and energy
adorning that inward man we're gonna
make the inward man look good by you
know taking on the things of Christ by
trying to walk it with a meek and quiet
spirit by trying to do good and to
live for the Lord and on all of these
things look that's quite the adorning
too I can't go over everything this
morning about what that means that's
why we need to be in church that's why
we need to be in the Bible so we can
learn how to adorn the inward man but
you have to ask yourself which nature
are you gonna adorn the inward man
the secret man or the outward man
which everybody can see and you know
I'm just gonna make the statement you
know a lot of because I see a lot of
Christians that do this you know they
they they live for the outward man they
live for the flesh and then they
wonder why their life stinks you know
the reason why your life stinks is
because you're dragging around an old
corpse I mean it's just as ridiculous
you know spiritually speaking maybe just
as dumb as if I had a dead body
strapped my back and I got up and
like did you guys smell something what
is that smell it's that dead corpse on
your back that's what stinks why does
my life stink is a question because
you're living in a dead for the dead
corruptible flesh you're living for
the old man you're adorning him you
know you're trying to you try to put
some corpse down in some beauty chair
in front of some vanity and put
powder on it and lipstick it's a dead
corpse what's the point it'd be better
off adorning the inward man the new man
getting the old man off your back go
over to Romans chapter 6 we'll close
here Romans chapter 6 and look I'm
trying to make this point that this is
the point this morning this isn't a
one-off you're not just gonna kill
the old man once and that's it I'm
done you're gonna have to do this
every single day you want to live for
God you're gonna have to wake up
every single day and decide today I'm
living for God today I'm gonna read my
Bible today I'm gonna pray today I'm
gonna tell somebody about Christ today
I'm gonna go to church today I'm
gonna not give in to the lust of the
flesh you have to decide that every
day you can't just walk out of here
this morning so you know what brother
Corbin's right that's what I'm gonna
do and then wake up tomorrow and go
right back to the old man it
doesn't work that way it's a
continual mortification of the flesh
day by day that's what Paul said he
said I keep under my body and bring it
into subjection he didn't say hey I keep
my body under my body under I brought
it into subjection I did I took care
of that a long time ago I got over
the lust of the flesh I crucified the
old man and I've never had to deal
with it since no he said I bring it
into subjection let's by any means I
have preached others I myself should be
a castaway you say look it's still
possible for me to be a castaway if I
got even me the Apostle Paul if I
don't keep my body under it's still
possible that one day I'll be a castaway
even after I've preached all these
things to all these other people and
told them how they ought to live and
told them what they ought to do
according to the the word of God the
Spirit of God it's still possible for
me if I don't keep my body under to
become a castaway that tells me that
this mortification is putting off the
old man is something you have to
continually do for the rest of your
life now again it'll get easier the
more you starve that old man the
more you feed that new man more time you
spend adorning that that out the inward
man more than you do that outward man
the easier that battle will get but
will always be there that's why I said
in Romans chapter 6 verse 11 where you
are likewise reckon he also yourselves
to be dead and beat into sin and that
word reckon isn't like they use it
down south well I reckon right what
they mean but that reckon you go look
that up in the Old Testament Leviticus
and Deuteronomy other places it means
to count you would you would count
something right it means a reckoning
is a counting of something he's saying
you know sum it up here you know you
might as well just count yourself to
be dead indeed unto sin because guess
what you are dead indeed unto sin that
right hand that right ear that right
foot has been anointed by the blood
of Christ it's been sanctified into
the priesthood of the believers and
that's it's sealed on the day of our
redemption reckon yourselves that you
be in debt indeed unto sin but alive
unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord
and look if it was automatic then
verse 12 would make any sense let not
sin therefore reign in your mortal
body that you should obey it in the
lust thereof and I'm not saying this
morning I try to clarify this at the
beginning is that you're gonna reach
some sinless state of perfection as a
Christian that if you just you know
that if you crucify the old man long
enough that he just won't be there
anymore he'll always be there but you
know he won't be this big bloated
corpse that a lot of people have in
their lives you know he'll be in a
coffin off where he belongs he'll be
six feet under but always be there
he's saying let not sin therefore what
reign in your mortal bodies don't let
it reign we're always gonna say look
we're gonna slip up we're gonna do
things we shouldn't do we're gonna
have sin in our lives we're gonna
have to fight this struggle every day
and you know what sometimes we're
gonna fail you know if we confess our
sins and forsake our sins we'll have
mercy you know the every day you know
the blood of Christ Jesus Christ
they'll cleanse us from all sin we
just need to when that happens to say
you know what God I'm sorry I messed
up I sinned please forgive me help me
to walk in newness of life help me
to crucify the old man and go on
for Christ the problem is a lot of
times as Christians they get into sin
and they just completely backslide and
say well I committed that sin I might
as well just go all the way now I'm
worthless as a Christian no you're not
worthless you're just dealing with the
dual nature you're just dealing with
the fact that you have the old man
and the new man to contend with every
single day and some days are gonna be
better than others but what you don't
want to do is just to let sin reign
in your mortal body just let it take
over the lust of concupiscence don't
obey it in the lust thereof so look
God has made us priests by the blood
of Christ praise God for that and we
are sanctified on the day of our
redemption but I'm trying to get ahead
across to us this morning is that we
still have this unregenerate flesh
called the body to deal with to do
what with to mortify it that's the
challenge this morning are you gonna
walk in the right hand or left are
you gonna crucify that old man or
are you gonna keep feeding him you
know and it's it's gonna be a parent
to people around you which which person
you're feeding you know if you're not
living for God if you're not if you're
not for the about the things of
Christ you know we'll watch that old
man just grow in your life and we'll
understand well that's what happens
when you feed the old man well look
don't let that be said of you this
morning need to mortify the flesh
crucify the flesh live and it's not
just like well now I'm just I
crucify the flesh and now I don't get
to have to get to do anything it's
like no live for Christ and the
things of Christ will become more and
more pleasing the more and more you do
them there'll be more satisfaction more
joy in the Christian life the further
you you get away from the old man
but you have to make a decision this
morning of who you're gonna live for
not just this morning but tomorrow
morning and the morning after that
and the morning after that who you
gonna live for the old man or the
new man the inward man or the out
man are you gonna walk in that left
hand or that right hand let's go
ahead close and a word of prayer