Happy Friday, everyone.

Today, we have a question from a listener named Mary.

Actually, I should say we have several questions wrapped up into one from Mary.

Here it is, Pastor John Hello.

I have a hard question and I'll articulate it as best as I can.

The Apostle Paul commands Christians to put to death, therefore, what is earthly in

you, sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil, desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.

We are to put these sins to death because, as Paul says, on account of these, the wrath of God is coming.

That's Colossians 3, verses 5 to 6.

We are commanded to die to sin impulses that remain in us, so something earthly remains in us,

and yet these same sin impulses, things like evil desires, warrant God's eternal wrath.

So is the ground of judgment the acting out of sins beyond merely harboring the impulse within?

Or is this very tendency in us a diminished but still present earthly desire towards sins a lure?

Also ground for eternal judgment, or is putting to death sin the complete eradication of evil desires from in us?

Or is it by grace tamping down those desires that will always be there,

but not acting out consistently on those impulses?

If so, how would that apply to not just the acted out sins, but specifically here to the evil desires?

Paul talks about, wow, I mean, what would you say to Mary?

My goodness, those are, those are five good questions.

I mean, I counted them with the other thing, oh my goodness, she's really overflowing with,

and they really are really quite good questions.

She asks, is putting to death sin the complete eradication of the desires?

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