The Triumphant Church

The Triumphant Church

The Bible speaks of uncleanness in relation to sins
of the flesh.
2 CORINTHIANS 12:21
21 And lest, when I come again, my God will
humble me among you, and that I shall bewail
many which have SINNED already, and have
not repented of the UNCLEANNESS and
FORNICATION and LASCIVIOUSNESS which
they have committed.
Notice the word "uncleanness" is linked with the
words "fornication" and "lasciviousness." Another
translation reads "impurity, sexual vice, and
sensuality."
There hasn't been much teaching on how believers
are to possess their "vessels" or bodies in sanctification
and honor. The Holy Spirit, abiding in the inward man,
dwells within the believer's vessel, his body. And God
has not called your vessel unto uncleanness, but unto
holiness.
Paul is preaching the same message to every
believer about sanctification. He uses different words as
he wrote to the various churches, but he's basically
teaching believers how to possess their bodies in
sanctification and honor so they can close the door to
the enemy.
COLOSSIANS 3:5
5 MORTIFY therefore your members which are
upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness,
inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and
covetousness, which is idolatry.
What does Paul tell believers to "mortify" or make
dead? The list sounds familiar: fornication,
uncleanness, inordinate affection, and so forth.