A Discourse of Mortification, by Stephen Charnock.
Channel: Take Up The Cross
Date: 2018-02-02

A Discourse of Mortification, by Stephen Charnock.

And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.
~ Galatians 5:24

That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;
~ Ephesians 4:22

But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.
~  Colossians 3:8

Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;
~ Titus 2:12

Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
~ 1 Peter 2:11

And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees
~ Matthew 3:10a, Luke 3:9a

For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live. — Rom. VIII. 13. 

"2. Nothing but the death of sin must content a renewed soul. The sentence is irreversible: die it must. No indulgence to be shown to it, no lighter punishment than death; not the loss of a member, but the loss of its life. The axe must be laid to the root, and the knife must be held to the throat. The devils are restrained by the power of God from many sins, which cannot therefore be said to be mortified. As nothing but the death of Christ would satisfy the justice of God, so nothing but the death of sin must satisfy the justice of the soul.

"3. ‘Do mortify.’ The time present. Whence observe, as sin must have no pardon, so it must have no reprieve. No such mercy must be extended to it, as to give it a moment’s breathing. Dangerous enemies must be handled with a quick severity. If we do not presently kill sin, it may suddenly suck out the blood of our soul."

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