Kay Cude Poetry: Mortification of Sin
By Elizabeth Prata
All by Kay Cude, poet. Used with permission. Right click the image to see larger in new tab, or read below.
LOOKING INTO THE EYES OF THE SIN OF THE FLESH
BY Kay Cude, February 26, 2018
How do we guard our hearts if our flesh becomes the lone sentry?
How do we make wise decisions if we are its fountainhead of wisdom? How do we walk righteously if our pathway is no longer narrow?
How do we abide in Christ as His branch if we believe we are the Vinedresser?
How do we judge Scripturally if we are practicing hypocrisy?
How do we trust God’s instruction if we are dubious that in all things it applies to us?
How do we forgive a trespass if we secretly harbor anger and vengeance?
How do we discern rightly if we rely upon feelings and experiences instead of the leading of the Holy Spirit through the study of God’s Word?
BY Kay Cude, February 26, 2018
“So then, brethren, we are under obligation, not to the flesh,
to live according to the flesh–for if you are living according to the flesh, you must die; but if BY THE SPIRIT you are putting to death the deeds of the body, you will live.” (Romans 8:12-13)
“But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not carry out the desire of the flesh. For the flesh sets its desire against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; for these are in opposition to one another, so that you may not do the things that you please. But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the Law. Now those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.”
Galatians 5:16-17, 24
THE NECESSITY OF MORTIFICATION
“Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth. Do you mortify; do you make it your daily work; be always at it whilst you live; cease not a day from this work; be killing sin or it will be killing you.” John Owen, 1616-1683.
