The Believer's Victory Over Sin: Victory Principles
Putting Off (Mortification) and Putting On (Vivification)
¨ Matthew 5:29-30—Gouge out/cut off/put off the offending member of your body.
¨ Matthew 7:24-27—Hear and put into practice God's Word.
¨ Luke 4:4, 8, 12—Use the Word to defeat Satan ("It is written").
¨ Luke 5:15-16—Like Jesus, often withdraw to lonely places and pray.
¨ John 8:32—Know the truth and the truth will set you free.
¨ John 15:4-5, 7, 10—Abide in Christ, Christ's Word, and Christ's love to bear fruit.
¨ Acts 2:42-47—Devote yourselves together to discipleship, worship, fellowship, stewardship, and ambassadorship.
¨ Romans 6:11—Count yourself dead to sin (hamartia), but alive to God in Christ.
¨ Romans 6:12—Do not let sin (hamartia) reign as a king in your mortal body (thnētō sōmati) so that you obey its lusts (epithumiais).
¨ Romans 6:13—Do not offer the parts of your body (melē—members of you) to sin as instruments (weapons) of wickedness.
¨ Romans 6:13—Present yourself to God as one already been brought from death to life and offer the parts of your body to God as weapons of righteousness.
¨ Romans 8:13—By the Spirit put to death the deeds of your flesh (sarx).
¨ Romans 12:1—Offer your body (sōma) as a living sacrifice holy and pleasing to God.
¨ Romans 12:2—Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world/age.
¨ Romans 12:2—Be transformed by the renewing of your mind.
¨ Romans 13:12—Put aside the deeds of darkness.
¨ Romans 13:12—Put on the armor of light.
¨ Romans 13:14—Clothe yourself with the Lord Jesus Christ.
¨ Romans 13:14—Do not think how to gratify the desires (epithumias) of the flesh (sarx).
¨ 1 Corinthians 9:24-27—Go into strict spiritual training, disciplining your spirit and body.
¨ 1 Corinthians 10:6-11—Keep from setting your heart on evil things.
¨ 1 Corinthians 10:14—Flee from idolatry.
¨ 1 Corinthians 11:1—Follow Paul's example as he follows Christ's example.
¨ 2 Corinthians 3:18—Be transformed by reflecting on the Lord's glory.
¨ 2 Corinthians 4:18—Fix your eyes not on what is seen and temporal but on what is unseen and eternal.
¨ 2 Corinthian 5:9—Make it the goal of your life to please God.
¨ 2 Corinthians 7:1—Purify yourself from everything that contaminates body and spirit, perfecting holiness out of reverence for God.
¨ 2 Corinthians 7:8-12—Repent with godly sorrow that produces godly responses.
¨ 2 Corinthians 10:3-7—Demolish imaginations and reasonings and take every thought captive to obedience to Christ.
¨ Galatians 2:20—See yourself as crucified with Christ, living by the faith of the Son of God.
¨ Galatians 3:11—Live by faith.
¨ Galatians 5:16—Walk in the Spirit and you will not fulfill the lust of the flesh (sarx).
¨ Galatians 5:18—If you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.
¨ Galatians 5:24—You have crucified the flesh (sarx) with its passions and desires.
¨ Galatians 5:25—Since you live in the Spirit, you should also walk in the Spirit.
¨ Galatians 6:8—Sow to the flesh (sarx) and you will reap corruption, sow to the spirit/Spirit and you will reap life everlasting.
¨ Galatians 6:9—Do not be weary in well doing since consistent sowing to the spirit/Spirit results in growth/fruit/reaping.
¨ Ephesians 4:1—Walk worthy of your calling.
¨ Ephesians 4:22—Put off in your lifestyle what Christ has already put off in your inner being (the old man).
¨ Ephesians 4:23—Be renewed in the spirit of your mind.
¨ Ephesians 4:24—Put on in your lifestyle what Christ has already put on in your inner being (the new man).
¨ Ephesians 5:1—Be an imitator of God.
¨ Ephesians 5:2—Walk in love.
¨ Ephesians 5:8—Walk as a child of the light.
¨ Ephesians 5:15—Walk wisely, not foolishly.
¨ Ephesians 5:18—Do not be drunk with wine, but be filled with the Spirit.
¨ Ephesians 6:10—Be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power.
¨ Ephesians 6:11-17—Put on the whole armor of God.
¨ Philippians 4:8—Think on pure thoughts.
¨ Philippians 4:13—Believe that you can do all things through Christ who strengthens you.
¨ Colossians 1:9—Be filled with the knowledge of God's will in all spiritual wisdom.
¨ Colossians 1:10—Walk worthy of the Lord.
¨ Colossians 1:10—Be fruitful in every good work.
¨ Colossians 1:11—Be strengthened with all might according to Christ's glorious power.
¨ Colossians 1:23—Continue in the faith, grounded and settled, not moved away from the hope of the gospel.
¨ Colossians 1:29—Labor, striving with all his power which so powerfully works in you.
¨ Colossians 2:6-7—As you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to walk in him, rooted and grounded in the faith.
¨ Colossians 2:18-19—Maintain connection with the Head/Christ, who nourishes you.
¨ Colossians 2:20—Since you died with Christ to the basic principles of the world, do not live according to them any longer.
¨ Colossians 3:1—Since you have been raised with Christ, set your affections on things above.
¨ Colossians 3:2—Since you have been raised with Christ, set your mind on things above, not on earthly things.
¨ Colossians 3:3-5—Since you died with Christ and were raised with Christ, put to death whatever belongs to your old way of life.
¨ Colossians 3:7-8—Rid yourself of your past lifestyle.
¨ Colossians 3:9—Since your old man (palaion anthrōpon) was taken off, put off its practices, its vices.
¨ Colossians 3:10-14—Since your new man (neon anthrōpon) has been put on, clothe yourself with Christ's virtues.
¨ Colossians 3:15—Let the peace of Christ umpire in your heart.
¨ Colossians 3:16—Let the Word of Christ dwell richly in you.
¨ Colossians 3:16-17—Admonish one another with all wisdom.
¨ Colossians 4:2—Devote yourself to prayer.
¨ 1 Thessalonians 2:12—Live a life worthy of the God who called you.
¨ 1 Thessalonians 3:11-12—Submit to the Lord as he makes your love increase.
¨ 1 Thessalonians 3:13—Submit to the Lord as he strengthens your heart.
¨ 1 Thessalonians 5:8—Since you belong to the light of Christ, put on faith and love as a breastplate and the hope of salvation as a helmet.
¨ 1 Thessalonians 5:11—Encourage and build others up.
¨ 1 Timothy 4:7-8—Train yourself to be godly.
¨ 2 Timothy 1:5-7—Fan into flame the gift of God that is within you.
¨ 2 Timothy 2:1-7—Endure hardship, compete according to the rules, work hard.
¨ 2 Timothy 2:20-22—Cleanse yourself from impure pursuits and flee evil desires so you can pursue righteousness.
¨ 2 Timothy 4:7-8—Fight the good fight of faith.
¨ Hebrews 5:14—Constantly practice the lifestyle of godliness so that you train yourself to distinguish good from evil.
¨ James 4:7—Submit yourself to God and he will give you more grace.
¨ James 4:7—Resist the Devil and he will flee from you.
¨ 1 Peter 1:13—Gird up the loins of your mind, prepare your minds for action.
¨ 1 Peter 1:13—Be self-controlled.
¨ 1 Peter 1:13—Set your hope on the grace given to you when Christ is revealed.
¨ 1 Peter 1:14-18—Since you are an obedient child in your new identity, don't conform to the former longings you followed in your past empty way of life.
¨ 1 Peter 2:1—Rid yourself of all malice, deceit, hypocrisy, and envy.
¨ 1 Peter 2:2—Like a newborn baby, crave pure spiritual milk.
¨ 1 Peter 2:11—Abstain from warring fleshly desires (sarkikōn epithumiōn).
¨ 1 Peter 4:1—Arm yourself with the attitude of Christ toward suffering.
¨ 1 Peter 4:2—As a result of being done with sin, do not live the rest of your earthly life for the desires of men, but rather for the will of God.
¨ 1 Peter 5:8-9—Be self-controlled and alert for your enemy the Devil is prowling about like a roaring lion seeking someone to devour. Resist him firm in the faith.
¨ 1 John 2:6—Walk as Jesus walked.
¨ 1 John 5:4-5—Though you battle the world, you have overcome the world because you are born of God. You overcome the world by faith.
Used by permission from Dr. Robert W. Kellemen, RPM Ministries, www.rpmministries.org.
