Perishing The Old Man

Monday, June 28, 2021

In Psalm 83:17 David says, "Let the wicked perish." It seems very harsh, "let the wicked perish." What about love your enemies? Where's forgiveness and compassion? The Bible says that the old self is corrupt, evil, wicked and it should perish. The sooner it perishes, the better. So it's a holy thing to want the wicked to perish as long as we're talking about ourselves. We should all pray let the wicked perish, let the wicked old man perish, let my old self perish as quickly as possible. Our old self was crucified with Messiah, but it is still up to us to reckon it dead, perished. It starts when we hate it with a holy hatred, not against people ever, but against sin and the old self. Some sins never die until we get so fed up with them that we actually hate them. The old self won't either until we get so tired of it that we actually hate it. David was right. We can say it about our own old self, our old life; let the wicked perish starting with me.

From Message #453 - The Power Of Perishing