Michiana Covenant Presbyterian Church

[Sung Psalm: 34] Paul has just said that we are not to live like the nations around us. The night is far gone; the day is at hand. We live in the hour between the resurrection of Jesus and the final resurrection of the dead. We cannot live in darkness – we cannot walk in the ways of darkness, in orgies, drunkenness, sexual immorality, sensuality, quarreling and jealousy. We are called to put on the armor of light – to "put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires." (13:14) There is no place in the Christian life for indulging the flesh. Paul is about to introduce the question of "adiaphora" – things indifferent – things about which Christians may disagree. But before this he has made it perfectly clear: there is no place in the Christian life for gratifying the desires of the flesh. We have freedom in Christ, but do not use your freedom for selfish reasons...