"Service takes a progressing precedent over focus and interest. And Christ becomes secondary."
Your old unrenewed self…becomes corrupt through lusts and desires that spring from delusion.
Deceit is the driving force of the Adamic nature. Eve was deceived, and Adam deceived himself and tried to deceive God. Deceit became their very identity.
The phrase in Ephesians 4:22, “deceitful lusts,” signifies lusts excited by deceit, of which deceit is the source of strength, not lusts deceitful in themselves (Vine’s Expository Dictionary).
In 2 Thessalonians 2:10, “all deceit of unrighteousness” signifies all manner of unscrupulous words and deeds designed to deceive. In Colossians 2:8, “vain deceit” suggests that deceit is void of anything profitable.
Finding the New You Is an Adventure #42 Pleasing to God #41 Eternal Value #40 Deny Self for Christ #39 The Self-focused Self #38 Desire is the Power to Follow #37 Only Love Will Truly Follow #36 Who Will Follow Christ? #35 The 'IF' of Following #34 Jesus Said, Deny Self #33 The Fact of Having Died in Christ #32 The Fact of Salvation #31 Cemented Sin, A Garment Only #30 One Problem, Not Many #29 Free of the Incessant Sin #28 The Perfecting of the Saints #27 The Fullness of Christ #26 Belong is the Word #25 That I May Gain Christ #24 Put on Fully the Glorious Christ #23 The Good Self Must Go #22 Possessed by Christ #21 The Victim Mentality Is Satan's Deception #20 Losing Our Soul-life #19 Whoever Loses Their Life for Him #18 The Spirit of Your Mind #17 What is the Lord's Joy? #16 Ready to Have Your Eyes Opened? #15 The Nature of the Old Self #14 Clothed with Humility #13 Possibility of Being Free #12 Discovery Not Improvement #11 Change is Revelation #10 Knowing Who Christ Is #9 How to Break the Conquering Grip #8 Lay Aside the Old Self #7 Utterly, Gloriously Free!