Colossians 3:1-11 / Luke 6:20-26
We know that we should avoid anything that is not good for us.
And depending on the degree of the severity, then we will adopt the corresponding attitudes.
So for foods that we will react to with allergies, we will avoid, no matter how delicious or tempting they are.
But for the curiosity or addiction to substances, drugs or alcohol, we will have to resist and fight it.
In the 1st reading, St. Paul used a strong word when it comes to temptations to sin.
He used the word “kill”, as he says this: You must kill everything in you that belongs only to earthly life – fornication, impurity, guilty passion, evil desires, greed.
That word obviously is used in the metaphorical sense, but it also shows the severity of sins.
It is either we kill the sin, or the sin will kill us.
And when sin kills us, we die a spiritual death in darkness and decay.
But when we follow the teachings of Jesus and walk in His ways, then we will find our strength in Him.
By His death on the Cross, Jesus was victorious over sin and death.
We will share in the victory of Jesus when we are obedient and faithful to Him.