Death?

[Newman]

Originally Posted by Richard Perry

Death, do we understand it?

When the flesh goes the way of the grave, the fingernails and hair continue to grow. Even when the the life-blood is gone, cells continue to regenerate for a while.

What about death to sin? Do we really understand it? Some have no problem with new standards of living. Some claw and fight for personable liberties.

Is this a product of fading action from the carnal man? Or is it the symptom of the old man fighting for the old life. Is it eventually going to pass on when the new man is perfected, or is it a malady that will keep troubling them and others with bitter self-exalting.

What of the carnal man are they fighting for? The right to wear a suit like most of corporate America? The right to wear pants that define the shape of their legs when Biblical characters only wore robes? The right to shave their faces so they are as smooth as women's?

The right to get on the internet? The right to drive an automobile that the Amish realize has had a hugely detrimental impact on the family and moral purity?

Which of these things do they cling to as the old man gasps dying?