Charles Spurgeon Commentary Galatians 5:24

"And they that are of Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with the passions and the lusts thereof." — Galatians 5:24 (ASV)

And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.

Condemned it to die, nailed it up to the cross, and kept it in a dying, mortifying posture.

And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.

It is not yet dead, but it is crucified. It hangs on the cross, straining to break away from the strong iron hold, but it cannot, for it is doomed to die. Happy indeed will that day be when it will be wholly dead.

And those who are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.

A crucified Christ is the leader of a crucified people. Oh, to have all the affections and lusts of the flesh nailed up!

They may not be actually dead, for those who are crucified may still live for some hours. But they are doomed to die; their life is a very painful one, and it is drawing to a close.

A man who is crucified cannot get down from the cross to do what he wants; and, oh! it is a great blessing to have our sinful self thus nailed up.

Ah, sir! You may struggle, but you cannot get down. You may strive and cry, but your hands and feet are nailed; you cannot go into active, actual sin.

The Lord grant that the nails may hold very fast, so that none of the strugglings of our old nature may be able to pull out those nails that have fastened it up to the cross!