Rom 6:6 Knowing this, that our old man (palaios) is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.
Palaios can be defined as a toothless, 150 year old, cane walking, nursing home, better yet, hospice residing, man. The particulars of this old man are that at the same time he is the cruelest of beings. He is a slave trader, better yet a slave master. His slaves are all the men and the women of this world, no matter what religion, color or age they are. The makeup of this old man is that he has, and is, a sin producing engine. He keeps human beings captured and blinded by releasing continual sin in them. He knows that that the only thing that can kill him is Christ and His cross, so he deceives people into hating Christ.
He has deceived humanity so much, that it spends trillions of dollars to keep him alive, beautify him, exalt him, and protect him. The only purpose for this old man was to be killed by the cross of Christ. Yet people would rather reject Christ and continue to keep this dude alive.
This old man is the sinful nature that every human being is born with. Only Christ inside the human can wipe him out.
Yet it will do anything to keep him alive and well, before coming to Christ so that He can “eighty six” him.
Ah, the price tag of keeping sin going is in the trillions, and yet most people will continue to pay it until Christ comes back and finally promotes good politics. But for those who finally want to get rid of this decrepit and evil man Christ is always ready and available to you.
