Jeremiah Tipton urges believers to crucify attitudes and desires that conflict with Christ's nature: ego, anger, lust, manipulation, unforgiveness, cynicism. He calls for letting go of resentment and revenge to align with God's agenda instead of self-centeredness.
Ego needs to be crucified. The need to be esteemed and celebrated has to be crucified, at least if it conflicts with God's agenda for you. The fits of anger, they have to be crucified. That inclination toward perverse acts and lust, that has to be crucified. The tendency to exaggerate or embellish or tell lies or withhold information to manipulate the listener, that has to be crucified. The unforgiveness has to be crucified. Listen, I know you've been hurt. I know it was painful. And it can seem so just, can't it? It could seem so righteous to desire punishment for the people who offended us. We call it justice. The scripture calls it unforgiveness. Crucify that unforgiveness. Let it go. Well, David, you don't know what they did. Let it go. Well, they never apologized. Let it go. Put that on the cross. The doubts, the questions, put it on the cross. The cynicism, put it on the cross. Whatever it is that contradicts the nature of Christ, it needs to go on the cross.
