ROMANS 8:13 " For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the flesh, you will live." You cannot sanctify sin. The residue left from the cutting away of your old sin-nature is called "the flesh" in the New Testament. It is that twisted ball of urges and impulses associated with your old way of living, thinking and acting. The "flesh" does all it can to collude with old sin-habits to try and keep them as active as they were before you became a new creation in Christ Jesus. It's always to same old demonic lie, "You really need something more than what God has provided for your living fully." Colossians 2:11-15 " When you came to Christ, you were “circumcised,” but not by a physical procedure. Christ performed a spiritual circumcision—the cutting away of your sinful nature. For you were buried with Christ when you were baptized. And with Him you were raised to new life...