Putting to death members which are on the earth requires killing self-centeredness through the elimination of fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness which is idolatry. This is a very strong directive meaning to kill rather than merely to practice an ascetic self-doctrine. The Christian must radically transform his life by shifting the focus from himself to God. Everything that keeps one from fully obeying God and surrendering to Jesus Christ must be spiritually excised. This covetousness serves as the driving force behind the zero-sum system in which one person's gain is of necessity another person's loss. We were in bondage to this system of disobedience but have been delivered from it to the magnificent way of outgoing concern and enhancement of creation.