Paul here exhorts the Colossians to meditation upon the heavenly life.
Vrs 1 If you are a Christian your focus should be on the things that Jesus loves, will they always be? No, and that is why Paul needs to remind them and us. “Ascension of our mind”
Vrs 2 Man’s Philosophy and Religion will always distract from a Jesus centered life.
“Why do we have a problem with setting our mind on things above?”
Many times in life when our needs are met we do not seek out what we truly need.
The more we get our needs met by this world the less we feel the need for God
These ar not only sinful things…Good things can distract us from focusing in on Jesus and His purpose for us. “Hug Quota”???
“I don’t know what I would do, with no Christian friends?”
Vrs 3 Your Old self died, you are no longer the same person now that you trust in Christ.
“Hidden” two issues
Issue 1. If you think this is really life you are sadly mistaken (connects to verse 4)
Vrs 4 But when Christ, our life, shall appear. This will be the manifestation of our life. John Calvin
Issue 2 The inner change is invisible to others, no one can see what happens on the inside. So living a life that is obedient to Jesus shows others the inward change.
Therefore because this inner change is invisible…
Vrs 5 Mortify (Kill off) Puritian John Owen wrote an entire book called “The Mortification of Sin”
Why? “which is idolatry” much of our sin is wrapped up in what we worship. We are putting these things before Jesus (talk about each)
Vrs 6 “You love the things that are bringing about God’s Wrath” We a Christians escape the wrath but Paul is saying that it should be a constant reminder in our lives that sin is serious business to God and we should also take sin in our lives seriously and be concerned about it. Remember who took that wrath GOSPEL
Vrs 7 that was who you were so don’t act like that anymore, you are new.
Some things that bring out the old self…
1. Stress
2. Suffering
3. Pride
4. Feeding the sin (the more you sin the more you desire sin)
5. Identity crisis, We are damaged goods so we act like damaged goods,
Three reasons
1. Wallow in past sins … alcoholic, drug user, temper issues, honesty,
2. Think they can’t have victory over it. Its too hard, its who I am…
3. Others will not let them out of it… You are…abused
Remember Jesus is our Expiation means to cleanse, that means when He paid the price He washed all that stuff away. Whether it was a sin committed by you are something that happed to you.
A result of pursuing a sinful things is that our speech and attitudes are affected.
Vrs 8-9 Speech and attitudes that Christians should not have, because it is not pleasing to the Lord.
Anger-
Wrath-
Malice-
Blasphemy-
Filthy Language-
Lying-
These are attitudes that the world has or things the world says.
Vrs 10 We are new so act like new, we treat new things different don’t we? New Car ill ill
The New-When you have Jesus in your life, what happens is that this New Life starts to break out of the old one. Things that were appealing become disgusting and things you though you would never want to do you desire to do.
I want to…help people, read God’s Word, go to church or a bible study, volunteer for a ministry
We should be taking on the character of Jesus, He is our role model, hero and master
Vrs 11 therefore treat one another like something new, Jesus saves marriages, relationships, financial situations. Because as He has made us new we should treat one another in new way. When you get a new car.
Barbarian- person who did not speak Greek
Scythian-uncultured person from region around the Black Sea
Jesus has to be over Mans Philosophy, Religion and our Old Self in order to be Master of our lives.
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