PUTTING ON THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF CHRIST (10)
by Tim Melton
Scripture: Colossians 3:5-15
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Title: Putting On The Righteousness Of Christ (10)
Series: The Book of Colossians
Author: Tim Melton
Text: Colossians 3:5-15
In the previous verses, Paul has reminded these new believers, in the church in Colossae, that they have died and have been raised with Christ. Because of this they are to set their minds on the things that are above, not on earthly things. Paul then continues with these words in Colossians 3:5-7
5 Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. 6 On account of these the wrath of God is coming. 7 In these you too once walked, when you were living in them.
Throughout Paul's writings, he often states the deepest of theology but never leaves us there. He then comes back to how it should impact our everyday lives. That's what Paul is doing in these verses and what we should do as well.
Why is Paul instructing them to "put to death what is earthly in you" if they have already died to sin and to the world? Here we find once again an example of positional truth and functional truth. The now and the not yet. At times Paul talked of their position with Christ and at other times Paul talked about how they needed to live because of their position with Christ. They are dead to the world. They now need to live like it.
They, like we, all have our earthly ways, the ways of life that we had grown accustomed to when we did not know Christ. These are at times called our patterns of the flesh. The ways we tried to meet our own needs without Christ. They were our godless habitual ways to responding to or coping with life situations and trying to make life work, but now everything has changed, our need has been met, and we are in Christ. And yet, many times we continue, with our earthly, sinful, ways instead of setting out minds on the things above.
Once a believer had been given new life on the inside it was supposed to also bring about new life ...
Series: The Book of Colossians
Author: Tim Melton
Text: Colossians 3:5-15
In the previous verses, Paul has reminded these new believers, in the church in Colossae, that they have died and have been raised with Christ. Because of this they are to set their minds on the things that are above, not on earthly things. Paul then continues with these words in Colossians 3:5-7
5 Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. 6 On account of these the wrath of God is coming. 7 In these you too once walked, when you were living in them.
Throughout Paul's writings, he often states the deepest of theology but never leaves us there. He then comes back to how it should impact our everyday lives. That's what Paul is doing in these verses and what we should do as well.
Why is Paul instructing them to "put to death what is earthly in you" if they have already died to sin and to the world? Here we find once again an example of positional truth and functional truth. The now and the not yet. At times Paul talked of their position with Christ and at other times Paul talked about how they needed to live because of their position with Christ. They are dead to the world. They now need to live like it.
They, like we, all have our earthly ways, the ways of life that we had grown accustomed to when we did not know Christ. These are at times called our patterns of the flesh. The ways we tried to meet our own needs without Christ. They were our godless habitual ways to responding to or coping with life situations and trying to make life work, but now everything has changed, our need has been met, and we are in Christ. And yet, many times we continue, with our earthly, sinful, ways instead of setting out minds on the things above.
Once a believer had been given new life on the inside it was supposed to also bring about new life ...
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