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“Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him if a great millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea. And if your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than with two hands to go to hell,…

General Robert E. Lee, commander of the Confederate Army, surrender to General Ulysses S. Grant, commander of the Union Army, on April 9, 1865 at Appomattox Court House, VA. Lee’s surrender brought about the end of America’s bloodiest and deadliest conflict. However, fighting continued throughout the…

Paul has two major goals in his letter to the Colossians. Number one, Paul wants to encourage these believers that they might grow in their relationship with God IN CHRIST. Number two, Paul does not want these believers to be deluded by a man made system of artificial spiritual growth. And so with these…

——Please Open to Colossians chapter 3—— I wish to speak today of a matter of grave importance for the believer—one that is oft neglected. It is this – that the death and resurrection of Christ have necessary consequences in how we live our lives. You may say to me – “ this is obvious ,” to which I reply,…

On the Mortification of Sin Quitting a bad habit - smoking or drinking... You may quit cold turkey, but the desire is something you have to overcome and fight the rest of your life. You surround yourself with others who have broken the habit, to encourage you and hold you accountable, you find new and…

The Gospel today calls us to mortification. To die to self is to live in abandonment of what, “I want,” and trust in God who guides all creation in absolute, unstoppable, love. It is to take a stand, when tragedy strikes, and place our hope in God. Nothing is more important. When we live in grace, we live with trust, we set aside, frustration, blame, and anger and make a decision for joy. We remember that Jesus is Lord. His plan is what matters. Then, like Martha, we step forward in love, strength, and courage knowing that Christ loves us without measure and His way is perfect. Dying to self means that there is no second guessing and we let Christ fill us.

This portion of the letter to the Colossians provides practical instruction for sanctification which involves the mortification of our members.

Introduction Now this I say and testify in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their minds. They are darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, due to their hardness of heart. They have become callous…

Colossians 3:1-17 A new man Your old self has died You have been raised with Christ Your life is hidden with Christ This happened by the grace of God through faith alone The old man The old man is earthly There is no genuine heavenly-mindedness or godliness in him The sin of the earthly man Two lists:…

LESSON: Our dictatorship of feelings I think it comes as no surprise to anyone here that we live in a dictatorship of feelings. In less than a century we have abandoned the use of reason, a defining characteristic of the human person, and replaced it with the supremacy of emotion. We’ve gone from the…

Big Idea: The Lord is with you in your fight against sin: fight to the death.

They that have received of the Spirit of God have now become the children of God and ought to live accordingly.

We have a tendency to play around and dabble in the things that God has called us out of. Our refusal to put to death the sinful, earthly things lurking within us, will be the death of us. The death of our influence, our ministry, our peace, our happiness, our contentment. It's time to experience victory.

Introduction · Today, we return to Ephesians. Please turn to chapter 4. · Several years ago in Reader’s Digest, a dog trainer named Lori Andersen shared an interesting experience. She said, “As a professional animal trainer, I was disturbed when my own dog developed a bad habit . Every time I hung my…

Text: “ 29 If your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body be thrown into hell” ( ). Epiphany 6A Therefore choose life, that you and your offspring may live, 20 loving the Lord your God, obeying his voice…

Introduction I want us to discuss our sin, because I believe that God has a better life. He wants you to thrive, and He wants you to talk with Him. He wants you to live in holiness and see all that He is. Part of walking with Jesus is putting aside our sin, because He is better. If we are going to put…

Repentance is turning from sin to follow Christ.

Put Old Self to Death Put on New Identity Not Self Focused Fights for Peace Teaching and Singing to One Another Thanksgiving

LESSON: Sharing the triumph means sharing the Cross Today begins the Holiest week in the Church’s calendar, and as always we begin it with a liturgy that seems to contradict itself. We hear the Gospel of Our Lord’s triumphant entry into Jerusalem, and we follow it with the uniquely Roman liturgical tradition…

The Holy Spirit Adopts us into the Family of God and works in our lives to give assurance of relationship

Put Sin to Death

If we wish to life Life in the Spirit, then we must overcome our faults, particularly our predominant fault. We identify it by prayer and sincere self-examination. We fight against it by prayer, the particular examen, and a sanction.

Those who have experienced new birth by means of the word (gospel) must take off pre-Christian sinfulness and receive the implanted word (gospel) which will save you.

Our self-identity: Live at the Right Address, Wear the Right Clothes, Sing the Right Song

LESSON - No room at the inn The crèche or Nativity scene is a beautiful depiction of the mystery that we celebrate today. Our Lady and St. Joseph, with the shepherds and the animals adorning the newborn Christ in the manger. However, it is necessarily a static image, frozen in time at a moment, it is…