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if you have your Bibles, turn with me this morning to Colossians chapter 3, Colossians chapter 3, as we continue on, and our study, through the Epistles, Somebody wants to ask you what what are the Epistles and sub you say will be the apostles wives.

But that's not true, they're just letters letters that Paul had written to these churches, the Church of glacier.

Church of Ephesus Church of Philippi Church of colossi.

He's riding through them and encouraging them to continue on in the faith to do the best they can in the world that they were living in.

And we look at the world that they were living and we we see what they had to contend with and what they deal with.

And we look at the world that we live in today seeing what we have to contend with and deal with and the question is what in the world was going on?

Because we look at our world today and there's a lot of things that we need to contend with.

There's a lot of things that we have to deal with when it comes to this Faith.

Walk with our Lord and Savior.

Jesus Christ.

The foundational Doctrine in chapters 1 and chapter 2 and now he's beginning to make the Life Application.

The Christian experience.

Here's what it's all about him chapter 3 in chapters 4. Truth is something to live as well as to learn.

So is Sherry the truth as to how to live this Christian Life how to be the Christian that we need to be not the way the world tells us to live.

It is the way that God says it's done so I can pick up in Colossians 3:1 Paul says this. if then you were raised with Christ, She scares me, I stretch my voice too much singing.

It's all Lisa's fault.

I blame her, right?

You're not here.

She was here earlier.

Then you were raised with Christ seek those things which are above at the right hand of God.

Here's a question.

I wanted to start out with this morning.

What are you seeking?

What is important in your life?

Today, I threw out that question last week with the blank.

If I just had more blank, my life would be fulfilled.

My life would be complete.

What is that blank to you?

What is it?

That is to go in that Lake?

Now week, we know as as Christians allowed to be cries if I just had more Christ, if I just had more of this relationship with him and this is what Paul is talking about.

But normally that's not the first thing that comes to our mind normally as well.

If I just had more money, my life would be complete if I just had more fun, my life would be complete her, whatever that is, and whatever that blank is that we fill, in.

Whatever that word that is, what becomes Our God or our Island.

That's what we need to be careful of that.

We do not put those things before Christ.

Is that something you were raised with Christ?

Seek those things which are above not the things down here?

Not the things of the earth, seek those things were that are above where Christ is sitting.

At the right hand of God verse to set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth for you died in your life, is hidden with Christ in God.

When Christ, who is our life appears, then you also will appear with him and Glory.

Therefore put to death your members, which are on the earth fornication, uncleanness an evil desires covetousness, which is idolatry because of these things are wrath of God is coming upon the sons of disobedience in which you yourselves once walked.

When you lived in that, let's pray father this morning.

As we open your word, help us to set, aside the things in our life, that's keeping us from serving you.

Help us a quinoa.

Paula Sherry to the Church of colosky in order to live is fulfilled Christian life.

The way that we should the had the piece that we truly really desire.

The piece that truly and only can truly come from you.

Father, you know, the needs in this life, you know, the birds on each hard.

We ask that you would help and guide and direct and open up the Avenues of life.

For those that are hurting this morning for those that are in a dark spot, maybe in their lives to just put those things aside and focus on the things that are above guide us, and direct us and your peace.

In Jesus name, we pray Amen.

So Paul begins here to the Church of clutches and listen, folks are some things in your life that you need to put the death are some things that you just need to kill off.

Be done with it and he shares what those things are.

He says that the here here's some things that we need to get rid of when we put to death these things.

In verse 5 put that in your members which are on the earth fornication on passion evil desires and covetousness which is idolatry.

Those are some important things to get rid of.

If we got rid of those things in our society, how much better would our society be? if we got rid of the, the fornication, if we got rid of the unclean us, if we got rid of the passion evilsizer, covetousness, Which is idolatry worried about, I got to have this, I got to have that the things that we desire over the things of God.

now, the reality of that is Not true reality, is it because we are a fallen people who desire Fallen things they all goes all the way back to the Book of Genesis with Adam and making those decisions for themselves above those decisions of what God has laid out for them.

Zane is in the world.

Death is entered into this world because of the sin of Adam and Eve.

And there for a week, we have to deal with these other things.

But Paul is saying to the Church of God in Christ, you have died to the old life.

And you are now raised to a new life, a better life, a higher life, get your eyes off of down here and get your eyes on the things of God.

Not the reason I got this mark on my head is because I was looking down here as I was walking forward.

And I didn't see this thing.

With a v on it.

And it hurt.

Now, I know you're so it will pass or what do you say when that happened will Trent was standing there and Dawson.

My grandson was standing there and I said, praise God how

I didn't say that.

I think I said something.

That hurt and turn those, are you okay?

I will be give me a week or two.

And Dawson like what happened?

So, I showed him the top of my head.

I mean if you saw his face last week it's not far apples.

Don't fall far from the tree, right?

Because I was not looking up.

I got a second by the things below.

Now, that doesn't mean when we're looking up, we don't get affected by the things up.

It's a world, we live in but I'm far better, be looking up.

I'd be better for off, better looking up to the things of God than looking at the things of the world.

Because you say, hey, when, when these things are there, these things bring an idolatrous that's because 46, is that?

Because of these things, the wrath of God is coming.

One, the sons are the children.

Disobedience.

Are you ready for the wrath of God?

We talked about that a little bit last week in the conversation with the young man, a week ago, about God and Jesus and the Holy Spirit.

And why do we focus on Jesus?

We forget forget the importance of God and then that's true.

We do.

Jesus is important.

but without God, There's nothing else without God.

God is a god of wrath.

He's a god of love.

We hear about that lot.

But we don't hear much about him being a god of wrath.

Cuz one day, he's going to pour His wrath down upon this world.

Do you think things are bad now?