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Two weeks ago, we finished Colossians chapter two.
We understood that we are complete in Christ and there is not one thing that He has left incomplete in our salvation and there is no one else that we have to answer to.
Everything centers on Jesus.
In Colossians three, Paul discusses Sanctification.
It is not accomplished in trying to keep rules as he warned us about at the end of chapter two, but in answer to our calling in Christ.
When we are called into a relationship with Jesus, it includes a radical change of mind which produces a desire to be like Christ and at the same time different from the world.
Remember that when Paul uses “if then” in this way he is not asking a question - it is a statement.
Since you were raised with Christ.
When we come to salvation we are no longer dead, but alive and alive in Him.
Colossians 2:
Since we were raised in Christ - we have two things that Paul instructs.
There are two commands found in theses verses.
The first is to seek those things which are above.
It deals with our treasure and thus our hearts.
This deals with our desires.
What is it that we hope for, trust in, live for - pursue?
The things we hold dear.
The second is to set our mind on things above.
They are similar but slightly different.
We are to also delight in the things above.
Because it is where Christ is seated, it deals with His kingdom.
We are to focus on matters related to the rule of Christ in our world.
While we live in a place that is not the Kingdom, we also live in the Kingdom.
We are passing through this place and should not allow it to occupy our thoughts and dreams.
Instead, we proclaim by our living and our words what it means to live in the Kingdom of Jesus Christ.
While we live in a place that is not the Kingdom, we also live in the Kingdom.
We are passing through this place and should not allow it to occupy our thoughts and dreams.
Instead, we proclaim by our living and our words what it means to live in the Kingdom of Jesus Christ.
When we come to Christ we are called away from earthly things.
We are called to life.
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In verse one, Paul reminds us that we are resurrected with Christ.
and here in verse three he reminds us that we also died in Christ.
If we died in Christ, we now live in Him as a new creation.
Our lives are now hidden with Christ in God.
Some people believe that here Paul is talking about us being safe in God through Christ, but Paul is addressing how we an live and here is the source of our living - it is Christ alone!
The source of our life is Jesus.
He enables us to do be and to do what we should.
He Himself encourages us to seek Him and His Kingdom.
Paul declares this to us in verse four.
Christ is now hidden from the eyes of the world and yet one day he will be revealed to all.
We may be dead to the things of the world, but when Christ is revealed, the source of our lives will be revealed with Him.
Why we do the things we do, why we live the way we live, will be made known when we are revealed in Christ.
Many suffer today because of their faith and yet, one day those who did not understand the reason for their suffering will know that it was for Christ!
The values that we live with and the pursuit of the Kingdom will be revealed in Christ and it will be a great day for those of us in Christ Jesus, but a terrible day for our friends who see Jesus finally for Who He Is.
They will know Jesus as Lord and they will know that they have lived their lives apart from Him.
While we will be vindicated, they will be judged.
So now, we continue to live lives worthy of Christ and share the Gospel that our friends may also know Him and be called from death to life.
For now, our lives are hidden in Christ.
We are misunderstood, belittled, and persecuted.
We are looked down upon and made fun of, but one day - it will change as Christ is revealed - This is just a reason for us to keep our minds and our hearts on the things above.
Paul now turns his attention to how we are to live and he begins with things that should be discarded by those who would be the Sons and Daughters of God.
Colossians 3:
Paul begins with us putting to death our members.
This seems unnecessary - if we have died with Christ we are already dead.
This is a spiritual reality.
All those in Christ have died and are now alive in Christ.
Paul begins with us putting to death our members - that includes our flesh - our bodies and worldly thinking.
This seems unnecessary - if we have died with Christ we are already dead.
This is a spiritual reality.
All those in Christ have died and are now alive in Christ.
Paul declared in
The spiritual reality is sure - but we are still commanded to put to death our members.
Our position of being In Christ must now be worked out in us daily.
We continue on with our flesh and even though we are positionally in Christ and alive in Him, our flesh lives on and we are to put them to death.
Once we are dead to sin, we continue to put to death the things that have a way of coming back up in our flesh.
When we see our flesh rise up in us we are to lay it back on the cross and not allow it to live on.
Preach and Missionary
Preach was not out there sinning - as we may think about it, but his flesh was directing his thoughts and attitudes and they were not from Christ.
Her point to him was that he needed to be dead.
Look again with me at these verses
Paul begins with a list of five sins related to personal actions.
Four of them are consistently referred to in Scripture as sexual sins.
To that list he adds covetousness.
Perhaps he begins with sexual sins because of the importance of marriage and the picture that it is of our relationship with Jesus and the Church.
Marriage is the closest thing we have to the relationship we have in Jesus.
When we think about our sins in this way, and apply them to Jesus and His church, we see how inappropriate they are for us as God’s Sons and Daughters.
Fornication - illicit sexual intercourse - sexual expression outside of the marriage covenant.
If we apply this to Jesus and His relationship with the Church.
This would mean we can find intimacy with God in ways other than through Jesus.
We know that this is not true - but that is the picture we find in sex outside of marriage.
The idea that we can find intimacy outside of God’s plans is a lie sent to destroy what God desires for us!
Uncleanness - general impurity.
Passion - lust - strong desire.
Ok in accordance to God’s word, but unchecked it leads to misdirected fulfillment of our desires.
Evil Desire - selfish desires
Covetousness - this is the longing for something that belongs to someone else - or something that we have not yet possessed.
Idolatry - causes us to live for selves - our passions - our desires.
All these things have self as the common denominator.
We do this for us.
Not for others, not for God, but to fulfill our own desires.
Sexual sin is a sin against ourselves, our relationships with others, and our relationship with God.
And, they are a part of our former life and in verse six, Paul reminds us that this is why the wrath of God is coming and once again reminds us that that was how we once lived.
Paul turns to another group of five sins.
This list is more social in nature.
They also destroy relationships.
We are called to live in community together.
The Bible says that they will know we are Christians by our love but these things work to divide and destroy relationships.
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