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The other day I was doing some work in the technology booth and went to clean up after myself.
I grabbed a Vacuum cleaner from the nursery closet and started my housekeeping shuffle.
It was not working well and I was getting frustrated at it.
I would go over a piece of lint three or four times before it disappeared, and then it seemed like the vacuum was making more a mess that it was helping.
I eventually decided it was good enough, and went to shut the machine off only to notice that the hose that connected the head of the vacuum was hanging loose.
I don’t know how it was cleaning anything at all.
It may have been simply launching all the dust out of my field of view.
I felt silly.
I was getting frustrated with this vacuum cleaner when it was my own fault.
I wasn’t using it the way it needed to be used to work properly.
Consider how differently my experience would have been if I had simply engaged the hose.
Or consider
Farmer who buys a corn planter.
fills the seed box with corn.
and drives around his field without ever engaging planter.
He’s going to be pretty disappointed in the fall when he has no crop.
He’s there, in the field, but he’ not engaging his machinery to do the work of planting.
A Christian who simply attends church and doesn’t engage in corporate worship (specifically congregational singing) is not unlike a someone who forgets to plug in the hose to a vacuum or engage the planter
However
Christians who do the hard work of enthusiastic and engaged singing reap a harvest of blessings for Christ’s church and for themselves.
Chapter 3 really connects to a concept he’s giving in chapter 2:20
Chapter 3 really connects to a concept he’s giving in chapter 2:20
If you’ve died with Christ to this world, don’t think that your growth comes from your obedience to strict ascetic standards.
“don’t handle, taste, touch”
Paul is showing his contempt for these kind of regulations.
Growth is from the Spirit of God.
If you’ve died with Christ to this world, don’t think that your growth comes from your obedience to strict ascetic standards.
Growth is from God. Asceticism may seem like it has wisdom to keep you from indulging the flesh (or your old self) but they have no power to do so.
Your substance (what really matters in this world) belongs to Christ.
The substance of life 2:17 (what really matters in this world) belongs to Christ.
It is not difficult to find examples in Jewish religion of these strict laws of what you can and can’t do.
Asceticism and ritual adherence to these regulations may seem wise enough to keep you from indulging the flesh (or your old self),
but they have no power to do so 2:23.
Where does this power come from to keep us from indulging the flesh?
The power to WALK IN HIM? (2:6) - This is what Christians desire.
When we believe the Gospel - that anyone who turns from their sin and believes in Jesus to save them, they are forgiven and will live with God forever.
…it is important for us to remember what eternity is all about.
It is NOT simply about pearly gates and streets of gold, the tree of life, and no more tears.
It is about dwelling with God, and God dwelling with us.
There we will be his people, and God himself with be with us as our God.
Christians want to know God and be close to him.
So let’s take that as the backdrop for what Paul will say in 3:1-17 - As you read along in your Bible, glance at the graphic handout that shows the flow of chapter 3 to help you put it all in context.
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If you’ve been raised with Christ.
If you’ve been raised with Christ.
If you’ve been raised with Christ.
2:6 - as you recieved Christ, walk in him…rooted, built up in him, established in the faith.
Paul is not saying ‘maybe you’ve not been raised with Christ’
but
‘of course you are…so consider your new life in Christ’
I’m about to say something that hinges on your perspective of eternal life
If your identity is wrapped up in eternity with God...
Seek - things above - Pursue a heart that is FIXATED on eternity
v2 Set your mind - THERE…on dwelling with Christ
Set the course of your life in this direction.
v2 Set your mind - THERE…on dwelling with Christ
So you gauge whether your decisions are good or bad based on whether they are taking you toward that goal of living with God forever.
You’re a ship travelling to a specific point.
Are your choices to turn a bit this way or that taking you toward your goal?
When the waves toss your ship, are you correcting your course to keep at your target or are you taking the easy path?
v3 you’ve died to sin…and alive to Christ.
What really matters: Your eternal life: is preserved from God’s wrath with Jesus in heaven.
So keep focusing there.
Your eternal life: is preserved from God’s wrath with Jesus in heaven.
So keep focusing there.
Your eternal life: is preserved from God’s wrath with Jesus in heaven.
So keep focusing there.
How do I do that?
What does that look like?
v5 Put to death the worldly things in you... sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry,
anger, wrath, malice, slander, and obscene talk from your mouth.
Lying to one another.
sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.
v6 God’s wrath is coming because of these things.
Why do our lives include some of these things when these are the very things God saved us from?
And they are the very things that would condemn us forever apart from the grace of God.
Now we Christians have no need to fear eternal wrath from God because Jesus has paid for all of these sins.
Our life is hidden with Jesus.
so we need to continually eradicate these things from our lives …or
v9 You have put off the old self
That way of living, indulging our selves on worldly pleasures, is over.
instead
v10 Put on the new self - BEING renewed into the image of Jesus (no matter what your race, age or gender)
Sanctification - the working of the Spirit in our lives to make us more into what we were created to be - perfect worshippers of God.
Sanctification doesn’t happen because we are doing good things,
but we do good things more and more often because we keep listening to the Spirit and following his direction.
This looks like us choosing to...
v12 Put on (as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved,) compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, long suffering, forgiveness.
v14 and above all LOVE
as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, 13 bearing with one another
-binds everything together in perfect harmony
Our world loves the idea of perfect harmony…and if we just got rid of all the guns and love each other, the world would be as one and we’d all be happy.
The problem is that the world is full of sinners like you and me who are incapable of selfless love without the grace of God.
We need a perfect king to come not to regulate our lives and weaponry, but fix our hearts.
We want the world to just lay down their weapons and agree with us.
Paul alludes to the love we’ve experienced before he mentions it in v14?
Did you notice where?
v12 What is the title Paul calls Christians in v12?
CHOSEN ONES ; holy and beloved.
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