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Paul has already addressed the philosophy crowd and the religion crowd and now turns his attention to the secular, hedonistic crowd.
Adopt A Heavenly Focus, 1-4
A Reasonable Proposition, 1
If you were raised with Christ
Then you seek those things which are above
An Elevated Mindset, 2
“Set your mind” literally take thought of or concentrate on
“above” literally in a higher place
A higher spiritual place (specifically a heavenly or godly place, not a vaguely spiritually higher)
A higher moral path, the path walked by Christ and laid out for His followers
A higher existential objective, we realize our existence is ultimately there, not here
A Persuasive Reason, 3-4
We died with Christ
Our life is buried in Christ
Our appearance will be with Christ
The picture is of a seed: planted in the ground where it dies and is buried but eventually blossoms in the glory of the sun.
The person we were and the life that we had was the seed of what we will become.
Kill the Zombies in Your Life, 5-7
“Therefore” 5a.
This is in response to the reality of our position in Christ, not a prescription for attaining it
What are we to kill?5b.
Our earthly members, the parts of us that are rooted in this earthly system.
Fornication - sexual immorality (of any kind)
Uncleanness - obsessive immorality that becomes increasingly vlulgar
Passion - something we love or desire enough to suffer for it
Evil Desire - similar to lust
lust is a desire for anything God does not desire for us
Evil desire is a desire for things that are actually evil or that God has forbidden us
Covetousness, which is Idolatry (because we put “stuff” between us and God)
God’s wrath is coming upon those who practice these things, 6
These things define our old life, not our new life, 7
Take Off Your Dirty Clothes, 8-11
“put off” 8a.
Literally take off like you would dirty clothes
Our laundry list, 8-9
anger
strong spirit of dislike or animosity
vengeful spirit
settled feeling of hatred
wrath - intense form of anger involving violent outbursts
malice - wicked conduct toward another with the idea of harming his person or reputation
blasphemy - usually angry or hateful language directed at God, this is angry or hateful language directed at other people
filthy language - language that is lewd or generally corrupt.
Think Zombie talk
lying
We have new, clean clothes, why would we wear old, dirty clothes?
We should be renewed in knowledge - cleaned
This idea of living a life that is consistent with being a follower of Christ is, or should be, normal for followers of Christ.
And, it’s not relegated to any particular demographic, it is as universal as the offer of salvation.
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