Christ like Character

I.Introduction

At the end of the 2012 baseball season, many people expected the San Francisco Giants to put outfielder Melky Cabrera, who had been suspended for using a banned substance, on their postseason roster to help them make a run at a world championship. The team decided character was as important as production, and left Cabrera off the roster; they won the World Series anyway. In 2014 the Giants won another championship, and Bobby Evans, one of the men who makes key decisions for the club, says his goal is the same as it was in 2012: to honor Christ in all he does.Evans has been with the Giants since 2006, and though his title has changed, his job includes negotiating player contracts, helping to acquire free agents, and signing minor league talent. Evans says there can be pressure to be dishonest in some situations, but he wants to be known for being truthful. He said, “You want your life to point people to Christ. It starts for me with my own relationship with Christ. That’s going to direct and dictate what influence I have for Christ in my family, in my marriage, and in the workplace.”

A. Take off the Old

1. Characteristics of the old man

2. What do we deserve for these characteristics

B. Putting on the new man

1. Characteristics of the new Man

2. New man is for everyone

3. Encompass all.

C. Where do these charcterisitcs start being shown?

That’s going to direct and dictate what influence I have for Christ in my family, in my marriage, and in the workplace.” Bobby Evans

1. Marriage

2. Family

3. Workplace or the world

II. Take Off Old Man

A. Characteristics of the Old Man

1. Colossians 3:5–9

Colossians 3:5–9 NASB95

5 Therefore consider the members of your earthly body as dead to immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed, which amounts to idolatry. 6 For it is because of these things that the wrath of God will come upon the sons of disobedience, 7 and in them you also once walked, when you were living in them. 8 But now you also, put them all aside: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and abusive speech from your mouth. 9 Do not lie to one another, since you laid aside the old self with its evil practices,

2. Paul and sinning in Romans

3. Completely understand what sin is James 4:17

James 4:17 NASB95

17 Therefore, to one who knows the right thing to do and does not do it, to him it is sin.

B. Where these characteristics lead?

1. Colossians 3:6

Colossians 3:6 NASB95

6 For it is because of these things that the wrath of God will come upon the sons of disobedience,