Colossians 3:5-11
Dear Brethren,
Good Morning.
Change is a part of life. Every day of our lives, we face changes of one type or another. Some people do their best to avoid changes, but in the end, changes do come. The changes in some people's lives are as simple as changing clothes, eating habits, etc. But the changes in other people's lives can be as great as changing spouses, families, jobs, etc. There are times when change is good. There are also times when change is bad.
In our lives as Christians, there are changes that must take place if we are to be pleasing to God. First, we must walk away from the sinful life we lived before becoming Christians. Secondly, we must work to keep sin out of our lives. In his letter to the church in Colosse, Paul addressed this need to change. According to the apostle Paul, we are to put off (put out of our lives), "anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy language out of your mouth" and lying. The reason for this change is because we put on the "new man" when we were baptized into Jesus Christ. As a result, we must make the necessary changes within our lives.
Here is Colossians 3:5-11 presented for your consideration.
Colossians 3:5-11
5 Therefore put to death your members which are on the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.
6 Because of these things the wrath of God is coming upon the sons of disobedience,
7 in which you yourselves once walked when you lived in them.
8 But now you yourselves are to put off all these: anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy language out of your mouth.
9 Do not lie to one another, since you have put off the old man with his deeds,
10 and have put on the new man who is renewed in knowledge according to the image of Him who created him,
11 where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcised nor uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave nor free, but Christ is all and in all.
In Love,
John Duvall
Good Morning.
Change is a part of life. Every day of our lives, we face changes of one type or another. Some people do their best to avoid changes, but in the end, changes do come. The changes in some people's lives are as simple as changing clothes, eating habits, etc. But the changes in other people's lives can be as great as changing spouses, families, jobs, etc. There are times when change is good. There are also times when change is bad.
In our lives as Christians, there are changes that must take place if we are to be pleasing to God. First, we must walk away from the sinful life we lived before becoming Christians. Secondly, we must work to keep sin out of our lives. In his letter to the church in Colosse, Paul addressed this need to change. According to the apostle Paul, we are to put off (put out of our lives), "anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy language out of your mouth" and lying. The reason for this change is because we put on the "new man" when we were baptized into Jesus Christ. As a result, we must make the necessary changes within our lives.
Here is Colossians 3:5-11 presented for your consideration.
Colossians 3:5-11
5 Therefore put to death your members which are on the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.
6 Because of these things the wrath of God is coming upon the sons of disobedience,
7 in which you yourselves once walked when you lived in them.
8 But now you yourselves are to put off all these: anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy language out of your mouth.
9 Do not lie to one another, since you have put off the old man with his deeds,
10 and have put on the new man who is renewed in knowledge according to the image of Him who created him,
11 where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcised nor uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave nor free, but Christ is all and in all.
In Love,
John Duvall
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