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What is Paul’s Goal?
To see these new believers succeed in living their Christian lives.
What is my goal in sharing this passage with you today,
To see you, and me,
to see, new and old believers,
future believes
succeed in living Christian lives.
Chapter 3 begins with Paul explaining how to do this.
I’ll first read from the Message version, which gives a good and clear for understanding,
Then as we go through the passage I’ll follow a more precise version of the bible.
That paraphrase gives us a good idea of what Paul intended his readers to get from this passage.
Remember
Paul begins the passage with a reminder of who the Colossians are in Christ
Paul here is again making reference to his illustration of Baptism,
going under the water in
death to self,
death to sin,
death to our sinful desires and that war with us
And being raised to new life in Christ.
Paul make a similar assertion in Romans 6:5 where he says
There is a call action here!
It is a call to the hope of the resurrection,
for each of us.
He says
set your hearts on the things that are in heaven
This doesn’t mean . . . .
set your heart on golden harps
new robes and
endless choir songs
This is where you just might ask yourself,
Would this action bring joy or shame to God?
WWJD What would Jesus Do?
I have had bracelets to remind me of such things but after a while I take them off.
Not because i don’t believe in that emphasis,
but because after about a month,
my skin does not like the rubber bracelet.
Whether we wear a bracelet or not,
we can have the attitude that asks
“Would this bring honer to Christ?”
or
“Would Would Jesus do?”
That is a way to set our hearts on heaven,
it’s setting our hearts on heavens point of view.
Likewise verse 2 talks about setting our mind on things above
Does that mean I can’t build a model with my kid,
because my mind has to be on things above?
?
?
No, of course not, but but there are worldly attitudes we can have and
heavenly attitudes we can have
that will help us grow and help the church,
the body of Christ grow.
Returning to his dead to sin and alive to Christ emphasis,
Paul says
Hidden with Christ in God
Hidden
Slowly
What does it mean to be hidden in Christ?
Pause
When we are hidden,
we are safe
we are protected from the enemy.
When Moses asked a favor of God, to see his presence, God needed to protect Moses (Exodus 33:20-23)
so He was going to set Moses in the cleft of a rock and cover him there with his hand, so Moses
a mortal man,
would not see the face of God and die.
Blind Fanny Crosby wrote a beautify song relating to this passage
A wonderful Savior is Jesus my Lord,
a wonderful Savior to me.
He hideth my soul in the cleft of the rock,
where rivers of pleasure I see.
Refrain:
He hideth my soul in the cleft of the rock
that shadows a dry, thirsty land.
He hideth my life in the depths of his love,
and covers me there with his hand,
and covers me there with his hand.
2 A wonderful Savior is Jesus my Lord;
he taketh my burden away.
He holdeth me up, and I shall not be moved;
he giveth me strength as my day.
[Refrain]
When we are hidden in Christ, we are SAFE in Christ, and
when Jesus Christ returns,
we will return with him, sharing in His glory,
if we have stayed in Christ
if we have died to sin and self
if we have been raised with Christ to new life in Christ.
Listen to verse 4
In order to be in Christ, three things need to happy:
Something has to be Removed
Something has to Replace it
and Rejoicing makes it complete.
Remove
This is where Paul explains what he means by earthly things
and it’s not necessarily, houses, cars and stuff.
Sexual Immorality is something so common today, many people feel no shame, even many Christians.
Indecency - some may say decency is a social idea, but
basically every society has some concept of decency.
An acquaintance of mine,
had been a ship captain in the South Pacific for many years.
Once, he shared that even on the South Pacific Islands that are topless,
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