Category: Colossians 3
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The Holy Umpire
Colossians 3:15 “And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts . . . And be thankful.” Do you know that Christians have an umpire who regulates their behavior? We are told about it in the verse above which tells us that we are to let the peace of God rule in our hearts. That word…
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Relationships
Colossians 3:18-24 “Wives . . . Husbands . . . Children . . . Fathers . . . Bondservants . . . You are serving the Lord Christ.” How wonderful would be our interpersonal relationships if we took the words of Colossians 3 above to heart. If we call ourselves followers of Christ, our relationships…
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Pressing On
Colossians 3:17 “And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.” The Christian life is a very high calling. No matter how long a person has known Christ, and no matter how closely they have walked with Him, there…
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The Indwelling Word
Colossians 3:16 “Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God.” God often uses very interesting language to get His point across to us in His Word. In the verse above He does…
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Renewed
Colossians 3:9-10 “Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old self with its practices and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator.” One of the harsh realities of physical life is that day by day we just get older and older. Often little children look forward…
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A Glorious Example
Colossians 3:12-14 “Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony.” One of the most amazing statements of the…
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Some New Clothes!
Colossians 3:5-14 “Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. On account of these the wrath of God is coming. In these you too once walked, when you were living in them. But now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and obscene talk from your mouth. Do not…
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Racism
Colossians 3:9-11 “you have . . . put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator. Here there is not Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, free; but Christ is all, and in all.” Racism. We hear about it all the time. It seems every day we hear words…
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The Other Guy?
Colossians 3:5-7 “Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. On account of these the wrath of God is coming. In these you too once walked, when you were living in them.” One of the possible tendencies when we read the Bible is to think it is speaking…
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Spiritual Death – and Life
Colossians 3:3 ”For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.” Everyone has two natures. It’s just a fact of how God created us. There is a physical nature and a spiritual nature. At the creation, both of these natures were consistent in that they were both alive. God breathed life into Adam…
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