Spritual Firing Squad
Colossians 3:1-6
Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory. Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry. Because of these, the wrath of God is coming
The Bible is not circumspect. At no point does God hint. Even so, this passage is like a slap in the face with a sea bass. God tells us to think about... No, that is not strong enough. God commands us to dwell on Heavenly things.
Put to death whatever belongs to your earthly nature. God is commanding us to execute parts of our nature. Look at that list; sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed. All of us, every single one, is subject to all of these. Some people, have better handle on it than others. Some just seem to.
This is going to be covered by more than one post. Here, I've laid out the command. Tomorrow, I am going to look at the implementation. This tells us to summon our spiritual firing squad. Next, we need to know where it is coming from.
Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory. Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry. Because of these, the wrath of God is coming
The Bible is not circumspect. At no point does God hint. Even so, this passage is like a slap in the face with a sea bass. God tells us to think about... No, that is not strong enough. God commands us to dwell on Heavenly things.
Put to death whatever belongs to your earthly nature. God is commanding us to execute parts of our nature. Look at that list; sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed. All of us, every single one, is subject to all of these. Some people, have better handle on it than others. Some just seem to.
This is going to be covered by more than one post. Here, I've laid out the command. Tomorrow, I am going to look at the implementation. This tells us to summon our spiritual firing squad. Next, we need to know where it is coming from.
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