Colossians
3:1-11Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
The Life
of the New Man
3 So if you
have been raised with the Messiah, seek what is above, where the Messiah is,
seated at the right hand of God. 2 Set your
minds on what is above, not on what is on the earth. 3 For you
have died, and your life is hidden with the Messiah in God. 4 When the
Messiah, who is your life, is revealed, then you also will be
revealed with Him in glory.
5 Therefore, put to death what belongs to your
worldly nature:[b] sexual
immorality, impurity, lust, evil desire, and greed, which is
idolatry.6 Because of these, God’s wrath comes on the disobedient,[c] 7 and you
once walked in these things when you were living in them. 8 But now
you must also put away all the following:
anger, wrath, malice, slander, and filthy language from
your mouth. 9 Do not lie to one another, since you have
put off the old self[d] with
its practices 10 and have put on the
new self. You are being renewed in knowledge according to the image of
your Creator. 11 In Christ[f] there
is not Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian,[g] slave and free; but Christ is all
and in all.
Questions:
1.
What does living a new life mean to you?
A. ???? Look at verse 1-4
2.
Who is the Messiah and what does it mean?
A. The
anointed one, Christ. This title carried
overtones of political power. Only after the resurrection did the disciples see
how Jesus was truly a royal Messiah.
3.
What does it mean to be seated at the right hand of God, and to
seek it?
A. It means
to look for what is Holy from above, to not waste time on Earthly things.
4.
What does it mean to put away all the yucky stuff?
A. It mean
that you need to be renewed in the knowledge according to your Creator, God. We
need to put away the old self and put on the new self.
5.
What does this mean to put off your old self and put on the new
self?
A. It means
we have to leave our life of sin and put on a new life of righteousness. We need to do this daily. It’s not a one-time thing. All day every day, 24-7, even holidays. We
need to die to sin and renew our life with Christ. It’s not easy.
6.
Don’t live a life that no longer fits you. The world is always trying to tempt you, to
change your behavior. Don’t let Satan
take control. You are a new
creation. Follow Christ with every
decision you make.
