Colossians 3
1 Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.
2 Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.
3 For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.
4 When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.
5 Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry.
6 Because of these, the wrath of God is coming.
7 You used to walk in these ways, in the life you once lived.
8 But now you must also rid yourselves of all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips.
9 Do not lie to each other, since you have taken off your old self with its practices
10 and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator.
11 Here there is no Gentile or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave or free, but Christ is all, and is in all.
Big Idea:
is made new by the resurrection of Jesus.
is our new love because of the resurrection (v. 1).
Being raised with Christ leads us to
him (v. 1).
“And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts….” —Romans 5:5
“We love because he first loved us.” —1 John 4:19
Because we love him, we
to love what he loves (“set your hearts”).
Our new love for Christ causes us to
from what we used to love.
We love Christ instead of
.
“If anyone comes to me and does not hate… even their own life—such a person cannot be my disciple.” —Luke 14:26
“Love…. is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.” —1 Corinthians 13:4-5
We love him instead of this
.
“Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in them. 16 For everything in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—comes not from the Father but from the world.” —1 John 2:15-16
“This is my command: Love each other. If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first.” —John 15:17-18
We love him instead of loving
.
“No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.” —Luke 16:13
Our new love for Christ leads us to love
things.
We love
because we love Christ.
“Whoever has my commands and keeps them is the one who loves me. The one who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love them and show myself to them….Anyone who loves me will obey my teaching. My Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them. 24 Anyone who does not love me will not obey my teaching.” —John 14:21, 23-24
“Love… rejoices with the truth.” —1 Corinthians 13:6
“They perish because they refused to love the truth and so be saved.” —2 Thessalonians 2:10b
We love other
because we love Christ.
“If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love…. 12 My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you…. This is my command: Love each other.” —John 15:10-12, 17
“We love because he first loved us. 20 Whoever claims to love God yet hates a brother or sister is a liar. For whoever does not love their brother and sister, whom they have seen, cannot love God, whom they have not seen. 21 And he has given us this command: Anyone who loves God must also love their brother and sister.” —1 John 4:19-21
We love God’s
and .
“Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above….” —Colossians 3:1
“But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness….” —Matthew 6:33
We love Christ’s
because then we will be with him.
“Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day—and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for his appearing.” —2 Timothy 4:8