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Colossians 3:1-11
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.
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 rid yourselves of all
such things as these: anger, rage,
malice, slander, and filthy language
from your lips.
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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 Greek or
Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised,
barbarian, Scythian, slave or free,
but Christ is all, and is in all.
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1. Developing our true self does not
begin with our will… but with a new
life we now share in Christ.
Colossians 3:1-4
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.
‘I have been crucified with Christ; it
is no longer I who live, but Christ
lives in me; and the life which I now
live in the flesh I live by faith in the
Son of God, who loved me and gave
Himself for me.’ - Galatians 2:20
• We’ve died (3a)
• We’ve died (3a)
• Our life is hidden with Christ (3b)
• We’ve died (3a)
• Our life is hidden with Christ (3b)
• Christ is our life (4a)
John 14:6, Jesus said about himself:
“I am the way, the truth, and the
life…”
• We’ve died (3a)
• Our life is hidden with Christ (3b)
• Christ is our life (4a)
Colossians 3:11 (New Living Trans.) –
“In this new life, it doesn’t matter if
you are a Jew or a Gentile,
circumcised or uncircumcised,
barbaric, uncivilized, slave, or free.
Christ is all that matters, and he lives
in all of us.”
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We’ve died (3a)
Our life is hidden with Christ (3b)
Christ is our life (4a)
Christ will be manifest again as he
brings heaven to fully bear upon
earth… and we will appear with Him
in Glory (4c)
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We’ve died (3a)
Our life is hidden with Christ (3b)
Christ is our life (4a)
Christ will be manifest again as he
brings heaven to fully bear upon
earth… and we will appear with Him
in Glory (4c)
“…But we know that when he
appears, we shall be like Him, for
we shall see Him as He is.”
- 1 John 3:2
2. Developing our true self does
involve a process that requires our
will and work to embody (live out
of) the new life.
Verse 10 – ‘…put on the new self,
which is being renewed in
knowledge in the image of its
Creator…
‘Above all else, guard your heart, for
it is the wellspring of life.’
- Proverbs 4:23
The heart is the central place out of
which we process life… formed by
what we give ourselves to…and in
turn governs our behavior. It is
shaped by our choice of what we
give our greatest affections to…
which we internalize… out of which
our actions flow.
Psalms 62:5
‘Find rest, O my soul, in God alone;
my hope comes from him.’
Psalms 62:5
‘Find rest, O my soul, in God alone;
my hope comes from him.’
Psalms 103:1
‘Praise the LORD, O my soul; all my
inmost being, praise his holy name.’
Ultimately spiritual formation… the
development of our truest self… is the
development of our AFFECTIONS.
Matthew 6:20-21
“…store up for yourselves treasures
in heaven, where moth and rust do
not destroy, and where thieves do
not break in and steal. For where
your treasure is, there your heart
will be also.”
Examples of the fallen and false nature
Examples of the fallen and false nature
• Sexual immorality – sexual pursuits
that are relationally destructive
Examples of the fallen and false nature
• Sexual immorality – sexual pursuits
that are relationally destructive
 Impurity – that which does not honor
human dignity
Examples of the fallen and false nature
• Sexual immorality – sexual pursuits
that are relationally destructive
 Impurity – that which does not honor
human dignity
 Lust – that which flows from a
separation of our body and our being
Examples of the fallen and false nature
• Sexual immorality – sexual pursuits
that are relationally destructive
 Impurity – that which does not honor
human dignity
 Lust – that which flows from a
separation of our body and our being
 Evil desires - that which is corrupted
and not serving and satisfying our
deepest nature.
Examples of the fallen and false nature
• Sexual immorality – sexual pursuits
that are relationally destructive
 Impurity – that which does not honor
human dignity
 Lust – that which flows from a
separation of our body and our being
 Evil desires - that which is corrupted
and not serving and satisfying our
deepest nature.
 ‘Greed, which is idolatry’ – the selfish
possessiveness of either another
person or material wealth above God
Another set of desires …
Another set of desires …
 Anger - a continuous attitude of
hatred
Another set of desires …
 Anger - a continuous attitude of
hatred
 Rage – uncontrolled assaults of anger
Another set of desires …
 Anger - a continuous attitude of
hatred
 Rage – uncontrolled assaults of anger
 Malice – the root attitude of ill will;
hidden hatred of the heart
Another set of desires …
 Anger - a continuous attitude of
hatred
 Rage – uncontrolled assaults of anger
 Malice – the root attitude of ill will;
hidden hatred of the heart
 Slander – speaking that which
degrades another
Another set of desires …
 Anger - a continuous attitude of
hatred
 Rage – uncontrolled assaults of anger
 Malice – the root attitude of ill will;
hidden hatred of the heart
 Slander – speaking that which
degrades another
 Filthy language – speaking that which
is generally degrading
Another set of desires …
 Anger - a continuous attitude of
hatred
 Rage – uncontrolled assaults of anger
 Malice – the root attitude of ill will;
hidden hatred of the heart
 Slander – speaking that which
degrades another
 Filthy language – speaking that which
is generally degrading
 Lying to one another – breaking the
trust of honesty