Setting One's Mind Above Christians have died with Christ in baptism and been risen with Him to walk in a new life (Colossians 2:12; Colossians 2:20; Romans 6:3-4). Because the Christian has risen with Christ, he should seek spiritual things instead of sensual (1 Corinthians 3:1-3). Christ rules in... [ Continue Reading ]
Putting to Death Earthly Thinking Having shown how the Christian is alive, Paul next turned to show what each member of His body must put to death, or mortify. Thomas suggest mortify means "to dig out by the roots, and utterly destroy." Notice, Jesus' followers die with Christ to become Christians... [ Continue Reading ]
Changing Clothes Since the Colossian brethren were dead to the world in Christ, Paul said they should put sin out of their lives. Anger and wrath both describe passions aroused when one is insulted or otherwise hurt by someone else's actions or statements. Apparently, one refers to short term and t... [ Continue Reading ]
The Christian's New Clothes The only way to keep sin's clothing off is to replace it with the new clothes of the Christian life (Matthew 12:43-45). Elect, holy and beloved are all terms used in the Old Testament to describe physical Israel as God's chosen people. Now, Christians comprise God's chose... [ Continue Reading ]
The Result of Putting on Spiritual Garments The result of putting on the spiritual garments Paul has spoken of will be an inner peace that allows one to remain calm when all around him is in confusion. Christians are called by the gospel to such peace in a united body of believers. All of which sho... [ Continue Reading ]
The Christian's Home It appears to this writer that Paul's words on the family are a special application of doing all in the Lord's name. In even the smallest of tasks, when two people work together someone must be in charge or direct the work. God ordained that the wife should yield to the authorit... [ Continue Reading ]
Instructions for Servants and Masters Paul has been criticized by some for not openly condemning slavery. However, the instructions he gave to slave and master must have hastened that terrible system's end. If a servant wanted to please the Lord, he would obey his master and do his work so as to be... [ Continue Reading ]