Free Bible Commentary
“Colossians 3:5-11”
Categories: Colossians“Therefore consider the members of your earthly body as dead to immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed, which amounts to idolatry. For it is because of these things that the wrath of God will come upon the sons of disobedience, and in them you also once walked, when you were living in them. But now you also, put them all aside: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and abusive speech from your mouth. Do not lie to one another, since you laid aside the old self with its evil practices, and have put on the new self who is being renewed to a true knowledge according to the image of the One who created him—a renewal in which there is no distinction between Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave and freeman, but Christ is all, and in all.”
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When we crucified the old person of sin and buried him in the waters of baptism, we arose to walk in newness of life (Romans 6:3-6). Once we are reborn spiritually and come alive in Christ, we are to continually mortify the deeds of the flesh (Romans 8:23), and consider the members of our earthly body as dead to its sinful passions (verse 5). When we were “living in” these things we were dead to God and subjected to His righteous “wrath”.
But, if we are thinking clearly and are cognizant of just how disgusting a life filled with sinfulness is, we will readily “put them all aside” (verse 8), or rip them off like a dirty garment and fling them as far away from us as we possibly can! God condemns sexual sins and the lust for money in verse 5, and sinful thoughts, emotions and words in verse 8, and all “evil practices” in verse 9. Those were the thoughts, words, actions and traits of the old person that we crucified with Christ, and that we must never allow to revive and hold sway over our lives again.
And in case you haven’t noticed, that old guy doesn’t like to stay dead! If we want to successfully crucify and hold down the “old self,” we must work diligently to persistently replace those old, habitual, sinful practices with the wholesome and godly pursuits of the “new self” (verse 10). Lord willing we will look at characteristics of that new, blessed, living person tomorrow. But for today just know that the only way to recreate ourselves in the image of the Lord who created us is to be “renewed to a true knowledge” of His will for us.
That means that our Bibles cannot be just for show as props on the mantel and coffee table! Nose in The Book friends!!!
Please read Colossians 3:12- 14 for tomorrow.
Have a great day!
- Louie Taylor
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