111223...“Put Them All Away”...Colossians 3:7-9

“Every block of stone has a statue inside it and it is the task of the sculptor to discover it” -Michelangelo

2 Corinthians 5:17...“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come”

2 Corinthians 3:18...“And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord (Jesus), are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.”

Philippians 2:12-13...“Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure.”

Ephesians 1:11...“In him we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the
counsel of his will”

Romans 11:34-35...“For who has known the mind of the Lord, or who has been his counselor? Or who has given a gift to him that he might be repaid?”

Colossians 2:23“…they are of no value in stopping the indulgence of the flesh.”

God Transforms Your Life Spiritually As You: (3:1-4)
-Seek the things that are above V.1
-Set your mind on things that are above V.2
-Live the reality that death is behind you V.3
-Live the reality of Christ’s return for you V.4

Sermon In A Sentence:Once you walked in sin because you could not stop sinning; but now you must put off sin because, in Christ, you can.

Because The Wrath Of God Is Coming Against These: (3:5-6)
-Put to death the sin of sexual immorality
-Put to death the sin of impurity
-Put to death the sin of passion
-Put to death the sin of evil desire
-Put to death the sin of covetousness

Colossians 3:7-9...“In these you too once walked, when you were living in them. But now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and obscene talk from your mouth. Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old self with its practices”

Sermon In A Sentence:Once you walked in sin because you could not stop sinning; but now you must put off sin because, in Christ, you can.

Put These Away From You, Because, In Christ, You Can:
-Put off the sin of anger
-Put off the sin of wrath
-Put off the sin of malice
-Put off the sin of slander
-Put off the sin of obscene talk

“Let no unwholesome word proceed from your mouth, but only such a word as is good for edification” -Ephesians 4:29

“Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.” -James 3:10

“But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness.”
-2 Timothy 2:16

Matthew 15:11...“What goes into a man's mouth does not make him `unclean,' but what comes out of his mouth, that is what makes him ‘unclean.'"

Put These Away From You, Because, In Christ, You Can:
-Put off the sin of anger
-Put off the sin of wrath
-Put off the sin of malice
-Put off the sin of slander
-Put off the sin of obscene talk
-Put off the sin of lying

Matthew 5:21-22, 27-28...“You have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not murder; and whoever murders will be liable to judgment.’ But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will be liable to judgment.”

“You have heard that it was said ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart.”

Sermon In A Sentence:Once you walked in sin because you could not stop sinning; but now you must put off sin because, in Christ, you can.