Colossians 3:5 - 11
Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire and covetousness which is idolatry. On account of these the wrath of God is coming. 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 and have put on the new self, which being renewed in knowledge after the image of the Creator. Here, there is not Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, free, but Christ is all and in all.
As we review verse 1 through 4 we see in those verses Paul is stating that there is a change that is within us if we have truly repented of our sins and have completely put our trust in Jesus as Lord. In Corinthians Chapter 5 verse 17 it states. "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ he is a new creation. The old has passed away, behold, the new has come".
In these next few verses Paul gives us a picture of what we are to have died to and what things are to be put behind us. These verses cover the heart of man. In Jeremiah Chapter 17:9 it tells us "The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked, who can understand it? We look around the World today and we see that these sins permiate our society everywhere. But does Paul say look around and see what everyone else is doing? No! The Bible says in verse 5 that we are to "Put to death what is earthly in us".
Sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire and covetousness! These are things that Paul states that "In these things you too once walked, when we were living in them". So instead of looking at everyone else let's look in the mirror. Are these sins part of our life. Do we continue to live the lifestyle of these laid out before us? These sins in verse 5 deal with purity in our lives.
In the World today we are so "sex saturated" in all forms of entertainment. TV, Movies, Books and Music! When the sin of sexual immorality is brought out it means all sexual sin. We are going through the battle of the definition of marriage trying to be redefined. But in the Garden of Eden God saw that is was not good for Man to be alone. So he brought unto Adam a wife in Eve created from a rib from his body. And God said "Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife and they shall become one flesh". So the standard has been set. God has Holy ordained the union between a man and a woman.
But before we start pointing fingers. Hetersexual sin is just as sinful as Homosexual sin. Any type of sexual immorality outside of the bonds of marriage is SIN! What are you watching on TV or looking at on your computer? How are you reacting to anyone of the opposite sex? In Matthew Chapter 6 verse 28 Jesus says "But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart".
Look what else Paul touches on. Anger, Malice, slander and obscene talk! What we must see is that there is a standard set of what is right and wrong, of what is sin. We don't base things off of what we want to be right and wrong to meet our selfish desires. Paul even goes a step further and calls them evil desires. We base all off God's standard of what is Holy and what is Sin.
In Verse 6 it says that "on account of these (sins) the wrath of God is coming". God is a God of Holiness, Righteousness, Love and Mercy. But he is also a God of justice. Because of this Holiness there has to be wrath against evil. But God is not looking down upon us from Heaven just waiting to punish us. His desire is that all be saved and that all walk in righteousness (2 Peter 3:9). These verses also show us that in his love and mercy he has provided us a way for forgiveness and that is through Jesus Christ his son.
These sins listed in this Chapter were put upon Jesus when he was on the Cross of Calvary. 2 Corinthians verse 21 states "For our sake he (God) made him (Jesus) to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him (Jesus) we might become the righteousness of God". In verse 10 it states that if we repent of our sins and turn away from, put them off, die to them and put on the new self we are renewed in the knowledge of the image of the Creator. It is through the convicting power of the Holy Spirit that we see how deviant sin is. How evil these things are that are mentioned in this Chapter. But, also we see how glorious and how wonderful and how merciful and how just God is and that brings us to the point of true repentance before God.
In Christ we are all one. There are no races, no nationalities and no one more important than the other. But it is the duty of all to be Holy, to bring glory to God the Father, because we are one in Jesus Christ. For it is only though his death, burial and resurrection are we reconciled to God.
In Christ Alone,
Dale A. Jennings
Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire and covetousness which is idolatry. On account of these the wrath of God is coming. 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 and have put on the new self, which being renewed in knowledge after the image of the Creator. Here, there is not Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, free, but Christ is all and in all.
As we review verse 1 through 4 we see in those verses Paul is stating that there is a change that is within us if we have truly repented of our sins and have completely put our trust in Jesus as Lord. In Corinthians Chapter 5 verse 17 it states. "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ he is a new creation. The old has passed away, behold, the new has come".
In these next few verses Paul gives us a picture of what we are to have died to and what things are to be put behind us. These verses cover the heart of man. In Jeremiah Chapter 17:9 it tells us "The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked, who can understand it? We look around the World today and we see that these sins permiate our society everywhere. But does Paul say look around and see what everyone else is doing? No! The Bible says in verse 5 that we are to "Put to death what is earthly in us".
Sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire and covetousness! These are things that Paul states that "In these things you too once walked, when we were living in them". So instead of looking at everyone else let's look in the mirror. Are these sins part of our life. Do we continue to live the lifestyle of these laid out before us? These sins in verse 5 deal with purity in our lives.
In the World today we are so "sex saturated" in all forms of entertainment. TV, Movies, Books and Music! When the sin of sexual immorality is brought out it means all sexual sin. We are going through the battle of the definition of marriage trying to be redefined. But in the Garden of Eden God saw that is was not good for Man to be alone. So he brought unto Adam a wife in Eve created from a rib from his body. And God said "Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife and they shall become one flesh". So the standard has been set. God has Holy ordained the union between a man and a woman.
But before we start pointing fingers. Hetersexual sin is just as sinful as Homosexual sin. Any type of sexual immorality outside of the bonds of marriage is SIN! What are you watching on TV or looking at on your computer? How are you reacting to anyone of the opposite sex? In Matthew Chapter 6 verse 28 Jesus says "But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart".
Look what else Paul touches on. Anger, Malice, slander and obscene talk! What we must see is that there is a standard set of what is right and wrong, of what is sin. We don't base things off of what we want to be right and wrong to meet our selfish desires. Paul even goes a step further and calls them evil desires. We base all off God's standard of what is Holy and what is Sin.
In Verse 6 it says that "on account of these (sins) the wrath of God is coming". God is a God of Holiness, Righteousness, Love and Mercy. But he is also a God of justice. Because of this Holiness there has to be wrath against evil. But God is not looking down upon us from Heaven just waiting to punish us. His desire is that all be saved and that all walk in righteousness (2 Peter 3:9). These verses also show us that in his love and mercy he has provided us a way for forgiveness and that is through Jesus Christ his son.
These sins listed in this Chapter were put upon Jesus when he was on the Cross of Calvary. 2 Corinthians verse 21 states "For our sake he (God) made him (Jesus) to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him (Jesus) we might become the righteousness of God". In verse 10 it states that if we repent of our sins and turn away from, put them off, die to them and put on the new self we are renewed in the knowledge of the image of the Creator. It is through the convicting power of the Holy Spirit that we see how deviant sin is. How evil these things are that are mentioned in this Chapter. But, also we see how glorious and how wonderful and how merciful and how just God is and that brings us to the point of true repentance before God.
In Christ we are all one. There are no races, no nationalities and no one more important than the other. But it is the duty of all to be Holy, to bring glory to God the Father, because we are one in Jesus Christ. For it is only though his death, burial and resurrection are we reconciled to God.
In Christ Alone,
Dale A. Jennings
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