< Colossians 3 >

The apostle exhorts the disciples: “If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God”.vs.1-3Waiting for response for Colossians 3:1-3 The hope of all true disciples of Jesus is to receive eternal life when Jesus returns for “when Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory”.v.4Waiting for response for Colossians 3:4 In the meantime we are required to “mortify” the flesh v.5Waiting for response for Colossians 3:5 and eschew all the wicked practices prompted by sinful flesh vs.5-9Waiting for response for Colossians 3:5-9 which will bring the wrath of God on the disobedient v.6Waiting for response for Colossians 3:6 and which we may have practised before knowing God’s truth.v.7Waiting for response for Colossians 3:7

The disciples of Christ are new creatures in him, having “put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him”.v.10Waiting for response for Colossians 3:10 The old man produced “fornication, uncleanness, and lusts of various kinds” v.5Waiting for response for Colossians 3:5 as well as “anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy”, etc.v.8Waiting for response for Colossians 3:8 but the disciples have “put off the old man with his deeds”. v.9Waiting for response for Colossians 3:9 The new man has “put on bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering” v.12Waiting for response for Colossians 3:12 and the new creatures in Christ should forbear one another and forgive one another, even as Christ forgave us.v.13Waiting for response for Colossians 3:13 Above all things, members of the body of Christ should love one another, for love is the bond of perfectness.v.14Waiting for response for Colossians 3:14

The apostle also exhorted the disciples to “Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another” by this word v.16Waiting for response for Colossians 3:16 as well as to thank God for their privileged position in Christ.v.17Waiting for response for Colossians 3:17 To help them live lives acceptable to God, he also gave specific instruction to wives,v.18Waiting for response for Colossians 3:18 husbands,v.19Waiting for response for Colossians 3:19 children,v.20Waiting for response for Colossians 3:20 fathers,v.21Waiting for response for Colossians 3:21 and servants.vs.22-25Waiting for response for Colossians 3:22-25