New Life in Christ

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Two Scripture verses give us a clear picture on how to live our New Life in Christ, the Life of Grace. First  of course is Colossians 3: 12 -17 . It introduces us to the programme, "New Life in Christ". It tells us of what  we are to discard, and what we have to put on. For that, we need to mind the things that are above, to think of heavenly things only, and to discard the earthy stuff. We must follow this pattern  because we have been raised with Christ and thus are sharing in His Resurrected life. So we have got to aim for Eternal Riches which are above!  As far as the world is concerned, we are "dead" , and our "New Life" is hidden with Christ ! 

So here it goes, the list of things to be discarded, and what to put on Colossians 3: 12 -17.

Things to be discarded:

A. of the flesh

1. Immorality

2. Impurity

3. Passion

4. Evil Desire

5. Covetuousness (greed) ..., which (ahem!!!) is nothing else but "Idolatry! 

B. Of the mouth

1. anger

2.wrath

3.Malice

4.Slander

5. Foul Talk.

Things to Put On:

1. Compassion

2. Kindness

3. Lowliness ( Humility)

5 . Meekness

6. Patience

7.Forbearance 

8. forgiveness

Above all these things, put on "Love"!!

http://www.knowhislove.com/?p=4016

The next Scripture is Ephesians 4: 17 -19.

17 Now this I affirm and insist on in the Lord: you must no longer live as the Gentiles live, in the futility of their minds. 18 They are darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of their ignorance and hardness of heart. 19 They have lost all sensitivity and have abandoned themselves to licentiousness, greedy to practice every kind of impurity.

Here is the amplified version:

17 So this I say and solemnly testify in [the name of] the Lord [as in His presence], that you must no longer live as the heathen (the Gentiles) do in their perverseness [in the folly, vanity, and emptiness of their souls and the futility] of their minds.

18 Their moral understanding is darkened and their reasoning is beclouded. [They are] alienated (estranged, self-banished) from the life of God [with no share in it; this is] because of the ignorance (the want of knowledge and perception, the willful blindness) that is deep-seated in them, due to their hardness of heart [to the insensitiveness of their moral nature].

19 In their spiritual apathy they have become callous and past feeling and reckless and have abandoned themselves [a prey] to unbridled sensuality, eager and greedy to indulge in every form of impurity [that their depraved desires may suggest and demand].