SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 4/27/2017
10:19 PM
My Worship Time Focus: Intro to
Colossians 3:9b-17
Bible Reading & Meditation Reference: Colossians
3:9b-17
Message
of the verses: “since you laid aside the old self
with its evil practices, 10 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- 11 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. 12 So, as those who have been chosen of God, holy and
beloved, put on a heart of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and
patience; 13 bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, whoever has a
complaint against anyone; just as the Lord forgave you, so also should you. 14
Beyond all these things put on love, which is the perfect bond of unity. 15 Let
the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one
body; and be thankful. 16 Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you, with
all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and
spiritual songs, singing with thankfulness in your hearts to God. 17 Whatever
you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through
Him to God the Father.”
Today seems to be the day for introductions as we already
did one from John’s gospel in our morning SD, and so we do one now in our
evening SD. John MacArthur entitles this
13th chapter of his commentary on the book of Colossians “Putting on
the New Man” and as noted it covers 3:9b-17 as it seems that things changed
right in the middle of verse nine. I
think it best to quote from MacArthur commentary as it is only two paragraphs
long.
“You can tell a lot about
people in our society by the way they dress.
From baseball players to bus drivers, from postal carriers to policemen,
people wear the uniform of their profession.
Who we are determines what we wear, and failing to ‘dress the part’ can
sometimes have embarrassing consequences.
Many years ago a very wealthy man in a Southern California town was found
wandering around the local country club wearing shabby clothes. He was promptly seized by the country
club. He had failed to dress consistent
with who he was.
“That is precisely Paul’s
point in 3:1b-17. Christians must dress
themselves spiritually in accordance with their new identity. They have died with Christ and risen to new
life. Salvation thus produces a
two-sided obligation for believers.
Negatively, they must throw off the garment of the old, sinful
lifestyle, as Paul pointed out in 3:5-9a.
Positively, they must put on the lifestyle of the new man. To do that, they must understand the
position, progress, partnership, performance, perfection, and priorities of the
new man.”
The last sentence with the
six items listed in it will be what we will be looking at over the next several
Spiritual diaries. 4/27/2017 10:35 PM
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