1 00:00:01,199 --> 00:00:04,879 Welcome to Relentless Truth with John Warren, the 2 00:00:04,879 --> 00:00:08,160 podcast that extracts truth from a wide range 3 00:00:08,160 --> 00:00:08,904 of topics, 4 00:00:09,304 --> 00:00:12,105 revealing who God is, who we are, and 5 00:00:12,105 --> 00:00:15,384 how we relate to each other. Now, here's 6 00:00:15,384 --> 00:00:19,219 John with this week's powerful and practical insights. 7 00:00:24,125 --> 00:00:26,524 Welcome to Relentless Truth. I'm John Warren. It's 8 00:00:26,524 --> 00:00:27,824 good to be with you again. 9 00:00:28,364 --> 00:00:31,404 Please like, share, review, and subscribe to Relentless 10 00:00:31,404 --> 00:00:32,784 Truth. You can find us 11 00:00:33,200 --> 00:00:35,600 wherever you get your podcasts, or you can 12 00:00:35,600 --> 00:00:36,899 go to our website, johnmorrinmedia.com. 13 00:00:39,440 --> 00:00:41,359 Feel free to send along a comment there 14 00:00:41,359 --> 00:00:42,179 using our 15 00:00:42,484 --> 00:00:45,784 contact page or email me directly at john@johnmorrenmedia.com. 16 00:00:49,859 --> 00:00:52,659 Well, we are making our way through Paul's 17 00:00:52,659 --> 00:00:55,799 epistle to the Colossians to the Colossian church, 18 00:00:56,659 --> 00:00:59,914 and, we have reached chapter 3. This is 19 00:01:00,375 --> 00:01:02,475 a beautiful epistle on the, 20 00:01:03,174 --> 00:01:05,594 our completeness in Christ or 21 00:01:06,420 --> 00:01:09,959 perhaps said more theologically correctly, Christ's completeness. 22 00:01:10,739 --> 00:01:13,879 This is a a a chapter on Christology, 23 00:01:14,825 --> 00:01:17,645 the study of Jesus Christ our lord. 24 00:01:18,825 --> 00:01:21,405 And we've reached chapter 3, 25 00:01:22,119 --> 00:01:24,219 and it is it is just full of 26 00:01:24,759 --> 00:01:26,939 rich truth, and I'll I'll do the disclaimer 27 00:01:27,159 --> 00:01:28,060 that it is 28 00:01:28,359 --> 00:01:30,364 it is tempting to go on a rabbit 29 00:01:30,444 --> 00:01:33,484 trail with just about every sentence in this 30 00:01:33,484 --> 00:01:36,844 chapter. There's a podcast episode in every sentence. 31 00:01:36,844 --> 00:01:37,744 There's a sermon 32 00:01:38,489 --> 00:01:40,569 in every sentence in this in this chapter. 33 00:01:40,569 --> 00:01:41,230 For example, 34 00:01:41,689 --> 00:01:43,370 we start with verse 1. If then you 35 00:01:43,370 --> 00:01:45,069 have been raised with Christ, 36 00:01:45,765 --> 00:01:47,924 seek the things that are above where Christ 37 00:01:47,924 --> 00:01:49,545 is seated at the right hand of God. 38 00:01:50,084 --> 00:01:52,564 Now, just think about all the lessons we 39 00:01:52,564 --> 00:01:53,064 learn 40 00:01:53,444 --> 00:01:54,584 in that verse. 41 00:01:55,240 --> 00:01:57,180 If you've been raised with Christ, 42 00:01:57,640 --> 00:01:58,540 think about that. 43 00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:01,320 He he's he's been talking about these warnings 44 00:02:01,320 --> 00:02:03,180 and he just warned about asceticism. 45 00:02:04,555 --> 00:02:06,734 He's he's setting this this church straight 46 00:02:07,194 --> 00:02:08,174 on some problems, 47 00:02:08,634 --> 00:02:10,974 legalism, angel worship, and asceticism 48 00:02:11,354 --> 00:02:14,180 in the in the previous chapter, the the 49 00:02:14,180 --> 00:02:16,040 second half of the previous chapter. 50 00:02:16,980 --> 00:02:17,480 And 51 00:02:18,659 --> 00:02:20,260 and he's saying that these things that you're 52 00:02:20,260 --> 00:02:21,719 doing, there are no value 53 00:02:22,294 --> 00:02:24,634 in stopping the indulgence of the flesh. 54 00:02:25,894 --> 00:02:26,394 So 55 00:02:26,775 --> 00:02:29,974 he's referencing he's going back to verses 14 56 00:02:29,974 --> 00:02:30,715 and 15. 57 00:02:31,459 --> 00:02:33,299 He's going back beyond that, but I'm just 58 00:02:33,299 --> 00:02:35,139 gonna read those. I'm starting the middle of 59 00:02:35,139 --> 00:02:36,759 the sentence, which I shouldn't do, but 60 00:02:37,299 --> 00:02:39,175 by canceling the record of debt that stood 61 00:02:39,175 --> 00:02:40,854 against us with its legal demands, this he 62 00:02:40,854 --> 00:02:42,314 set aside nailing it 63 00:02:42,775 --> 00:02:43,594 to the cross. 64 00:02:43,974 --> 00:02:46,395 The previous part is God made 65 00:02:47,080 --> 00:02:49,560 alive together with him having forgiven us all 66 00:02:49,560 --> 00:02:50,299 our trespasses. 67 00:02:50,840 --> 00:02:52,519 He disarmed the rulers and authorities and put 68 00:02:52,519 --> 00:02:53,979 them to open shame by triumphing 69 00:02:54,519 --> 00:02:55,259 over them 70 00:02:55,705 --> 00:02:56,525 in him. 71 00:02:56,905 --> 00:02:59,724 He was not overcome, in other words, by 72 00:03:00,504 --> 00:03:02,205 by Rome, by the soldiers, 73 00:03:02,745 --> 00:03:04,205 by anyone in the process, 74 00:03:05,060 --> 00:03:06,040 Jew or Gentile. 75 00:03:07,460 --> 00:03:08,760 He gave himself. 76 00:03:09,780 --> 00:03:11,400 He surrendered himself, 77 00:03:11,995 --> 00:03:14,174 and that that's an important distinction. Well, 78 00:03:14,794 --> 00:03:15,534 by faith, 79 00:03:15,914 --> 00:03:17,694 Paul knows, Paul has been teaching 80 00:03:18,474 --> 00:03:18,974 that 81 00:03:19,550 --> 00:03:21,789 our sins are our record of debt is 82 00:03:21,789 --> 00:03:22,289 canceled, 83 00:03:22,909 --> 00:03:25,069 and and he's used this word ginosko and 84 00:03:25,069 --> 00:03:25,569 epiginosko, 85 00:03:26,030 --> 00:03:27,729 the word for knowledge or knowing, 86 00:03:28,555 --> 00:03:30,495 and and he's and and that's an intimate 87 00:03:30,555 --> 00:03:33,194 knowledge and understanding. We've talked about this many 88 00:03:33,194 --> 00:03:33,694 times. 89 00:03:34,314 --> 00:03:34,974 And so, 90 00:03:35,354 --> 00:03:38,020 he's he's saying if you're incorporated with him 91 00:03:38,020 --> 00:03:40,259 the way Paul describes it in in Romans 92 00:03:40,259 --> 00:03:42,020 6. Just just go back and read Romans 93 00:03:42,020 --> 00:03:42,520 6, 94 00:03:43,175 --> 00:03:44,935 and and you'll see that that he's talking 95 00:03:44,935 --> 00:03:46,794 about being incorporated. He's the word baptism. 96 00:03:47,254 --> 00:03:48,794 He's talking about being incorporated 97 00:03:49,175 --> 00:03:51,995 in Christ. Christ in us, us in him. 98 00:03:52,919 --> 00:03:54,219 And and this this just 99 00:03:54,840 --> 00:03:57,799 is so beautiful. If you've been raised with 100 00:03:57,799 --> 00:03:58,299 Christ, 101 00:03:58,919 --> 00:04:00,459 resurrected to new life 102 00:04:00,974 --> 00:04:01,715 with Christ. 103 00:04:02,974 --> 00:04:03,955 Seek the things 104 00:04:05,135 --> 00:04:05,875 that are 105 00:04:06,495 --> 00:04:06,995 above. 106 00:04:07,694 --> 00:04:09,840 This is a present imperative. This is a 107 00:04:09,840 --> 00:04:11,460 do this now and forever. 108 00:04:12,319 --> 00:04:13,379 Seek the things 109 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:15,620 that are above 110 00:04:16,319 --> 00:04:18,100 in heaven, he's saying. 111 00:04:18,914 --> 00:04:20,454 The the the cure 112 00:04:21,074 --> 00:04:22,995 for the sins of the flesh, he's just 113 00:04:22,995 --> 00:04:24,134 told us, is submission 114 00:04:24,834 --> 00:04:25,975 to the Holy Spirit. 115 00:04:26,595 --> 00:04:27,735 But now he says, 116 00:04:28,670 --> 00:04:31,069 if then you were raised with Christ. That's 117 00:04:31,069 --> 00:04:31,970 that's the idea. 118 00:04:33,069 --> 00:04:34,990 If then you have been raised with Christ. 119 00:04:34,990 --> 00:04:37,170 If if you were raised with Christ, 120 00:04:38,194 --> 00:04:39,014 and you have 121 00:04:39,394 --> 00:04:41,735 been, then seek the things that are above 122 00:04:41,794 --> 00:04:44,194 where Christ is seated at the right hand 123 00:04:44,194 --> 00:04:46,834 of God. We could go on and on 124 00:04:46,834 --> 00:04:47,814 about his 125 00:04:49,860 --> 00:04:50,839 being making intercession 126 00:04:51,300 --> 00:04:51,800 for 127 00:04:52,500 --> 00:04:53,399 for us. 128 00:04:54,740 --> 00:04:55,639 He he 129 00:04:56,164 --> 00:04:58,104 sits at the right hand of the father, 130 00:04:59,204 --> 00:05:00,985 interceding on our behalf. 131 00:05:01,764 --> 00:05:03,604 Then in verse 2, he says, set your 132 00:05:03,604 --> 00:05:04,004 minds 133 00:05:05,779 --> 00:05:06,839 this is an imperative. 134 00:05:08,019 --> 00:05:10,419 Set your minds on things that are above. 135 00:05:10,419 --> 00:05:11,939 He just said, seek the things that are 136 00:05:11,939 --> 00:05:14,439 above, and now he's reinforcing it. 137 00:05:15,615 --> 00:05:16,754 Set your minds 138 00:05:17,134 --> 00:05:18,835 on things that are above, 139 00:05:19,455 --> 00:05:22,194 not on things that are on the earth. 140 00:05:22,589 --> 00:05:25,310 Just keep in mind, constantly to tell yourself 141 00:05:25,310 --> 00:05:27,470 as we read this, as you study the 142 00:05:27,470 --> 00:05:28,289 book of Colossians, 143 00:05:29,470 --> 00:05:31,329 keep the audience in mind. 144 00:05:32,115 --> 00:05:33,795 They worship the things that were on the 145 00:05:33,795 --> 00:05:34,295 earth. 146 00:05:35,074 --> 00:05:36,855 Themselves, in the case of the gnostics, 147 00:05:38,035 --> 00:05:40,835 doing and being self sufficient, in the case 148 00:05:40,835 --> 00:05:41,495 of legalists, 149 00:05:42,259 --> 00:05:44,600 and in the case of ascetics, giving things 150 00:05:45,139 --> 00:05:45,639 up. 151 00:05:46,660 --> 00:05:47,160 So 152 00:05:47,939 --> 00:05:49,720 just important to keep that in mind. 153 00:05:50,845 --> 00:05:53,485 For you have died, verse 3, and your 154 00:05:53,485 --> 00:05:54,704 life is hidden 155 00:05:55,165 --> 00:05:55,985 with Christ 156 00:05:57,245 --> 00:05:57,985 in God. 157 00:05:58,889 --> 00:06:00,889 Hidden to the lost that is. Hidden to 158 00:06:00,889 --> 00:06:01,470 the world. 159 00:06:02,169 --> 00:06:03,709 It it it shouldn't 160 00:06:05,050 --> 00:06:07,165 cause us concern when people in the world 161 00:06:07,404 --> 00:06:09,004 wonder, scratch their heads and say, wow, why 162 00:06:09,004 --> 00:06:10,064 do you do that? 163 00:06:10,845 --> 00:06:12,365 What what do you mean you're in Christ 164 00:06:12,365 --> 00:06:13,985 and Christ is in you? 165 00:06:14,845 --> 00:06:16,305 If you start talking theology, 166 00:06:17,169 --> 00:06:18,389 the depths of theology, 167 00:06:19,250 --> 00:06:21,169 as Paul explains them in these books we've 168 00:06:21,169 --> 00:06:21,910 been studying, 169 00:06:22,689 --> 00:06:24,470 with a person who's not a Christian, 170 00:06:25,169 --> 00:06:26,949 they're gonna look at you like you're crazy. 171 00:06:28,035 --> 00:06:29,335 And there's a reason for that. 172 00:06:30,275 --> 00:06:31,095 The identification 173 00:06:31,555 --> 00:06:32,535 of the believer 174 00:06:33,395 --> 00:06:34,215 with Christ. 175 00:06:35,669 --> 00:06:36,169 So 176 00:06:36,550 --> 00:06:37,930 that that he would be in the believer 177 00:06:38,149 --> 00:06:39,990 and the believer would be in him is 178 00:06:39,990 --> 00:06:41,370 what Paul is talking about. 179 00:06:41,910 --> 00:06:42,410 So 180 00:06:43,564 --> 00:06:46,285 verse 4, when whenever would be a better 181 00:06:46,285 --> 00:06:48,225 word to use here, but, anyway, 182 00:06:49,164 --> 00:06:51,504 whenever Christ, who is your life, 183 00:06:52,399 --> 00:06:52,899 appears, 184 00:06:53,439 --> 00:06:55,600 then you also will appear with him in 185 00:06:55,600 --> 00:06:56,100 glory. 186 00:06:56,959 --> 00:06:58,500 When Christ who is 187 00:06:59,120 --> 00:07:02,004 your life, Christ is the very life of 188 00:07:02,004 --> 00:07:02,665 the believer. 189 00:07:03,685 --> 00:07:05,225 Spit the spiritual bread 190 00:07:05,685 --> 00:07:06,824 of of the believer. 191 00:07:07,580 --> 00:07:08,879 When Christ who is 192 00:07:09,420 --> 00:07:12,540 your life, that's that's the the source and 193 00:07:12,540 --> 00:07:14,379 the and the pattern is the idea if 194 00:07:14,379 --> 00:07:16,720 you look up those words in the Greek. 195 00:07:17,524 --> 00:07:18,904 When Christ who is 196 00:07:19,285 --> 00:07:21,225 the source and pattern of your life 197 00:07:21,925 --> 00:07:24,264 appears, then you also will appear with him 198 00:07:24,485 --> 00:07:27,830 in glory. He's talking about our future glory, 199 00:07:27,830 --> 00:07:29,430 and then he starts off with a therefore 200 00:07:29,430 --> 00:07:30,650 put to death therefore. 201 00:07:31,270 --> 00:07:32,569 So because of this, 202 00:07:33,110 --> 00:07:34,810 because you'll appear with him in glory, 203 00:07:35,524 --> 00:07:37,625 put off what is earthly in you. 204 00:07:39,444 --> 00:07:41,685 And this put to death, he says, put 205 00:07:41,685 --> 00:07:43,099 to death therefore. 206 00:07:44,279 --> 00:07:45,259 Mortify it. 207 00:07:45,719 --> 00:07:46,539 Kill it. 208 00:07:46,919 --> 00:07:49,979 Sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, 209 00:07:50,314 --> 00:07:52,175 and covetousness, which is idolatry. 210 00:07:53,514 --> 00:07:55,774 I I'm convinced that all of our sin 211 00:07:55,995 --> 00:07:58,415 is a certain type of idolatry that is 212 00:07:58,634 --> 00:07:59,694 placing something 213 00:08:00,300 --> 00:08:02,240 ahead of God if you think about it. 214 00:08:03,819 --> 00:08:05,520 All of our sin is idolatry, 215 00:08:06,300 --> 00:08:09,020 but some worse than others, and this list 216 00:08:09,020 --> 00:08:10,000 is pretty bad. 217 00:08:10,524 --> 00:08:13,665 Sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil, desires, and covetousness. 218 00:08:14,685 --> 00:08:16,764 Wanting what isn't ours is is kind of 219 00:08:16,764 --> 00:08:18,144 the theme through all of those. 220 00:08:18,569 --> 00:08:20,169 Verse 6, on account of these, the wrath 221 00:08:20,169 --> 00:08:21,149 of God is coming. 222 00:08:22,410 --> 00:08:24,410 In these, you too once walked, when you 223 00:08:24,410 --> 00:08:25,550 were living in them. 224 00:08:25,974 --> 00:08:28,055 But now you must put them all away, 225 00:08:28,055 --> 00:08:29,595 and he's gonna name some more. 226 00:08:30,055 --> 00:08:31,754 Anger, wrath, malice, 227 00:08:32,054 --> 00:08:32,554 slander, 228 00:08:33,014 --> 00:08:34,315 and obscene talk 229 00:08:34,774 --> 00:08:35,754 from your mouth. 230 00:08:36,679 --> 00:08:39,639 He's talking about putting aside negative behaviors, bad 231 00:08:39,639 --> 00:08:40,139 behaviors. 232 00:08:41,000 --> 00:08:43,639 This isn't a suggestion, these are imperatives. Verse 233 00:08:43,639 --> 00:08:44,940 9, listen to this imperative. 234 00:08:45,394 --> 00:08:47,014 Do not lie to one another. 235 00:08:47,394 --> 00:08:49,394 In my classes, I ask my students once 236 00:08:49,394 --> 00:08:53,174 we've established some trust, very loving, caring, smart, 237 00:08:54,009 --> 00:08:55,070 kind students. 238 00:08:56,250 --> 00:08:57,929 I I asked them, how many of you 239 00:08:57,929 --> 00:08:59,149 have never lied? 240 00:09:00,570 --> 00:09:02,649 In 10 years of teaching, about a 100 241 00:09:02,649 --> 00:09:04,875 students a year, no one's ever raised their 242 00:09:04,875 --> 00:09:05,375 hand. 243 00:09:05,914 --> 00:09:07,695 Do not lie to one another, 244 00:09:08,394 --> 00:09:09,995 seeing that you have put off the old 245 00:09:09,995 --> 00:09:10,495 self 246 00:09:11,220 --> 00:09:12,120 with its practices, 247 00:09:12,740 --> 00:09:15,160 and have put on the new self, 248 00:09:15,540 --> 00:09:18,500 which is being renewed in knowledge after the 249 00:09:18,500 --> 00:09:19,639 image of its creator. 250 00:09:20,835 --> 00:09:21,815 That's a mouthful. 251 00:09:22,995 --> 00:09:26,035 So he's using a clothing metaphor, having put 252 00:09:26,035 --> 00:09:27,174 off the new self, 253 00:09:28,330 --> 00:09:30,029 and he contrasts it with, 254 00:09:30,649 --> 00:09:32,429 having put on the new self. I'm sorry. 255 00:09:32,809 --> 00:09:34,570 Having put off the old self and put 256 00:09:34,570 --> 00:09:36,990 on the new self. It's it's a contrasting 257 00:09:38,014 --> 00:09:39,315 with old and new clothing, 258 00:09:39,855 --> 00:09:41,695 which is and Tim Challis does a good 259 00:09:41,695 --> 00:09:43,634 job of this in his book, virtual theology 260 00:09:44,414 --> 00:09:46,414 visual theology. I'm sorry. If you've never read 261 00:09:46,414 --> 00:09:48,559 that book, it's it's an easy read, and 262 00:09:48,559 --> 00:09:50,659 I would commend it to you. Tim Chalis 263 00:09:51,200 --> 00:09:52,339 is the author. 264 00:09:53,120 --> 00:09:54,960 He has a chapter on putting off and 265 00:09:54,960 --> 00:09:57,004 putting on 2 separate chapters. 266 00:09:57,625 --> 00:10:00,424 This word knowledge, being renewed in knowledge, doesn't 267 00:10:00,424 --> 00:10:02,264 that remind you of renewing your mind in 268 00:10:02,264 --> 00:10:04,684 in Romans 12? Well, it should, Romans 12:2. 269 00:10:06,170 --> 00:10:08,190 But look at this, that's that word epigynosis. 270 00:10:09,690 --> 00:10:12,350 That's that strong form of knowing with understanding 271 00:10:12,490 --> 00:10:14,029 intimacy, becoming 1, 272 00:10:15,065 --> 00:10:17,884 becoming united in him, which is 273 00:10:18,264 --> 00:10:19,785 having put on the new self, which is 274 00:10:19,785 --> 00:10:21,485 being renewed in knowledge 275 00:10:22,024 --> 00:10:23,245 after the image 276 00:10:24,059 --> 00:10:25,279 of its creator. 277 00:10:26,620 --> 00:10:27,120 Wow. 278 00:10:28,139 --> 00:10:30,799 That that doesn't that shake you? 279 00:10:31,580 --> 00:10:32,480 Thrill you? 280 00:10:34,174 --> 00:10:35,954 It just it just it should 281 00:10:36,495 --> 00:10:38,595 suspend us in this state of 282 00:10:38,975 --> 00:10:40,595 of awe and marveling. 283 00:10:41,509 --> 00:10:43,509 The new self, which is being renewed in 284 00:10:43,509 --> 00:10:44,009 knowledge. 285 00:10:44,870 --> 00:10:47,590 This process God goes through, this renewing your 286 00:10:47,590 --> 00:10:48,090 mind, 287 00:10:49,134 --> 00:10:52,595 intimately renewing your mind, Christ in you 288 00:10:53,134 --> 00:10:53,875 and me, 289 00:10:54,654 --> 00:10:55,634 the hope of glory, 290 00:10:55,990 --> 00:10:58,309 which is being renewed in knowledge after the 291 00:10:58,309 --> 00:10:59,769 image of its creator. 292 00:11:00,309 --> 00:11:02,409 Verse 11, last verse in this paragraph. 293 00:11:02,845 --> 00:11:05,345 Here, there is not Greek and Jew, circumcised 294 00:11:05,644 --> 00:11:06,384 and uncircumcised, 295 00:11:06,764 --> 00:11:07,904 barbarian, Scythian, 296 00:11:08,684 --> 00:11:09,665 slave, free, 297 00:11:10,019 --> 00:11:11,800 but Christ is all 298 00:11:12,500 --> 00:11:14,040 and in all. 299 00:11:15,540 --> 00:11:17,399 This this says all spiritual 300 00:11:18,565 --> 00:11:19,065 richness 301 00:11:19,605 --> 00:11:20,665 is in Christ. 302 00:11:21,524 --> 00:11:23,065 Christ is all 303 00:11:23,845 --> 00:11:25,225 and in all. 304 00:11:25,809 --> 00:11:28,549 I I'm teaching in the fall, coming up, 305 00:11:28,929 --> 00:11:30,529 a Bible class that I hope is well 306 00:11:30,529 --> 00:11:31,029 attended 307 00:11:31,889 --> 00:11:32,389 that 308 00:11:33,014 --> 00:11:35,495 Is on the attributes of God again like 309 00:11:35,495 --> 00:11:37,975 I I did I did several podcast episodes 310 00:11:37,975 --> 00:11:39,975 on this a while back about 6 months 311 00:11:39,975 --> 00:11:41,195 ago. I think it was 312 00:11:41,919 --> 00:11:43,059 maybe a little longer 313 00:11:43,839 --> 00:11:46,240 and It's just amazing to think about God 314 00:11:46,240 --> 00:11:49,235 being of one substance one essence one one 315 00:11:49,235 --> 00:11:49,735 nature, 316 00:11:50,115 --> 00:11:53,154 and not having these individual attributes that we 317 00:11:53,154 --> 00:11:54,674 talk about him as if and, you know, 318 00:11:54,674 --> 00:11:56,274 even in the title, I I call the 319 00:11:56,274 --> 00:11:57,735 study the attributes of God. 320 00:11:58,059 --> 00:11:59,600 I should say this simple 321 00:12:00,139 --> 00:12:02,000 simple substance of God 322 00:12:02,540 --> 00:12:05,420 Because it's it's one substance. It's it's simply 323 00:12:05,420 --> 00:12:07,465 one all the attributes are one side. They 324 00:12:07,465 --> 00:12:08,845 didn't come from other places. 325 00:12:09,625 --> 00:12:12,045 But but listen to this, Christ is all 326 00:12:12,504 --> 00:12:14,264 and in all. We talked about the unity 327 00:12:14,264 --> 00:12:15,644 of the Father and the Son, 328 00:12:17,210 --> 00:12:18,830 the God in 3 persons, 329 00:12:19,529 --> 00:12:22,090 and now we see Christ is all and 330 00:12:22,090 --> 00:12:22,830 in all. 331 00:12:23,504 --> 00:12:26,004 Christ is everything to us 332 00:12:27,825 --> 00:12:30,065 He says there's not Jew and Greek the 333 00:12:30,065 --> 00:12:32,245 people aren't divided circumcised and uncircumcised 334 00:12:33,490 --> 00:12:35,350 He's saying that stuff doesn't matter. 335 00:12:36,690 --> 00:12:39,509 If study the the the laws value 336 00:12:40,024 --> 00:12:41,785 in the New Testament. What is the New 337 00:12:41,785 --> 00:12:43,404 Testament summary of the law 338 00:12:43,865 --> 00:12:45,004 to glorify God 339 00:12:46,425 --> 00:12:48,045 and love your neighbor as yourself? 340 00:12:49,679 --> 00:12:50,820 And and look at 341 00:12:51,279 --> 00:12:51,779 how 342 00:12:52,240 --> 00:12:54,100 Christ fulfilled the law. 343 00:12:54,799 --> 00:12:56,799 He did. Some people don't like that. They 344 00:12:56,799 --> 00:12:58,745 wanna hang on. I'm not saying he abolished 345 00:12:58,745 --> 00:13:00,125 the law. He did not. 346 00:13:00,904 --> 00:13:02,745 It still shows us the character of God. 347 00:13:02,745 --> 00:13:05,164 It reveals who God is. 348 00:13:06,070 --> 00:13:08,970 But this this notion of Christ being all 349 00:13:09,509 --> 00:13:10,570 and in all 350 00:13:11,350 --> 00:13:13,529 it is is just a 351 00:13:13,945 --> 00:13:16,204 a beautiful concept this new covenant 352 00:13:17,384 --> 00:13:20,264 made possible by his blood confirmed by his 353 00:13:20,264 --> 00:13:20,764 blood 354 00:13:21,649 --> 00:13:23,490 and Paul talks about this in Romans 3 355 00:13:23,490 --> 00:13:24,529 if you want to go back and look 356 00:13:24,529 --> 00:13:26,230 I think it's verse 20 and following 357 00:13:26,850 --> 00:13:28,149 where he talks about 358 00:13:28,674 --> 00:13:31,095 him being our propitiation that is the 359 00:13:31,475 --> 00:13:33,554 Mercy seat the blood that was sprinkled on 360 00:13:33,554 --> 00:13:34,054 the 361 00:13:34,595 --> 00:13:36,214 the Mercy seat on the day of atonement 362 00:13:37,340 --> 00:13:39,580 Christ is the spotless lamb who was slain. 363 00:13:39,580 --> 00:13:42,080 He is all and in all he's creator. 364 00:13:42,139 --> 00:13:44,080 He's we could go on and on 365 00:13:44,995 --> 00:13:47,254 he is all and in all 366 00:13:47,794 --> 00:13:49,235 then in verse 12 we start a new 367 00:13:49,235 --> 00:13:51,715 paragraph put on then so he's going to 368 00:13:51,715 --> 00:13:53,575 tell us this clothing metaphor 369 00:13:54,100 --> 00:13:55,720 He's gonna tell us what to put on. 370 00:13:55,779 --> 00:13:57,399 As God's chosen ones, 371 00:13:57,779 --> 00:13:59,000 holy and beloved, 372 00:14:00,500 --> 00:14:01,639 compassionate hearts, 373 00:14:02,580 --> 00:14:03,080 kindness, 374 00:14:03,965 --> 00:14:04,465 humility, 375 00:14:05,404 --> 00:14:05,904 meekness, 376 00:14:06,684 --> 00:14:07,425 and patience 377 00:14:08,524 --> 00:14:11,004 bearing with one another, and if one has 378 00:14:11,004 --> 00:14:12,304 a complaint against another, 379 00:14:12,899 --> 00:14:16,259 forgiving each other as the Lord has forgiven 380 00:14:16,259 --> 00:14:16,759 you, 381 00:14:17,139 --> 00:14:18,120 so you also 382 00:14:18,980 --> 00:14:20,279 must forgive. 383 00:14:21,615 --> 00:14:23,615 This this is a section, these two verses, 384 00:14:23,615 --> 00:14:24,995 verses 12 and 13 385 00:14:25,375 --> 00:14:26,115 in Colossians 386 00:14:26,654 --> 00:14:27,154 3, 387 00:14:28,230 --> 00:14:30,629 that I would love to get everyone I 388 00:14:30,629 --> 00:14:31,850 know, including myself, 389 00:14:33,269 --> 00:14:35,610 to to fully comply with, to implement, 390 00:14:36,389 --> 00:14:37,129 to deploy 391 00:14:39,014 --> 00:14:40,934 this this bearing with one another. And if 392 00:14:40,934 --> 00:14:42,394 one has a complaint against another, 393 00:14:42,855 --> 00:14:43,995 forgive each other. 394 00:14:44,909 --> 00:14:46,590 He he already said in Romans 12, he 395 00:14:46,590 --> 00:14:48,509 says, outdo each other and showing each other 396 00:14:48,509 --> 00:14:49,009 kindness. 397 00:14:50,190 --> 00:14:52,110 Forgive each other as the Lord has forgiven 398 00:14:52,110 --> 00:14:54,745 you, so you also must forgive. You know 399 00:14:54,804 --> 00:14:57,044 think about this just I know this is 400 00:14:57,044 --> 00:14:59,144 it these are simple lessons today 401 00:15:00,084 --> 00:15:01,445 and We're not talking about the meaning of 402 00:15:01,445 --> 00:15:02,644 a lot of the greek words because I 403 00:15:02,644 --> 00:15:04,879 think we've done that pretty well here so 404 00:15:04,879 --> 00:15:05,379 far 405 00:15:06,079 --> 00:15:08,100 but but think about this for a second 406 00:15:09,600 --> 00:15:11,679 as the Lord has forgiven you when you 407 00:15:11,679 --> 00:15:12,899 think about those words 408 00:15:13,985 --> 00:15:16,384 your relationship with other people is not like 409 00:15:16,384 --> 00:15:19,345 God's relationship, Jesus Christ our Lord's relationship with 410 00:15:19,345 --> 00:15:19,845 us. 411 00:15:20,919 --> 00:15:23,079 Our sin is an affront to his holiness, 412 00:15:23,079 --> 00:15:23,980 to his righteousness. 413 00:15:25,959 --> 00:15:28,199 Our our sin is is more offensive to 414 00:15:28,199 --> 00:15:29,740 him, to his nature, 415 00:15:30,154 --> 00:15:32,475 to his character than we can imagine. He 416 00:15:32,475 --> 00:15:34,975 is holy, set apart, and pure, transcendent, 417 00:15:35,835 --> 00:15:36,975 apart from us. 418 00:15:37,355 --> 00:15:38,254 He he is 419 00:15:38,870 --> 00:15:41,029 he is pure. He is love. He is 420 00:15:41,029 --> 00:15:41,529 purity. 421 00:15:41,910 --> 00:15:42,809 He is sinlessness. 422 00:15:44,230 --> 00:15:45,289 And and so 423 00:15:45,830 --> 00:15:46,970 he has forgiven 424 00:15:47,590 --> 00:15:48,090 us 425 00:15:50,054 --> 00:15:51,034 through his son 426 00:15:51,815 --> 00:15:53,654 so as the Lord has forgiven if we 427 00:15:53,654 --> 00:15:56,534 if that if that occurs to us when 428 00:15:56,534 --> 00:15:57,754 that occurs to us 429 00:15:58,309 --> 00:16:00,410 it changes our lives, the significance 430 00:16:01,269 --> 00:16:02,970 of God forgiving us. 431 00:16:03,509 --> 00:16:05,690 And it's not just you, it's me, 432 00:16:06,065 --> 00:16:08,165 and it's your neighbor, and it's other it's 433 00:16:08,225 --> 00:16:09,445 it's it's 434 00:16:10,625 --> 00:16:12,884 you're not the only dirty rotten sinner. 435 00:16:13,829 --> 00:16:15,129 We're all in good company, 436 00:16:17,269 --> 00:16:19,589 and it it is because he first loved 437 00:16:19,589 --> 00:16:22,169 us. He first forgave us as the Lord 438 00:16:22,554 --> 00:16:23,774 has forgiven you, 439 00:16:24,235 --> 00:16:26,634 so you also must forgive. If you want 440 00:16:26,634 --> 00:16:27,934 a basis for forgiveness, 441 00:16:29,115 --> 00:16:31,750 it's that, because you were forgiven by our 442 00:16:31,750 --> 00:16:32,889 Lord Jesus Christ, 443 00:16:34,149 --> 00:16:35,690 by the shedding of his blood. 444 00:16:36,149 --> 00:16:38,889 Think about that. You were justified by faith. 445 00:16:39,524 --> 00:16:41,865 The simple beautiful gospel 446 00:16:42,725 --> 00:16:44,904 is incredibly logical is true 447 00:16:45,845 --> 00:16:47,925 That prompts us then to be able to 448 00:16:47,925 --> 00:16:48,425 forgive 449 00:16:48,740 --> 00:16:50,259 It don't look at the other person and 450 00:16:50,259 --> 00:16:52,179 say, well, what redeeming qualities they have? What 451 00:16:52,179 --> 00:16:53,860 are they? Do they deserve my forgiveness? If 452 00:16:53,860 --> 00:16:55,700 they have that here's what we do. Have 453 00:16:55,700 --> 00:16:57,639 they complied with all my expectations? 454 00:16:58,534 --> 00:16:59,434 Are they humble? 455 00:17:00,054 --> 00:17:01,735 Have they asked for forgiveness? Do they even 456 00:17:01,735 --> 00:17:02,714 know what they did? 457 00:17:03,815 --> 00:17:06,214 Are are are they are are are they 458 00:17:06,214 --> 00:17:07,914 even worth forgiving? 459 00:17:09,080 --> 00:17:09,980 Is in essence 460 00:17:10,920 --> 00:17:12,220 what we say sometimes. 461 00:17:13,320 --> 00:17:15,000 As the Lord has forgiven you, so you 462 00:17:15,000 --> 00:17:16,299 also must forgive. 463 00:17:16,734 --> 00:17:19,295 That is an imperative. That is a thumping 464 00:17:19,295 --> 00:17:21,375 you right between the eyes, thumping us right 465 00:17:21,375 --> 00:17:22,515 between the eyes imperative. 466 00:17:23,454 --> 00:17:24,674 And above all these, 467 00:17:25,080 --> 00:17:27,340 he goes on, put on love, 468 00:17:28,119 --> 00:17:30,220 which binds everything together 469 00:17:31,160 --> 00:17:32,299 in perfect harmony. 470 00:17:34,734 --> 00:17:35,474 You know, 471 00:17:36,095 --> 00:17:38,815 we mock this expression. Love is the answer. 472 00:17:38,815 --> 00:17:39,794 Love is everything. 473 00:17:40,095 --> 00:17:42,194 But love, if properly understood, 474 00:17:42,575 --> 00:17:43,315 is everything. 475 00:17:45,120 --> 00:17:46,980 And Let the peace of Christ 476 00:17:47,680 --> 00:17:49,059 rule in your hearts 477 00:17:49,600 --> 00:17:52,000 to which indeed you were called in one 478 00:17:52,000 --> 00:17:52,500 body 479 00:17:53,525 --> 00:17:54,744 Just think about that. 480 00:17:55,365 --> 00:17:56,744 This beautiful perspective. 481 00:17:58,404 --> 00:18:00,884 This this piece to which indeed you were 482 00:18:00,884 --> 00:18:01,384 called 483 00:18:02,019 --> 00:18:04,579 in one body that the peace of Christ 484 00:18:04,579 --> 00:18:05,079 rule 485 00:18:06,099 --> 00:18:07,079 in your hearts 486 00:18:07,940 --> 00:18:09,700 that word rule is to act as an 487 00:18:09,700 --> 00:18:10,200 umpire 488 00:18:12,075 --> 00:18:13,674 Let the peace of Christ rule in your 489 00:18:13,674 --> 00:18:15,515 hearts to which you were indeed you were 490 00:18:15,515 --> 00:18:16,015 called 491 00:18:16,555 --> 00:18:17,535 in 1 body 492 00:18:18,634 --> 00:18:20,414 But when we say peace and love 493 00:18:20,950 --> 00:18:23,269 this is what we're actually talking about these 494 00:18:23,269 --> 00:18:23,769 words 495 00:18:24,470 --> 00:18:25,849 are actually weighty 496 00:18:27,269 --> 00:18:29,690 To love it is is to 497 00:18:30,205 --> 00:18:33,325 extend grace without reciprocity. To to care about 498 00:18:33,325 --> 00:18:35,085 the needs of the of the of the 499 00:18:35,085 --> 00:18:36,065 loved loved 500 00:18:36,525 --> 00:18:37,025 person 501 00:18:38,049 --> 00:18:40,470 without regard for merit or reciprocity. 502 00:18:41,650 --> 00:18:43,110 That's what Agape is. 503 00:18:44,210 --> 00:18:45,990 Above all these, put on love. 504 00:18:46,704 --> 00:18:48,464 This is another imperative this is what we're 505 00:18:48,464 --> 00:18:49,204 to do 506 00:18:50,144 --> 00:18:51,924 Which binds everything together 507 00:18:52,785 --> 00:18:53,924 in perfect harmony 508 00:18:55,440 --> 00:18:58,319 We all need to strive to be more 509 00:18:58,319 --> 00:18:58,819 loving 510 00:18:59,119 --> 00:19:00,720 and let the peace of Christ rule in 511 00:19:00,720 --> 00:19:02,579 your hearts to which indeed you were called 512 00:19:02,960 --> 00:19:05,065 in 1 body And then he closes with 513 00:19:05,065 --> 00:19:05,565 this 514 00:19:05,944 --> 00:19:07,244 and be thankful. 515 00:19:08,664 --> 00:19:09,404 Don't underestimate 516 00:19:09,944 --> 00:19:11,964 the power of a thankful heart. 517 00:19:12,589 --> 00:19:15,630 He doesn't say, hope God gives you the 518 00:19:15,630 --> 00:19:17,089 ability to blank. 519 00:19:17,470 --> 00:19:19,569 No. He says, be thankful. 520 00:19:21,414 --> 00:19:21,994 Be thankful. 521 00:19:23,974 --> 00:19:24,634 Stop, pause, 522 00:19:25,494 --> 00:19:26,394 stop fretting, 523 00:19:27,095 --> 00:19:29,230 and be thankful. Well, I don't I don't 524 00:19:29,230 --> 00:19:31,250 know how to be thank Yes, you do. 525 00:19:32,190 --> 00:19:34,769 Be grateful. You are loved by God Almighty. 526 00:19:35,470 --> 00:19:36,130 Be thankful. 527 00:19:36,984 --> 00:19:38,365 You're not so low 528 00:19:38,984 --> 00:19:40,924 that God's grace doesn't reach you. 529 00:19:41,545 --> 00:19:42,765 You're not so accomplished 530 00:19:43,705 --> 00:19:45,565 that you don't require His grace. 531 00:19:47,289 --> 00:19:48,190 Be thankful. 532 00:19:49,450 --> 00:19:50,269 Be grateful. 533 00:19:51,450 --> 00:19:53,049 Look at look at how he's built his 534 00:19:53,049 --> 00:19:53,950 argument here. 535 00:19:54,434 --> 00:19:55,335 You must forgive 536 00:19:56,194 --> 00:19:57,095 put on love 537 00:19:57,795 --> 00:19:59,575 forgive each other put on love 538 00:20:00,434 --> 00:20:01,875 let the peace of Christ rule in your 539 00:20:01,875 --> 00:20:02,375 hearts 540 00:20:03,279 --> 00:20:04,259 and be thankful 541 00:20:06,319 --> 00:20:08,339 Paul there's no secret to life 542 00:20:09,039 --> 00:20:11,625 James Taylor wrote a song that says secret 543 00:20:11,625 --> 00:20:13,684 of life is enjoying the passage of time 544 00:20:14,865 --> 00:20:15,764 it no no 545 00:20:16,464 --> 00:20:18,065 no Paul gives us the secret of to 546 00:20:18,065 --> 00:20:19,044 life right here 547 00:20:19,580 --> 00:20:21,580 Just just read the end of chapter 3, 548 00:20:21,580 --> 00:20:23,440 the last paragraph in chapter 3. 549 00:20:24,140 --> 00:20:24,960 Just beautiful. 550 00:20:25,580 --> 00:20:27,500 I guess it's the not quite the last 551 00:20:27,500 --> 00:20:28,000 paragraph. 552 00:20:31,005 --> 00:20:32,305 Then he says, and whatever 553 00:20:33,644 --> 00:20:35,505 you do in word or deed, 554 00:20:35,884 --> 00:20:37,664 so this is inclusive here, 555 00:20:38,029 --> 00:20:39,569 do everything in the name 556 00:20:40,909 --> 00:20:42,909 of the Lord Jesus giving thanks to God 557 00:20:42,909 --> 00:20:44,289 the Father through Him. 558 00:20:45,945 --> 00:20:47,545 Do everything in the name of it with 559 00:20:47,545 --> 00:20:49,865 his authority and approval. All that he is 560 00:20:49,865 --> 00:20:50,845 and has done 561 00:20:51,384 --> 00:20:53,464 is in his name. I am that I 562 00:20:53,464 --> 00:20:53,964 am. 563 00:20:54,509 --> 00:20:56,670 Do do everything in the name. In the 564 00:20:56,670 --> 00:20:58,109 beginning was the word, and the word was 565 00:20:58,109 --> 00:20:59,710 with God, and the word was God. Do 566 00:20:59,710 --> 00:21:00,210 everything 567 00:21:00,670 --> 00:21:03,089 in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving 568 00:21:03,230 --> 00:21:03,730 thanks 569 00:21:04,575 --> 00:21:07,294 to God the father through him I love 570 00:21:07,294 --> 00:21:08,835 the way Paul gives us the imperative 571 00:21:09,694 --> 00:21:11,294 and then he goes off to the side 572 00:21:11,294 --> 00:21:13,500 and says here's another angle on that same 573 00:21:13,500 --> 00:21:14,000 imperative. 574 00:21:15,900 --> 00:21:17,660 It's just beautiful the way if you if 575 00:21:17,660 --> 00:21:19,500 you watch his pattern, he gives you the 576 00:21:19,500 --> 00:21:21,855 imperative and then a sentence later. He'll he'll 577 00:21:21,855 --> 00:21:22,835 reinforce it 578 00:21:23,855 --> 00:21:25,295 and Then he goes on there is another 579 00:21:25,295 --> 00:21:25,795 paragraph 580 00:21:27,214 --> 00:21:29,634 Wives submit to your husbands as is fitting 581 00:21:30,400 --> 00:21:32,480 in the Lord this is this is a 582 00:21:32,480 --> 00:21:34,259 functional command not not 583 00:21:34,640 --> 00:21:36,579 a not an inferiority thing 584 00:21:37,394 --> 00:21:38,994 And I I know that's hard for people 585 00:21:38,994 --> 00:21:41,174 to understand, but but it it's biblical. 586 00:21:41,634 --> 00:21:44,914 You know, it's it doesn't say husbands, therefore, 587 00:21:44,914 --> 00:21:47,539 lord, your authority over your wife or or 588 00:21:47,539 --> 00:21:50,360 you're not equal or No. It's a functioning 589 00:21:50,500 --> 00:21:53,299 issue. Families function better when it goes this 590 00:21:53,299 --> 00:21:55,080 way. This is in God's word. 591 00:21:55,414 --> 00:21:58,315 This isn't replaced by some cultural norm today. 592 00:21:59,734 --> 00:22:00,554 It it it doesn't 593 00:22:01,015 --> 00:22:03,255 the husbands are to love our wives and 594 00:22:03,255 --> 00:22:04,694 and do not be harsh with them. Verse 595 00:22:04,694 --> 00:22:05,079 19 596 00:22:06,599 --> 00:22:07,339 says, elsewhere, 597 00:22:07,799 --> 00:22:09,399 we're to love them as Christ loved the 598 00:22:09,399 --> 00:22:09,899 church. 599 00:22:10,839 --> 00:22:12,940 Christ gave his life for the church, so 600 00:22:13,965 --> 00:22:16,924 That's another conversation for another day. Wives, submit 601 00:22:16,924 --> 00:22:18,545 to your husbands as is fitting 602 00:22:19,085 --> 00:22:19,985 in the Lord. 603 00:22:20,765 --> 00:22:23,160 In other words, Adam and Eve were were 604 00:22:23,160 --> 00:22:25,419 structured this way. It was fitting to God 605 00:22:25,559 --> 00:22:27,259 to design us this way functionally. 606 00:22:28,440 --> 00:22:29,980 Husbands, love your wives, 607 00:22:30,494 --> 00:22:31,394 and do not 608 00:22:31,695 --> 00:22:33,295 be harsh with them. It has the idea 609 00:22:33,295 --> 00:22:34,434 of bitterness there. 610 00:22:35,775 --> 00:22:37,075 Don't be bitter with them. 611 00:22:37,855 --> 00:22:38,355 Children, 612 00:22:39,440 --> 00:22:40,899 obey your parents in everything. 613 00:22:41,599 --> 00:22:42,740 This is talking about 614 00:22:43,279 --> 00:22:44,179 dependent children. 615 00:22:45,039 --> 00:22:47,539 Obey your parents in everything, for this pleases 616 00:22:47,679 --> 00:22:48,419 the Lord. 617 00:22:49,265 --> 00:22:49,765 Fathers, 618 00:22:50,384 --> 00:22:52,965 do not provoke or exasperate 619 00:22:53,664 --> 00:22:54,404 your children, 620 00:22:54,945 --> 00:22:56,565 lest they become discouraged. 621 00:22:57,230 --> 00:22:58,849 That's talking about losing heart. 622 00:22:59,950 --> 00:23:02,509 We've all done that at various stages. Don't 623 00:23:02,509 --> 00:23:03,169 do that. 624 00:23:03,950 --> 00:23:04,450 Bondservants, 625 00:23:05,549 --> 00:23:06,929 slaves that is 626 00:23:07,295 --> 00:23:09,955 obey in everything those who are your earthly 627 00:23:10,015 --> 00:23:12,115 masters, not by way of eye service, 628 00:23:13,134 --> 00:23:14,914 not just not just people pleasing. 629 00:23:15,880 --> 00:23:17,160 And he he says, not just way of 630 00:23:17,160 --> 00:23:18,700 eye service as people pleasers, 631 00:23:19,160 --> 00:23:21,019 but with sin sincerity, 632 00:23:22,519 --> 00:23:23,740 sincerity of heart 633 00:23:25,134 --> 00:23:26,994 That has the idea of without a fold, 634 00:23:28,095 --> 00:23:28,595 purely, 635 00:23:30,174 --> 00:23:30,994 without fault, 636 00:23:31,659 --> 00:23:34,480 but with sincerity of heart fearing the lord. 637 00:23:35,259 --> 00:23:36,940 So many of our problems are solved by 638 00:23:36,940 --> 00:23:37,440 understanding 639 00:23:37,740 --> 00:23:39,740 god's love for us and our relationship with 640 00:23:39,740 --> 00:23:41,194 him. It informs 641 00:23:41,494 --> 00:23:44,394 all of our human relationships. That's the point 642 00:23:44,775 --> 00:23:47,095 Paul is making here. Whatever you do, work 643 00:23:47,095 --> 00:23:47,595 heartily, 644 00:23:48,440 --> 00:23:48,940 heartily 645 00:23:49,640 --> 00:23:51,660 as for the Lord and not for men. 646 00:23:52,440 --> 00:23:54,200 Knowing that from the Lord you will receive 647 00:23:54,200 --> 00:23:55,740 the inheritance as your 648 00:23:56,039 --> 00:23:56,539 reward. 649 00:23:57,505 --> 00:23:59,985 You're not doing that accounting, that legal work, 650 00:23:59,985 --> 00:24:00,485 that 651 00:24:01,585 --> 00:24:04,644 electrical work, that plumbing, that carpenter work, carpenter 652 00:24:05,025 --> 00:24:05,525 work, 653 00:24:06,299 --> 00:24:09,019 that consulting work, that pastoral work, whatever it 654 00:24:09,019 --> 00:24:09,519 is, 655 00:24:09,980 --> 00:24:12,539 you're not you're not doing it for the 656 00:24:12,539 --> 00:24:13,039 compensation. 657 00:24:14,174 --> 00:24:15,954 You're doing it for the Lord. 658 00:24:17,214 --> 00:24:18,674 Knowing that from the Lord, 659 00:24:19,134 --> 00:24:21,554 you will receive the inheritance as your reward. 660 00:24:22,359 --> 00:24:24,460 You are serving the Lord Christ. 661 00:24:25,320 --> 00:24:25,820 Boom. 662 00:24:26,279 --> 00:24:28,279 For the wrongdoer will be paid back that 663 00:24:28,279 --> 00:24:30,380 is judged for the wrong he has done, 664 00:24:30,715 --> 00:24:32,335 and there is no partiality. 665 00:24:33,355 --> 00:24:34,335 We don't judge 666 00:24:34,715 --> 00:24:36,975 anything without some partiality. 667 00:24:38,069 --> 00:24:40,170 You look at conflicts of interest, nuance, 668 00:24:40,630 --> 00:24:43,289 and partiality, and playing favorites, and 669 00:24:43,829 --> 00:24:45,509 all of that in our country, in the 670 00:24:45,509 --> 00:24:46,890 United States, my goodness, 671 00:24:47,445 --> 00:24:49,224 probably in the entire western world. 672 00:24:49,924 --> 00:24:52,085 Well, that that is chapter 3, for the 673 00:24:52,085 --> 00:24:53,525 for the wrongdoer will be paid back for 674 00:24:53,525 --> 00:24:54,724 the wrong he has done, and there is 675 00:24:54,724 --> 00:24:55,384 no partiality. 676 00:24:56,309 --> 00:24:58,309 God is on the throne. You see you 677 00:24:58,309 --> 00:25:00,169 see what's happening here? The 678 00:25:00,630 --> 00:25:01,929 the entire focus 679 00:25:02,630 --> 00:25:04,009 of of this chapter 680 00:25:04,549 --> 00:25:05,369 is on 681 00:25:05,845 --> 00:25:07,704 really, very richly, 682 00:25:08,484 --> 00:25:08,984 who 683 00:25:09,285 --> 00:25:10,345 who God is. 684 00:25:11,525 --> 00:25:13,144 Who God is, and how 685 00:25:13,759 --> 00:25:15,299 he he operates. 686 00:25:16,320 --> 00:25:17,940 And that informs us 687 00:25:18,880 --> 00:25:20,820 in our in our earthly 688 00:25:21,680 --> 00:25:22,180 relationships. 689 00:25:23,954 --> 00:25:25,554 If you know what's happened to you, he 690 00:25:25,554 --> 00:25:27,075 says at the beginning, if you've been raised 691 00:25:27,075 --> 00:25:29,234 to if you if then you have been 692 00:25:29,234 --> 00:25:31,234 raised with Christ, seek the things that are 693 00:25:31,234 --> 00:25:33,309 above where Christ is seated at the right 694 00:25:33,309 --> 00:25:35,950 hand of God. If if our minds are 695 00:25:35,950 --> 00:25:37,089 are are on 696 00:25:37,470 --> 00:25:37,970 Christ 697 00:25:38,589 --> 00:25:40,910 for walking in him, he's in us, we're 698 00:25:40,910 --> 00:25:41,650 in him. 699 00:25:42,095 --> 00:25:44,434 That that that close relational 700 00:25:46,015 --> 00:25:48,994 tie that is implicit in that word, epignosis, 701 00:25:50,779 --> 00:25:52,000 that knowledge word, 702 00:25:52,859 --> 00:25:55,659 knowledge of him. It's not an academic word. 703 00:25:55,659 --> 00:25:57,740 It's a it's a it's a word used 704 00:25:57,740 --> 00:26:00,674 in the Septuagint to describe intimacy between a 705 00:26:00,674 --> 00:26:02,775 man and a woman. This is closeness, 706 00:26:03,315 --> 00:26:04,775 knowledge, intimate knowledge. 707 00:26:07,259 --> 00:26:08,240 Intimate closeness. 708 00:26:10,619 --> 00:26:13,500 So that that's what Paul is getting across 709 00:26:13,500 --> 00:26:14,000 here. 710 00:26:15,234 --> 00:26:17,174 Set your minds on things that are above, 711 00:26:17,234 --> 00:26:19,234 not on things that are on the Earth. 712 00:26:19,234 --> 00:26:21,654 These are these are imperatives. These are 713 00:26:22,035 --> 00:26:23,654 instructions for us. 714 00:26:25,019 --> 00:26:27,980 God is both transcendent and imminent. Isn't that 715 00:26:27,980 --> 00:26:30,640 beautiful? With us, loving in relationship 716 00:26:31,660 --> 00:26:32,400 with us. 717 00:26:33,275 --> 00:26:34,975 And then Paul goes on to say, 718 00:26:35,674 --> 00:26:37,914 this is the reason Christ in you is 719 00:26:37,914 --> 00:26:39,775 the reason you can put off therefore 720 00:26:40,154 --> 00:26:42,269 what is earthly in you, and he names 721 00:26:42,509 --> 00:26:45,170 several categories of sin, sexual immorality, impurity, 722 00:26:45,710 --> 00:26:48,849 passion, evil desires, and covetousness, which is idolatry, 723 00:26:49,464 --> 00:26:50,904 And then he goes on and warns warns 724 00:26:50,904 --> 00:26:53,865 about anger, wrath, malice, slander, and obscene talk 725 00:26:53,865 --> 00:26:55,544 from your mouth, and then he goes into 726 00:26:55,544 --> 00:26:56,605 lying. Don't lie 727 00:26:56,950 --> 00:26:58,789 to to each other. You put off the 728 00:26:58,789 --> 00:27:00,549 old self with its practices, and it put 729 00:27:00,549 --> 00:27:01,529 on the new self. 730 00:27:02,150 --> 00:27:04,470 It is because but but and he and 731 00:27:04,470 --> 00:27:07,244 he ends the paragraph with but Christ is 732 00:27:07,244 --> 00:27:08,625 all and and all. 733 00:27:09,085 --> 00:27:11,804 Recognize that. Meditate on that. I'm reading in 734 00:27:11,804 --> 00:27:13,264 the Psalms right now. What 735 00:27:13,640 --> 00:27:15,419 it's just beautiful to read 736 00:27:16,440 --> 00:27:17,819 the the beauty of 737 00:27:18,440 --> 00:27:20,140 who the godhead is 738 00:27:20,815 --> 00:27:22,275 in in the Psalms, 739 00:27:23,535 --> 00:27:25,875 particularly those written by David 740 00:27:26,894 --> 00:27:28,980 are just beautiful. And then he goes he 741 00:27:28,980 --> 00:27:30,740 goes on in this chapter to talk about 742 00:27:30,740 --> 00:27:33,539 what to put on. Because of what Christ 743 00:27:33,539 --> 00:27:35,299 has done, do everything in the name of 744 00:27:35,299 --> 00:27:37,220 the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the 745 00:27:37,220 --> 00:27:38,279 father through him, 746 00:27:38,664 --> 00:27:39,565 being thankful. 747 00:27:40,105 --> 00:27:42,825 Having a thankful heart sort of sums it 748 00:27:42,825 --> 00:27:44,285 all up, doesn't it? 749 00:27:45,305 --> 00:27:46,759 And he's already talked about 750 00:27:47,320 --> 00:27:50,059 bearing with each other, forgiving. So be forgiving, 751 00:27:50,119 --> 00:27:50,779 be loving, 752 00:27:51,400 --> 00:27:52,920 let the peace of Christ rule in your 753 00:27:52,920 --> 00:27:54,460 hearts. Be peaceful. 754 00:27:55,000 --> 00:27:56,619 Be thankful. He says, 755 00:27:58,394 --> 00:28:00,875 teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, 756 00:28:00,875 --> 00:28:03,595 singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs with 757 00:28:03,595 --> 00:28:04,095 thankfulness 758 00:28:04,394 --> 00:28:05,375 in your hearts 759 00:28:06,019 --> 00:28:06,679 to God. 760 00:28:07,700 --> 00:28:09,720 Praise God, he's saying. 761 00:28:10,500 --> 00:28:11,480 Paul is saying 762 00:28:12,179 --> 00:28:13,000 with thanksgiving. 763 00:28:13,865 --> 00:28:15,384 Really, a lot of this has to do, 764 00:28:15,384 --> 00:28:17,065 doesn't it, with getting our eyes off of 765 00:28:17,065 --> 00:28:17,565 ourselves. 766 00:28:18,744 --> 00:28:20,265 It is just so easy. We are so 767 00:28:20,265 --> 00:28:21,085 self consumed. 768 00:28:21,769 --> 00:28:23,549 I was just talking to someone about, 769 00:28:24,649 --> 00:28:26,169 he was talking about how a disillusioned he 770 00:28:26,169 --> 00:28:27,230 is with people who 771 00:28:27,609 --> 00:28:29,389 sit on their phones all day and 772 00:28:30,255 --> 00:28:32,174 and sit at a restaurant and just look 773 00:28:32,174 --> 00:28:33,934 at their phones. I I don't I don't 774 00:28:33,934 --> 00:28:35,215 know what we've become. I know I sound 775 00:28:35,215 --> 00:28:37,055 old when I say that. I know those 776 00:28:37,055 --> 00:28:37,955 phones are wonderful 777 00:28:38,400 --> 00:28:40,400 in in a lot of ways, but sitting 778 00:28:40,400 --> 00:28:41,839 and looking at them while we're together is 779 00:28:41,839 --> 00:28:42,579 kinda stupid. 780 00:28:43,119 --> 00:28:45,039 Can't we compartmentalize that? Do you ever you 781 00:28:45,039 --> 00:28:47,200 ever look on your iPhone at your screen 782 00:28:47,200 --> 00:28:47,700 time? 783 00:28:48,315 --> 00:28:50,095 Goodness. Not something I wanna see. 784 00:28:50,794 --> 00:28:53,375 So anyway, this is wonderful, 785 00:28:53,914 --> 00:28:55,214 wonderful section of scripture. 786 00:28:55,755 --> 00:28:56,575 Paul is 787 00:28:57,460 --> 00:28:58,200 giving us 788 00:28:58,660 --> 00:29:01,539 imperatives left and right. Colossians 3, just read 789 00:29:01,539 --> 00:29:03,220 it for yourselves. It'll be a blessing to 790 00:29:03,220 --> 00:29:05,299 you. And and what it's basically saying is 791 00:29:05,299 --> 00:29:06,714 get your eyes off yourself and on he 792 00:29:12,934 --> 00:29:13,755 is everything. He 793 00:29:14,119 --> 00:29:14,940 He's everything. 794 00:29:15,720 --> 00:29:17,259 He he is everything. 795 00:29:17,720 --> 00:29:19,420 He he the the 796 00:29:19,720 --> 00:29:21,100 the mystery has been 797 00:29:21,875 --> 00:29:24,214 unfolded for us to see to some extent, 798 00:29:25,075 --> 00:29:27,075 and we can rest in him. He is 799 00:29:27,075 --> 00:29:28,674 in us, and we are in him. What 800 00:29:28,674 --> 00:29:29,575 wonderful promises. 801 00:29:30,589 --> 00:29:32,750 Well, I've been repeating myself for a couple 802 00:29:32,750 --> 00:29:35,309 of minutes, so we're gonna wrap this discussion 803 00:29:35,309 --> 00:29:37,169 up. That was Colossians 3. 804 00:29:37,534 --> 00:29:40,034 The beauty just overwhelms me, and I kinda 805 00:29:40,174 --> 00:29:42,095 look at the text and stammer and stutter 806 00:29:42,095 --> 00:29:44,174 as I as I think about the best 807 00:29:44,174 --> 00:29:46,015 way to wrap this up. 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