Colossians Putting Off The Things of the Flesh
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Those Who Seek to Umpire Against Us
Not Living by the Elementary Principles of the World
Seeking the Things Above
When Christ is Revealed, Colossians 3:4
When Christ is Revealed, Colossians 3:4
Colossians 3:4
Whenever Christ appears, who is our life, then also we will appear with Him in a proper opinion.
At the Rapture, 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17
For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.
Then we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we shall always be with the Lord.
We will be Revealed With Him in a Proper Opinion, Romans 8:23
Romans 8:23
Indeed, not only, but also ourselves having the first fruit of the Spirit, also we ourselves in ourselves groan, eagerly awaiting placement of sons; the full ramson of our bodies.
At the Resurrection of the Church Saints, 1 Corinthians 15:43
1 Corinthians 15:43
it is sown in dishonor, it is raised in a proper opinion; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in inherent ability;
Putting to Death Your Members Upon the Earth, Colossians 3:5
Putting to Death Your Members Upon the Earth, Colossians 3:5
Colossians 3:5 (NASB95)
Therefore, put to death your members, which are upon the earth, fornication, uncleanliness, passions, desires lacking in character, and covetousness, which is idolatry,
Death is Separation, not Annihilation
We are Dead to the Sin Nature, Romans 6:11
Romans 6:11
Thus also, you should reckon yourselves to be dead. On the one hand to be [dead] to the sin [nature], on the other hand living ones to God in Christ Jesus our Lord
Though the Body is Dead Because of Sin, The Spirit is Alive Because of Righteousness, Romans 8:10
Romans 8:10
But since Christ [is] in you, on the one hand the body is dead because of sin, on the other hand the Spirit is life because of righteousness.
We Were Dead to God in our Trespasses and Sins, Ephesians 2:2
in which you formerly walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, of the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience.
He Made Us Alive, Even Being Dead, Ephesians 2:5
Ephesians 2:5
and we being dead in the trespasses, He made alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),
Faith Without Works is Dead, James 2:26
For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.
Therefore - based on what has come before it (We have died with Christ and our Life is Hidden with Him in God)
Fornication (Sex Outside of Marriage )
It is a Work of the Flesh, Galatians 5:19
Galatians 5:19
Now the deeds of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanliness
Is a Sin against Your Own Body, 1 Corinthians 6:18
1 Corinthians 6:18 (NASB95)
Flee fornication. Every sin that if perhaps a human does is exterior to the body, but the fornicator sins against his own body
Should not be Named among the Saints because They are Possessing their Bodies in Honor, Ephesians 5:3; 1 Thessalonians 4:3-4
Ephesians 5:3
But fornication or all uncleanness or greed is not to be named among you, as is proper among saints;
1 Thessalonians 4:3–4 (NASB95)
For this is the desirous will of God, your sanctification; that is, that you abstain from fornication;
that each of you know how to possess his own vessel in sanctification and honor,
Uncleanness (Sexual Impurity)
Not to be Named Among the Saints, Ephesians 5:3
Ephesians 5:3
But fornication or all uncleanness or greed is not to be named among you, as is proper among saints;
God Has Not Called Us to Uncleanness, but the Sanctification, 1 Thessalonians 4:7
1 Thessalonians 4:7
For God has not called us for the purpose of uncleanness, but in sanctification.
Stop Presenting Your Members as Slaves to Uncleanness, Romans 6:19
Romans 6:19
I speak as a man through the weakness of your flesh. For just as you presented your members slaves to the uncleanliness and the lawlessness unto the lawlessness, thus now you present your members slaves to righteousness unto obedience.
Wrong (lacking in Character) Passionate Desires
We are not to Possess our Bodies in Passionate Desires Like the Gentiles Who Do Not Know God, 1 Thessalonians 4:5
not in lustful passion, like the Gentiles who do not know God;
Those Who Reject God are Given Over to Dishonoring Passions, Romans 1:26
Romans 1:26
Because of this God handed them over into dishonorable passions, for both the females among them exchanged the natural use unto that which is against the nature.
No Longer Living by the Flesh in the Desires of Men, 1 Peter 4:2
so as to live the rest of the time in the flesh no longer for the lusts of men, but for the will of God.
Not Being Conformed to the Former Desires Done in Ignorance, 1 Peter 1:14
As obedient children, do not be conformed to the former lusts which were yours in your ignorance,
The Desires of the World System, 1 John 2:16
For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of life, is not from the Father, but is from the world.
These are Passionate Desires that Seek to Do what is Wrong
Do not be Overcome by Wrong (Lacking in character), but Over Come it with Good (Beneficial) , Romans 12:21
Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
The Fondness of Money is a Root of Wrong, 1 Timothy 6:10
1 Timothy 6:10 (NASB95)
For the love (φιλαργυρία) of money is a root of all sorts of evil (κακῶν), and some by longing for it have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.
We are to Have Our Senses Trained to Discern Wrong (What Lacks in Character) from Right (What is Proper), Hebrews 5:14
But solid food is for the mature, who because of practice have their senses trained to discern good and evil.
Stop Imitating what is Wrong, 3 John 11
Beloved, do not imitate what is evil, but what is good. The one who does good is of God; the one who does evil has not seen God.
Covetousness (Desiring What Another Has)
It is Idolatry, Colossians 3:5
Therefore consider the members of your earthly body as dead to immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed, which amounts to idolatry.
We are to Flee from Idolatry, 1 Corinthians 10:14
Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry.
Comes from a lack of Joy (Contentment), Philippians 4:11-13
Not that I speak from want, for I have learned to be content in whatever circumstances I am.
I know how to get along with humble means, and I also know how to live in prosperity; in any and every circumstance I have learned the secret of being filled and going hungry, both of having abundance and suffering need.
I can do all things through Him who strengthens me.
The Times For These Types of Activities in Our Lives Has Passed, 1 Peter 4:3
For the time already past is sufficient for you to have carried out the desire of the Gentiles, having pursued a course of sensuality, lusts, drunkenness, carousing, drinking parties and abominable idolatries.
The Wrath of God Comes Upon the Sons of the Unpersuaded Because of These Things, Colossians 3:6
The Wrath of God Comes Upon the Sons of the Unpersuaded Because of These Things, Colossians 3:6
Colossians 3:6 (NASB95)
for which things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of the unpersuaded,
Unpersuaded Rather Than Disobedient
Disobedient, Romans 5:19 ; 2 Corinthians 10:6; Hebrews 2:2
For as through the one man’s disobedience the many were made sinners, even so through the obedience of the One the many will be made righteous.
and we are ready to punish all disobedience, whenever your obedience is complete.
For if the word spoken through angels proved unalterable, and every transgression and disobedience received a just penalty,
Negating of Persuaded
We Persuade Men, 2 Corinthians 5:11
Therefore, knowing the fear of the Lord, we persuade men, but we are made manifest to God; and I hope that we are made manifest also in your consciences.
Persuaded to become a Christian, Acts 26:28
Agrippa replied to Paul, “In a short time you will persuade me to become a Christian.”
A Quality of God’s Wrath is Upon All Who Reject God, Romans 1:18
Romans 1:18
For God's wrath is manifested from heaven upon all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, the ones holding down the truth in unrighteousness,
Allowing them to Fill up to the Full Their Punishment, Romans 1:24
Romans 1:24
Wherefore, God handed them over in the desires of their hearts unto uncleanliness to dishonor their bodies among themselves,
God will Not Permit This From a Christian, 1 Corinthians 11:32
1 Corinthians 11:32 (NASB95)
But when we are judged, we are child-trained by the Lord so that we will not be condemned along with the world.
The Sons of the Unpersuaded Walk According to the Age of This World, Ephesians 2:2
in which you formerly walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, of the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience.
Satan is the One Who Designed This Age of the World, 1 John 5:19
1 John 5:19
We intuitively know that we are of God, and that the whole world lies in the malignantly evil one.
We Do Not Want to be Ensnared to do His Desirous Will, 2 Timothy 2:26
and they may come to their senses and escape from the snare of the devil, having been held captive by him to do his will.
When Christ is Revealed
Putting to Death Your Members Upon the Earth
The Wrath of God Comes Upon the Sons of the Unpersuaded