Colossians 3

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Change Your Clothes
Colossians 3:1–17

2. Big Idea
[We pray]…that you may be filled with the
knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and
understanding, so that you will walk in a
manner worthy of the Lord, to please Him in all
respects, bearing fruit in every good work and
increasing in the knowledge of God;
Colossians 1:9–10 2

3. 3
Change Your Clothes
Colossians 3:1–17

4. Tie In
Therefore, as you
have received
Christ Jesus the
Lord, so walk in
Colossians 2:6 4

5. Colossians 3:1–4 Therefore if you have been
raised up with Christ, keep seeking the things
above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of
God. Set your mind on the things above, not on
the things that are on earth. For you have died
and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When
Christ, who is our life, is revealed, then you also
will be revealed with Him in glory.
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6. If/then
Therefore if you have been raised up
with Christ, keep seeking the things
above, where Christ is, seated at the
right hand of God.
Colossians 3:1–4 6

7. Keep seeking
Heavenly Wisdom
Heavenly Behavior
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8. Elevated thinking
Set your mind on the things
above, not on the things
that are on earth.
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9. Heavenly thoughts
Your power will
flow where your
thoughts go
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10. You Are Being Developed
For you have died and your life is
hidden with Christ in God. When
Christ, who is our life, is
revealed, then you also will be
revealed with Him in glory.
Colossians 33-4 10

11. The Big Reveal
Christ is perfecting you!
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12. Take off the soiled garments
Therefore, consider the
members of your earthly
body as dead to
immorality, impurity,
passion, evil desire, and
greed, which amounts to
idolatry. For it is because
of these things that the
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13. Take off the soiled garments
wrath of God will come
upon the sons of
disobedience and in them
you also once walked,
when you were living in
them. But now you also,
put them all aside: anger,
wrath, malice, slander,
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14. Take off the soiled garments
and abusive speech from
your mouth.Do not lie to
one another, since you
laid aside the old self with
its evil practices,
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15. Think on this scripture
Be still
What stands out to you?
How does this make you feel?
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16. Kill These
Immorality
Impurity
Passion
Evil Desire
Greed/Idolatry
Anger
Wrath
Malice
Slander
Abusive Speech
Lying
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17. Your Choice
…since you laid aside the old self with
its evil practices.
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18. The New Clothes
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—
Colossians 3:10 18

19. No division
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.
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20. New Nature
So, as those who have been
chosen of God, holy and
beloved,
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21. Put these on
put on a heart of compassion,
kindness, humility, gentleness and
patience;
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22. Do this
bearing with one another, and
forgiving each other, whoever
has a complaint against anyone;
just as the Lord forgave you, so
also should you.
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23. Imitate
Jesus
Bearing with each other
Forgiving each other
Lose the complaints
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24. Don’t forget
the complete
outfit
Beyond all
these things put
on love, which
is the perfect
bond of unity.
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25. Let God do
Let the peace of Christ rule in your
hearts, to which indeed you were
called in one body; and be thankful.
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26. We
Have
to
Let
this
happen
Peace is that fruit of the Spirit
A product of putting Jesus first
Being one with the rest of the Body of Christ
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27. Let Christ be
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.
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28. Let
this
happen
The Word Dwell
Producing wisdom
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29. We Do This!
Whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the
name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through
Him to God the Father.
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Change Your Clothes
Colossians 3:1–17