The Born Again Trail Teaching...continued

 

"Out with the OLD in with the New"

 

Colossians 3

 

1 If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God. 2 Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth. 3 For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. 4 When Christ who is our life appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory.

 

5 Therefore put to death your members which are on the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. 6 Because of these things the wrath of God is coming upon the sons of disobedience, 7 in which you yourselves once walked when you lived in them.

 

8 But now you yourselves are to put off all these: anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy language out of your mouth. 9 Do not lie to one another, since you have put off the old man with his deeds, 10 and have put on the new man who is renewed in knowledge according to the image of Him who created him, 11 where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcised nor uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave nor free, but Christ is all and in all.

 

PUT OFF

 

Verse 8: ...But now you yourselves are to put off...

Strong's Concordance

apotithémi: to put off, lay aside:From apo and tithemi; to put away (literally or figuratively) -- cast off, lay apart (aside, down), put away (off).

 

verse 9: ...since you have put off the old man ...

Strong's Concordance

apekduomai: to strip off from oneself:denoting separation

 

PUT ON

 

verse 10:...and have put on the new man...

Strong's Concordance

enduo: I put on, clothe:in the sense of sinking into a garment

 

RENEWED

 

verse 10:.. new man who is renewed...

Strong's Concordance

anakainoó: to make new

 

The NEW MAN is being renewed perpetually...it will never get old.....when you buy something that is new it immediately starts to grow old...it is no longer new....but with our New Man it is being RENEWED...which means it is always NEW!

 

The next teaching is "How do we do this?" stay tuned....