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Colossians 3:1-11 / Find the above
* In yesterday's Word / I told you to deviate from the law or religious regulations.
- Then / if you do it wrong... - It can lead to indulgence.
** So, today the Apostle Paul said // our affiliation is in heaven,
& So look for things that are / not of this earth!! - I say.
* Through today's text / What kind of God is... What are the lessons he gives me...
& Let's think about a few things.
1. Verse 1, Verse 2
* If ye / the old man with Christ died - and lived again...
& find the above!! / It was.
& “Think of things above / Don’t think of things on earth!!” It was.
- That's / what a believer in Jesus should look like.
* Here [Find the above!! - Think!!] I did... - What do you mean by looking and thinking?
- To seek / is to “seek it!!”.
- To think / is to “pay attention!!” to it.
& It means “set your heart and pay attention” to it.
* Dear friends!
- What do we who believe in Jesus / seek, pay attention to, and pay attention to today?
- Not on this earth / but that heaven, where our Lord sits at his right hand.
- We must not only look at the ground / look at our feet and live / raise our eyes - we must see our Lord.
- We should be concerned with things that are eternal / not things that will soon disappear.
- Not physical things / but spiritual things.
** What am I pursuing today?
** What am I interested in today?
2. Then, in the words of verses 3 and 4 / we find the reason why we should seek the above.
Verses 3 and 4
* Why should we / seek the above, / and think above, not on the ground?
1) “[For = because] first, you are dead” / so it was.
- If we only think about the earth, our “old people” who lived there are already!! dead.
2) And, [your life with Christ] / it was.
- (The old man is already dead) Now we have a new life -
& That life is the life given from Christ.
** So, who am I now?
- Because I am already dead // I now belong to Christ, who gave me life.
& My belonging is [Christ].
- However, there is a problem here... / What is it?
& that I have the life of Jesus in me - it's hidden / it's not marked.
<Exactly! After the votes - I'd buy it as is... //
& Because there are no tickets - I keep thinking about the things above, and then thinking about things above the ground.>
3) But, is there ever a time when this comes out completely?
- According to verse 4, / when our Lord comes again,
& that I have the life of Jesus in me - that it will be revealed in glory.
* So / what is it?
- (It's clearly not revealed right now) Don't get confused.
** “You are surely already dead to the old man / (already dead to the earthly thing)
& Your belonging is [Jesus Christ]
& [Jesus is now sitting at the right hand of the throne of God - belongs to above]
- So / find the one above!! - Think of the above!! - This is it.
* Dear friends!
- Are you making your affiliation clear today?
- When you come to church - To belong to the above!
& If you go out into the world - Belong to the land!!! - Isn't that how you live?
** Everyone! / We - We live in another country - Korean // Aren't we?
- Even in other countries - I live as a Korean.
- When I get together with a Korean - I live as a Korean!
& If you are with a person from that country - Live as a person from that country!! - You don't live like that, do you?
* Same as that.
- [We are citizens of heaven.]
- That's why I'm looking for the above / thinking about the above.
** Today, I am clarifying my affiliation / and clarifying my identity.
3. Then, what are the things of the earth?
Verse 5
* Kill the members of the earth!! / It was.
<- Even though the old person is already dead / He's not dead yet...>
- lewdness / infidelity (what? - dirty act) /
- Selfishness (Private Desire - Doing whatever you want when you want to)
- evil lust
- Covetousness (if there is something you like - the desire to grab anything)
**Kill this thing!! - Yes.
* why?
- Because these things are [idol worship]...
- These things do not come from God / because they are created by material things and my feelings.
- Also (in verse 6), because God is angry with such a life... // you have to kill it.
* Are there more specific things to kill?
Verses 8-9
- Anger and anger (= hasty temper)
- Malice (= bad heart, bad intentions) and slander (slandering others)
- Shameful remarks (= swear words or obscene language)
- lie
** Take off all these things!!
* Dear friends!
- Or, out of the two, what is the most appealing to you?
- We only have to live as God wants us / Our Lord wants us to...
& Are you still doing what I want, / to my heart's content, / or not?
- Greed = Aren't you full of greed for this world?
- Do you get angry easily / do you speak harshly to others?
** Check these things out today
& Living life like a person belonging to Christ - I long to be with you and me.