Key Scripture | Colossians 3:1-17 | 2 Timothy 3:1-5

SEEK WHAT'S ABOVE US

Colossians 3:1-2

• 'If then you were raised with Christ'
• 'Seek those things which are above. . . '
• 'Set your mind on things above, not on things on earth'

Philippians 4:11

PUT TO DEATH SOME THINGS

Colossians 3:5

• Fornication [this is sexual immorality]
• Uncleanness [impurity]
• Inordinate affection [lust]
• Evil desires [weeds in good soil, termites in walls, rats in basement, cancer in bones]
• Covetousness [wanting what someone else has]

PUT SOME THINGS OFF

Colossians 3:8-9

• Anger 
• Wrath  [rage]
• Malice [slander]
• Blasphemy [speaking sacrilegiously about God or sacred things]
• Filthy language  [cursing, telling dirty jokes]
• Don't lie to one another

PUT SOME THINGS ON

Colossians 3:10-14

• New man  [Seeking after a relationship with Jesus Christ…trying to be like Him]
• Tender Mercies  [Compassion]
•  Kindness   [Being friendly, generous & considerate]
• Humility 
• Meekness  [gentleness]
• Long suffering [patience]
• Bearing with one another [bear each other's burdens]
• Forgiving one another        
• “Above all, put on love, which binds us together…”