Devotion:
Read Colossians 3:1-17.
This passage picks up where we left off yesterday, focusing our minds on things related to the Holy Spirit, rather than the spirits of this world. It starts off with our motivation for doing this, using Easter language: we do this because we “have been raised with Christ.” We have put to death our old self and ways and are to be constantly focusing on learning to live the way of Christ.
Notice in verses 8-9 as well as 12-16 that what we are to get rid of and what we are to “clothe” ourselves with have to do with how we relate to other people, especially other Christians. All of it gets summed up in verse 17. Here is how Eugene Peterson translates that verse in The Message: “Let every detail in your lives - words, actions, whatever - be done in the name of the Master, Jesus, thanking God the Father every step of the way.”
I commend to you these seventeen verses as another good passage to read every so often. It is another good summary of what it means to live the way of Jesus Christ.
Personal Worship Option:
A key part of living the way of Jesus Christ is for his followers to meet together regularly (ideally every Sunday) for worship and fellowship. Join us this morning (ideally in person), either at 9:30 or 11:15 as we worship God together.
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