Colossians 3v5-11
Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. On account of these the wrath of God is coming. In these you too once walked, when you were living in them. But now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and obscene talk from your mouth. Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old self with its practices and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator. Here there is not Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, free; but Christ is all, and in all. (ESV)
Theme:
Holiness flows from Gospel identity.
Doctrine:
Mortification and vivification are the fruit of regeneration, not its cause.
Focus:
Ethical transformation rooted in union with Christ.
1. The Reality of Regeneration reminds us who we are in Christ.
2. The Renunciation of Rebellion (the Flesh) calls us to kill sin daily.
1. The Reality of Regeneration (3:1–4 foundation; 3:5–7 continuation)
1.1 Our Position in Christ.
1.2 Our Pattern of Life.
1.3 The Principle of Grace.
2. The Renunciation of Rebellion (the Flesh) (3:5–11)
2.1 Put to Death (v. 5).
2.2 Put Away (vv. 8–9a).
2.3 Put Off (vv. 9–11).