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From General Principles to Clear Practical Guidance III ...
Tuesday, Dec 6, 2016. Is it possible to put off your own self and put on some other new self? The apostle Paul is using this image in his letter to the Colossians. He is using this image to describe what Christians can be and are in the transformation which the holy spirit brings into our life.
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Not Greed and Jew, …
We will come to this two sides of Christian life again and again: we are completely new in Christ, yet was still are what we are and we are called to be changed by him, step by step. It is called “growth” and “discipleship”.
8 But now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and obscene talk from your mouth. 9 Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old self with its practices 10 and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator. 11 Here there is not Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, free; but Christ is all, and in all. (from Colossians 3)
“Put away” indicates our active participation in the transformation. It is a change which includes our will, our active and conscious participation! We are taken serious by the Lord with all what we are …
… but Christ is all in all …
Paul writes about Christ being all, and in all. We are in Christ, he is in us by his spirit, and he is the center, goal and Lord of creation, of all beings. He is the door to heaven, and the light … there are so many attributes and images which the New Testament finds for Christ Jesus.
When you do not know Jesus, you need first steps to learn about him. Get to know him. Read his words and remarks and speeches in the New Testament, in the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. And try to find a bible study group to discuss faith with Christians. There are thousands of churches around which run bible study groups and cell groups here and there, there must be some in your neighborhood.
Christian faith leads to a truly international community. When ever we meet people who sincerely follow Christ in his freedom and love, we experience this community. I found it in many countries, in Europe, in America, in Korea, in Japan, … in so many places. It is fantastic! (Roland Potthast) ... more texts