The Place to Be #74

Colossians 3:5 Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. 6 On account of these the wrath of God is coming. 7 In these you too once walked, when you were living in them. 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.

Paul has presented us with a very high view of Who Christ is. He is so powerful and holy as God the Son that we need no other Savior or "work" of any kind for our salvation or sanctification. He is within us, and, as we saw yesterday, there is a part of us that is already with Him as He sits at the Father's right hand even now.  Based upon those things we are able to do what Paul commands above: clear out all the idols and sinful actions in our lives: both what we do with our bodies and with our mouths. Christ provides the power to do so, as well as providing the their replacement: a new self, which is able to think, and therefore act in godliness.  Christ can and will do this regardless of our religious and moral background, because He is all (powerful, wise, and gracious), and in all(indwelling the believer).