Colossians 3 v 5 - 11 - Get it sorted!

v5
Put these evil things out of life such as sexual sinning, evil thoughts, wanting evil things, greed as this is serving a false God. Sin begins with our hearts, God can tell our attitude towards stuff by looking at our hearts, which is very very tricky. On the outside we may be okay, but our thoughts may be corrupt. But again, on the outside we all sin too. 


Galatians 5:24 Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified their own sinful selves. They have given up their old selfish feelings and the evil things they wanted to do.


We are constantly surrounded by sin in our world, sometimes we fall into sin and temptation. But as Christians, we should resist, and submitting to God. 


But it's not as easy as saying "right, i'll never look at porn again" or "i'll never argue again". You have to have an action plan and actually put it into action. You may have the desire to stop sinning, but your not doing anything to stop. This was me. Figure out with friends, with God to come up with a plan to stop you sinning, become accountable and pray to God. he knows your heart, he knows you want to stop, but you need to execute the stopping of sins! I asked all my friends to list the sins I had, and I then wrote down what I knew I was struggling with. It was immensely hard to deal with, it's humbling in some ways, just to see how bad we are as Christians. But in the long run, it was better. I came up with a plan, and slowly half my list is already disappeared. Don't think you are perfect, don't get complacent. 


v6
All of this makes God angry. It's kind of scary in a way, although a lot of the time we think of God as loving and caring, he gets angry too. righteously angry. the God who created the world, will one day destroy it. It's really just a warning towards us to be honest.


v7
In the past, we did evil stuff too. We did stuff in the past, we do stuff in the present, and we'll do stuff in the future. but DO NOT LOSE HOPE!! 


v8-9
Don't have a temper, unrighteous anger, doing / saying to hurt others, using evil words when you talk, do not lie. You have left behind the evil stuff you've done.


v10
I LOVE THIS VERSE.


You have begun to live the new life, in which you are being made new and are becoming like the One who made you. This new life brings you the true knowledge of God.


It's just amazing, huh? We have a new life, in Christ becoming more like him. If you're not moving forward in your relationship with Jesus, you are backsliding. More and more, you are becoming like Christ, it's just amazing. You are discovering Christ, what faith and Jesus really means. We will be different to the world around us, we will be more like Christ.


v11
We are all believers in Christ, there is no difference between us! It doesn't matter about race or class, or dividing things in this world, as Christians we are all one. Wer all have different gifts, and different ways to serve God though. When we are all truly one, we will be in heaven, but we need to adopt that attitude towards the Christians we know, and within our churches.