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| The Resurrected Life |
In Colossians 3:1-11 Paul wrote of Christians living the resurrected life here and now. Then he gave a limited list of examples to illustrate what he meant in practical terms. If we have a legalistic mentality, that list becomes a new set of rules to obey, rather than some applications of his point. That kind of thinking misses the point. It sees Paul’s illustrations as the whole story instead of just a very brief sketch of what the resurrected life looks like. Some folks would never be caught swearing but gladly engage in slander or ethnic bigotry because they have chosen part of the list and think that was the whole idea. It was not. The principle was: Christians ought to live the resurrected new life in Christ now and put to death the sinful ways of this world.
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