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โข What possession do you always keep in a safe place? Why is it precious to you?
โข What is one food you used to hate that you now love? What made you change your mind?ย
โข How would you characterize yourself in terms of your possessions? Would you consider yourself to be an expert in decluttering or do you have a hard time doing this? Expound on your answer.
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๐๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ฉ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ต, ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐๐ฉ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ต ๐ช๐ด, ๐ด๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ. ๐๐ฆ๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ, ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ฉ. ๐๐ฐ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฅ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ฉ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐๐ฉ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ต ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ช๐ด ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ด, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ข๐ญ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐จ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ.ย ๐๐ข๐๐ข๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐๐ก๐ฆ ๐ฏ:๐ญ-๐ฐ
(Read also ๐๐ข๐๐ข๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐๐ก๐ฆ ๐ฏ.)
Paul describes believers as having died, having been raised with Christ, and having our lives hidden with Christ in God. This means that our old sinful lives have been dealt with on the cross. Not only are we forgiven, but we also have been cut off from the power of sin. The lives we now live, we live for God. In this lesson, we will look at what it looks like to live under the Lordship of Christ as a result of the abovementioned truth.
๐ญ. ๐ช๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ธ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ ๐ผ๐ป ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐น๐ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐.
๐๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ฉ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ต, ๐จ๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ค๐ซ๐, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐๐ฉ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ต ๐ช๐ด, ๐ด๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ. ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐ข๐๐ฃ๐๐จ ๐ค๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ค๐ซ๐, ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ฉ. ๐๐ข๐๐ข๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐๐ก๐ฆ ๐ฏ:๐ญ-๐ฎ
(Read also ๐๐ข๐๐ข๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐๐ก๐ฆ ๐ฏ:๐ฏ-๐ฐ.)
Because we have already died to sin, we are no longer to set our minds on fulfilling our old sinful desires. Under Christโs Lordship, we now live our lives in an intimate relationship with Him as the source of our life and our reason for living. It is only reasonable that we seek Him and the things of God. When we set our minds on Him, we acknowledge that He is the One who continually fills our thoughts. We consider how to please and show our love for Him. What are the results of setting our minds on things of the Spirit according to Romans 8:6?
๐ฎ. ๐ช๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ต ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐น๐ฑ๐น๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐.
๐๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ฉ๐ญ๐บ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ: ๐ด๐ฆ๐น๐ถ๐ข๐ญ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐บ, ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐บ, ๐ฑ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ฆ๐ท๐ช๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ต๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ณ๐บ. . . . ๐๐ถ๐ต ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ข๐ธ๐ข๐บ: ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ธ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ, ๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ค๐ฆ, ๐ด๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ด๐ค๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ฉ.ย ๐๐ข๐๐ข๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐๐ก๐ฆ ๐ฏ:๐ฑ-๐ด
Living set apart for God means putting to death whatever belongs to old sinful nature. We are to no longer engage and interact with those things, just as we no longer interact with people who have already passed away. Our former ways no longer have a place in a life that is united with Christ. Many times in Scripture, life and death are not about heaven or hell but about either experiencing or being cut off from the quality of life that God wants us to have. How does Romans 6:12โ13 describe this truth? What are the benefits of putting to death the deeds of the old sinful nature?
๐ฏ. ๐ช๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐.
๐๐ถ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ, ๐ข๐ด ๐๐ฐ๐ฅโ๐ด ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ, ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ด, ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด, ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐บ, ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ, ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ, ๐ช๐ง ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ข ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ต ๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐จ๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ; ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐จ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ, ๐ด๐ฐ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ข๐ญ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐จ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ. ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฃ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ฆ๐ค๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐บ.ย ๐๐ข๐๐ข๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐๐ก๐ฆ ๐ฏ:๐ญ๐ฎ-๐ญ๐ฐ
As Godโs beloved now set apart for Him, we are to put on the love we have received from Christ. We put on our new self, which is being renewed to reflect the image of God. As we consider ourselves dead to sin and set apart for God, we learn to love and forgive others as He loved and forgave us. Under His Lordship, we become more compassionate, kind, humble, meek, and patient toward others. What does Colossians 3:17 have to say about the ultimate motivation for our actions toward those around us?
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โข Reflect on Colossians 3:3 and Galatians 2:20. What do you think these mean? Take some time to meditate on these passages in the coming week.
โข How has what you set your mind on this past week affected the quality of your life and relationship with God and others?
โข How have you experienced Godโs love? How do you think you can put on Godโs love this week? What would that look like? (e.g., forgiveness, compassion, reconciliation)ย
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โข Thank God for bringing you into His kingdom, where His love is worth more than anything we can find on earth. Pray that you would continually live a life hidden in Christ.ย
โข Pray for His grace as you are continually transformed to be more like Him, putting to death what is worldly in you.
โข Ask God to reveal to you a person to whom you need to show love (compassion, kindness, humility, patience, forgiveness). Pray that you would put on love and point people to Christ.ย