Colossians 3, starting with verse 5 tells us to put to death whatever belongs to our earthly nature:
- sexual immorality
- impurity
- lust
- evil desires
- greed, which is idolatry
- anger
- rage
- malice
- slander
- filthy language
- lying
Verses 9-11 tell us that since we have taken off "...old self and it's practices and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its CREATOR. Here there is no Gentile or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave or free, but CHRIST is all, and is in all."
Verses 12-14 guides us in how to live...
"Therefore, as GOD's chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with:
- COMPASSION
- KINDNESS
- HUMILITY
- GENTLENESS
- PATIENCE
- bear with each other - BEARS WITH OTHERS
- forgive one another - FORGIVES
- forgive as the LORD forgave you - FORGIVENESS
And over all these virtues put on LOVE, which binds them all together in perfect unity."
Yes! JESUS is all these things and so much more! Clothe yourself with JESUS!
