In this week’s message, entitled “Old and New”, we examined Colossians 3:1-17. We heard that God’s call for us, as Christians, is to become who we already are in Christ. To better understand this call upon our lives, let us consider these questions:
- How strongly do you see theology or doctrine as being connected with life? How does this tend to affect the way that you read your Bible?
- How did you connect with the description of how we can read the Bible with a “that’s God - that’s me” filter mechanism? How did the message help you with this?
- Have you ever thought of the Christian life as mainly believing the right things and doing the right things? In what ways does this understanding of the Christian life differ from the one presented from Colossians 3:1-17?
- Have you ever struggled to understand what it means to be united with Christ? How was Sunday’s explanation a help to you?
- How is putting to death what is earthly and putting on what is holy connected with God’s work of grace in your life?
- How does the understanding that God has given you a new nature affect the way that you embrace God’s ongoing work in you and through you?
Let’s pray this week that God will give us a greater understanding of all that is found in our union with Christ.
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