While visiting the amazing city of Paris we’ve been impressed not just by architecture but by beautiful and friendly French people who call Paris home! I know what you may be thinking and it was what we were told before we visited as well. This got me thinking about Paul’s letter to the Colossians in 3:5-17.
Paul wrote to the Colossian Church about putting off and putting to death the “old man” of our former life. I’m thankful he didn’t stop there as in verse 10 he told them that they needed to “put on” the new man and here in verses 12-17 he tells them what the new man looks like! Years ago Bing Crosby sang a song that accurately describes this section as the song went:
“You’ve got to accentuate the positive,
Eliminate the negative,
Latch on to the affirmative,
And don’t mess with Mr. In-between.”
The Christian life isn’t just about what we “put off” friends, it’s about WHO we put on! The great thing is that each and every day we can put off the old man and put on the new man in Christ! It can be difficult to get up in the morning and get going with the old man, as Albert Einstein noted while working on the mathematical equation for the “speed of light” he turned to his research assistant early in the morning and said,… “The problem with the speed of light is, it comes too early in the morning!” There are a few Christians I know that act as if they don’t even believe in God before 10 in the morning. Saints, could it be that part of our problem in the morning is that we haven’t gotten dressed in our grace clothes?
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