Living The Changed Life

New Community Church, Adelaide - Sermon series on LIVING THE CHANGED LIFE. "In order to love spiritual things a man must be made spiritual. The natural man may hear about them, and have a correct idea of the doctrine of them, but he cannot love them (2 Thess 2:10), nor find his joy in them. None can dwell with God and be eternally happy in His presence until a radical change has been wrought in him, a change from sin to holiness; and this change must take place on earth." AW PINK

Geoff Hohneck
LIVING THE CHANGED LIFE
Spiritual Fitness Requirements
Colossians 3:5-9
09 February 2014

Regardless of whether it’s spiritual or physical, the key to any fitness is always the same – Eliminate the negatives, develop the positives. This isn’t a recipe of works for salvation. Rather, it’s a recipe for living the transformed life, having already been saved by grace through faith.

Here, Paul gives us a list of things we can (and ought) to do to live in light of the new persons we have become. And the way we do this is through Godly contentment (as in Phil 4:11) – that’s the secret to keeping immorality at bay.

SERMON OUTLINE

1. Kill destructive vices
• Put to death - Sexual immorality
• Put to death - Impurity
• Put to death - Lust/passion
• Put to death - Greed

2. What we must discard-Discard anger and rage
• Discard malice
• Discard slander
• Discard abusive speech
• Discard lying