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Dec 28, 2025

In with the New

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In with the New

December 28, 2025

MAIN PRINCIPLE: True freedom in Christ is not passive; it is .

Colossians 3:1–4

1 If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. 2 Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. 3 For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. 4 When Christ who is your life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.

1. Set your .

Colossians 3:5–10

5 Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. 6 On account of these the wrath of God is coming. 7 In these you too once walked, when you were living in them. 8 But now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and obscene talk from your mouth. 9 Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old self with its practices 10 and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator.

2. Slay the .

PRINCIPLE: We can never move in Christ if we continue to look back at the world.

3. Step in .

Colossians 3:11

Here there is not Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, free; but Christ is all, and in all.

4. Stand as one .

Colossians 3:12

Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience.

5. Set the .

“Be careful how you live. You may be the only Bible some person ever reads.”
— William J. Toms

Colossians 3:13–15

13 bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. 14 And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony. 15 And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful.

6. Seek out .

Colossians 3:16–17

16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God. 17 And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

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In with the New

Follow Along with the Message

In with the New

MAIN PRINCIPLE: True freedom in Christ is not passive; it is .

1. Set your .

2. Slay the .

PRINCIPLE: We can never move in Christ if we continue to look back at the world.

3. Step in .

4. Stand as one .

5. Set the .

6. Seek out .

7. Submit to the .

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