Message Notes for March 30, 2025

Series: Colossians – The Power of Christ in You

Title: My Old Self vs. My New Self

Bottom Line: Put off the old, put on the new

Message Verses: Colossians 3:1-17 & Romans 8:29

Colossians 3:1-17 ESV 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.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. ¹¹ Here there is not Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, free; but Christ is all, and in all.¹² Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, 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. 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.

1. Let God renew your mind 

2. Put off your old self 

3. Put on your new self 

Romans 8:29 ESV For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. 

Family/Group Study Notes for the week of March 30, 2025

Series: The Power of Christ in You

Title: My Old Self vs. My New Self

Bottom Line: Put off the old, put on the new

Message Verses: Colossians 3:1-17 & Romans 8:29

• What are some things that are different about you now than when you were  younger, or younger in faith? 
• Read Colossians 3:1-4. What are the commands and what are the promises in this passage? 
• What is challenging about verse 2 for people? For you? 
• Read Colossians 3:5-11. How would you summarize that passage? How are we supposed to practically put away these things? Was there something on that list that used to be a struggle for you? 
• Verse 11 lists many different identities. Cultural identity (Jew/Greek) Religious identity (circumcised/uncircumcised) and social class identity (Slave/free, Scythian/Barbarian). How do we not allow these identities define us anymore? What should define us? 
• Read Colossians 3:12-17. What does it practically look like to put on these characteristics? Which one from this list will you focus on this week?
• Verse 13 talks about forgiveness. Forgiveness is central to a Christian life, where do you need God’s help to forgive or ask forgiveness? 
• What are some practical ways we can allow Scripture to shape our actions and decisions in our everyday lives?
• Of the 3 points from the passage: Let God renew your mind, put off your old self, and put on the new self. Which point is God leading you to focus on?