Scripture Writing Plan - Days 18 to 23

Day 18, 19, 20, 21, 22 and 23 - Colossians 3: 1 - 25

1.  If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.

2.  Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.

3.  For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.

4.  When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.

5.  Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:

6.  For which things' sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience:

7.  In the which ye also walked some time, when ye lived in them.

8.  But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.

9.  Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;

10.  And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:

11.  Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.

12.  Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;

13.  Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.

14.  And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.

15.  And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.

16.  Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.

17.  And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.

18.  Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.

19.  Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.

20.  Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.

21.  Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.

22.  Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not with eye service, as men pleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God;

23.  And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;

24.  Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.

25.  But he that doeth wrong shall receive for the wrong which he hath done: and there is no respect of persons.

My Interpretation

If we choose to release our old unfaithful sinner selves and be born again as Jesus was, who is now God's 'right hand man', we should put our affections in God and not in trivial meaningless pursuits.  

To be Godly in our behaviours and not act as we may have done in the past as that life is now dead to us.  

That if we surrender to God, when the day comes that Jesus once again walks among us we too will be reborn to walk alongside him - Like a Christian Zombie Apocolypse!

To not associate with those who live against God's laws (as you too lived before); for they will face the wrath of God and not be recognized when time comes for them to stand before him.  

To completely surrender yourself to God, living and abiding by the rules that pleases God.

To surround ourselves with those who have faith in God without discrimination and to form a mass consciousness of belief through song, prayer, thought and deed.

To forgive those who have also been born again of their past mistakes, as God has forgiven them.

To give thanks and praise to God in all that we do, loving ourselves as he loves us.

To be a family on a united front being loving and faithful to each other.

Obviously this was written in a time when slaves where common and it was telling them to obey their master in the same way as if they do God.  If we think of it as us working, basically it is about working to please God and not our boss, that our reward for hard work will be acknowledged and rewarded by God.

The last line is a reminder that there is no discrimination when it comes to Gods judgment.  If you do wrong and break laws then there will be consequences for actions regardless of your societal stature.