Live It UP Countdown Blog #6: Put It ON!

Ok... last post was about putting that ol' funky, nasty, stinky, foul carcass of our old selves  and all of it's ungodly influences off, not just momentarily but for good! But what good is putting off everything and not putting anything on?! Like Andy Mineo said in one of his songs "if you only put off, you'll be waking up cold!". Well, right on! So here we go, to shop for "new clothes"! :-)

After telling us to put off the old deeds of the flesh, Paul starts directing us what to put on:

Colossians 3: 9-15
"9 Do not lie to one another, since you have put off the old man with his deeds, 10 and have put on the new man who is renewed in knowledge according to the image of Him who created him, 11 where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcised nor uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave nor free, but Christ is all and in all.

12 Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on tender mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering; 13 bearing with one another, and forgiving one another, if anyone has a complaint against another; even as Christ forgave you, so you also must do. 14 But above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfection.15 And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body; and be thankful."

As I did in the last post I will list these to make them stand out for us.
Put on:

• Tender Mercies
• Kindness
• Humility
• Meekness
• Longsuffering
• Forgiveness
• Love
• Peace of God
• Thankfulness

I feel immeasurably better thinking about this list than the other one. The other one leads to death, destruction, depression, defilement and degradation. That is what is running rampant in the world.  This list is the salt and light, preserving and awakening it. This list is what keeps the world from consuming itself. This list is what Christ was and what we are to be. This list leads people home. It is  through God's power we do the things listed here, not of our own. Will we fall short of this list... yes, we will. Will we do things from the other list... yep. But which will we submit to... which will we let live in us and which will we try to assassinate? Which will we walk in?

Other stuff to put on:
Ephesians 6:10-18
"10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. 11 Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. 12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age,[c] against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. 13 Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.

14 Stand therefore, having girded your waist with truth, having put on the breastplate of righteousness, 15 and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace; 16 above all, taking the shield of faith with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one. 17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God; 18 praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints"
We need to get everything we put on out of the Word! Let's Live It UP!

ONE MORE DAY! :-D