1) What would you think about if you thought about heaven during the day? What would it be like to live here but think about there?
2) Does the way you dress make a difference in how you approach your day? Does the way you dress impact how others view you?
3) What are some rules you live by? Are these rules your own or are they imposed on you by someone else?
Since you’ve already been raised, look up! Because of what Jesus did, we have already been given a place in heaven with Him. So, while you’re in the midst of day-to-day life, look up! Tune your heart and mind to things above.
Like a first-century version of “What Not to Wear,” Paul helps us to choose the way we clothe our lives. We are instructed to take off the old (3:9) and put on the new (3:10). Then, as a top designer, Paul tells us what would look great on us. Verse 12 says, “Clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.” More than dressing to impress, how we clothe ourselves as Christ-followers really makes a difference.
Paul concludes Chapter 3 with a series of rules targeted to different groups of people. These rules are not complicated or confusing. But usually the challenge with the Bible is found more in living it than understanding it. Which of these rules is directed to you? What would it take for you to live it out?
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