COLOSSIANS 3:1-5

Are Your Affections in a Safe Place ?? ( Col.3:1-5)

Are Your Affections in a Safe Place ?? ( Col.3:1-5)

MOST OF US FREQUENTLY MISPLACE THINGS. KEYS. CREDIT CARDS. CHILDREN. MONEY. WIFE. THE WORD “AFFECTION” DENOTES A WARM ATTECTMENT, LOVE, FOUNDNESS.

CAN ANYONE DIVIDE THEIR AFFECTIONS BETWEEN TWO OR MORE SPOUSEE ? MATTHEW 6:24 THE HEART IS THE CENTER OF OUR AFFECTIONS. ONE CANNOT THINK WRONG AND DO RIGHT. PROV. 23:7; MK. 7:21-23; MATT. 12:34-37

OUR AFFECTIONS SHOULD BE PROPERLY PLACE. ON THINGS ABOVE : COLOSSIANS 3:1-3 WE HAVE BEEN RAISED FROM THE WATERTY GRAVE OF BAPTISM, HAVING DIED TO THE PRACTICE AND GUILT OF SIN, THEREFORE, WE ARE TO NOW FOCUS OUT THOUGHTS, PURPOSES, AND EMOTIONS ON HEAVENLY MATTERS. ROM.6:1-6 COLOSSIANS 3:7-12

BEFORE OUR CONVERSION, WE LIVED IN SIN, WERE INTERESTED PRIMARILY IN EARTHLY AFFAIRS, AND DEVOTED OUR TIME AND ENERGY TO SERVING OURSELVES. ROMANS 8:5-8 I PETER 4:1-4 NOW THAT WE HAVE BEEN CONVERTED, OUR INTERESTS ARE IDENTICAL TO THOSE OF CHRIST. OUR DESTINY IS TO LIVE FOREVER WITH THE LORD, SO WE CENTER OUR MINDS ON THINGS OF CHRIST, AND NOT ON EARTHLY CONCERNS. ROM. 8:12-13 I PETER 4:1,2 PSALMS 119:127 ROMANS 7:22

OUR AFFECTIONS ARE NOT TO BE PLACED ON SOME THINGS. WE MUST NOT BE PRIMARILY CONCERNED WITH OUR OWN SELF. WE ARE TO BE CONCERN WITH THE WELFARE OF THE SOUL, HOW WE TREAT OTHERS, AND HOW WE SERVED THE GOD. ROMANS 12:3 MARK 12:29-31 I CORINTHIANS 9:27 JAMES 1:27 ROMANS 12:1,2

BUT WE ARE NOT TO BE SELF-CENTERED. LUKE 18:9-14 ACTS 8:9 II TIMOTHY 3:3 WE ARE NOT TO PLACE OUR AFFECTIONS ON MONEY. I TIMOTHY 6:10 THE RICH FOOL. LK. 12:13-21 THE YOUNG MAN. MATT. 19:16-22 ANANIAS AND SAPPHIRA. ACTS 5:1-11 PROVERBS 23:4,5

WE MUST NOT PLACE OUR AFFECTIONS ON SINFUL OR WORLDLY PLEASURES. WHY ?? EARTHLY PLEASURES ARE SHORT LIVED. HEB.11:24-25 SOLOMON HAD TO LEARN THIS. ECCL. 2:1-11 PAUL. I TIMOTHY 6:7 JOB. JOB 1:20-21

FOLLOWING SINFUL PLEASURES LEAD TO DEATH, SPIRITUAL AND ETERNAL. I TIMOTHY 5:6 JAMES 1:13-15 LUKE 8:13

LIVING IN SINFUL PLEASURES WILL SEPARATE US FROM THE HOLY GOD. II TIMOTHY 3:1-8; ISA. 59:1,2; GEN. 3 MATTHEW 5:8 HEBREWS 12:14-15 WHILE EACH CHRISTIAN IS TO LIVE WITH GREAT CONFIDENCE, HIS TRUST IS IN THE LORD, HE DOES NOT SEEK TO BE PREEMINENT OVER OTHERS. COLOSSIANS 1:18 ROMANS 12:3 PHILIPPIANS 2:3 MATTHEW 5:3

WE MUST NOT PLACE OUR ESTEEM ON THE WORLD. I JOHN 2:15-17 THE WORLD OF THIS PASSAGE IS THE SPHERE OR EVIL; THAT ORDER OF THINGS WHICH STANDS OPPOSEED TO GOD AND GODLINESS. WE ARE FORBIDDEN TO LOVE THIS ” kosmos” WHICH IS OPPOSED TO GOD.

THE WORLD WE ARE FORBIDDEN TO LOVE IS NOT THE MATERIAL UNIVERSE, NOT THE PEOPLE OF THE WORLD, NOT THE EARTH OR THE VISBLE ELEMENTS OF OUR SURROUNDINGS. LOVE USED HERE DOES NOT REFER TO TENDER AFFECTION. THE LOVE OF OUR TEXT IS THE EMOTION OF SELFISH DESIRE, GREED, WORLDLY PRIDE – HAVING DESIRE FOR THOSE SINFUL ELEMENTS THAT PERTAIN TO THE SOCIETY OF MEN. I JOHN 2:15-17 THE YOUNG RICH RULER LOVED HIS RICHES MORE THAN FOLLOWING OUR LORD. MATT. 19:16-22

LOVE FOR THE WORLD AND LOVE FOR GOD ARE NOT THE SAME. MATTHEW 6:24 JAMES 4:4 II CORINTHIANS 6:17-19 ROMANS 12:1,2 GALATIANS 2:20

WE MUST NOT PLACE OUR AFFECTIONS ON RECEIVING THE PRAISE OF MEN. JOHN 12:42-43 ACTS 12::20-23 OUR LORD DID NOT SEEK THE PRAISE OF MEN. MATT. 21:8-11 DO YOU LOVE TO BE PRAISED BY MEN ? ARE YOUR AFFECTIONS IN A SAFE PLACE ?

WE MUST NOT PLACE OUR INTEREST IN THE WAGES OF UNRIGHTEOUSNESS WE MUST NOT PLACE OUR INTEREST IN THE WAGES OF UNRIGHTEOUSNESS. II PETER 2:15 THIS PASSAGE SHOWS THAT THE EVIL MEN UNDER CONSIDERATION ARE FALLEN CHRISTIANS, APOSTATES FROM THE FAITH. THEY LEFT “THE RIGHT WAY” OR “THE STRAIGHT PATH.” ONE CANNOT LEAVE A ROAD WITHOUT HAVING BEEN ON THAT ROAD; ONE CANNOT GO ASTRAY UNLESS HE WAS ONCE ALL RIGHT. THE WORD “WAY” REFERS TO THE CORRECT WAY OF THINKING, DECIDING, A WAY OF CONDUCT, AND A COURSE THAT IS LEVEL FOR LIFE THAT NEVER ENDS.

“ASTRAY” IS FROM A WORD WHICH MEANS “TO DECEIVE, TO LEAD ASTRAY,” AND IT OFTEN GIVEN AS “TO ERR.” WHAT THESE FEW WORDS TELL US IS THE FACT THAT NOT ONLY DID THEY GO ASTRAY, BUT THEY FOLLOWED THAT COURSE OF BALAAM’S ACTION TO THE END. BALAAM WAS MORE INTERESTED IN ORTAINING MONEY FROM UNRIGHTEOUS ACTIVITY THAN FROM DOING THAT WHICH WAS RIGHT. NUM. 31:16 BALAAM WAS LATER SLAIN FOR HIS WICKEDNESS. NUM. 31:8 THESE FALSE TEACHERS , THEREFORE, WERE GUILTY OF FULLY IMITATING BALAAM.

ALL UNRIGHTEOUSNESS IS SIN. I JOHN 1:9; 5:17 CHRISTIANS CAN FALL AWAY FROM THE LORD. I CORINTHIANS 10:12 JAMES 5:19,20 I TIMOTHY 1:19,20

THE RIGHT WAY IS THE WAY OF GOD’S TRUTH – THE GOSPEL SYSTEM THE RIGHT WAY IS THE WAY OF GOD’S TRUTH – THE GOSPEL SYSTEM. THIS IS WHERE OUR INTEREST SHOULD BE. PSALMS 119:172 I PETER 2:24 I JOHN 2:29; 3:7 MATTHEW 6:33

OUR AFFECTIONS MUST NOT BE PLACED ON : CONCLUSION : OUR AFFECTIONS MUST NOT BE PLACED ON : ON SELF. ON MONEY. ON PLEASURE. ON THE WORLD. ON THE PRAISE OF MEN. ON THE WAGES OF UNRIGHTEOUSNESS. OUR AFFECTIONS MUST BE PLACED ON : ON THINGS ABOVE. UPON THE LAW OF GOD. UPON PURE AND HOLY THINGS.

B.B. C R B H WHERE ARE YOUR AFFECTIONS PLACED ? REV.2:10 IF THEY ARE NOT ON SPIRITUAL ITEMS, YOU NEED TO MAKE A CHANGE. THAT CHANGE FOR AN ALIEN IS TO OBEY THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST. B.B. C R REV.2:10 B H