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Text: Colossians 3: 10-11

MSITN VITAL DOCTRINES – CHRISTOLOGY

“And have put on the new man who is renewed in knowledge according to the image of Him who created him,
where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcised nor uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave nor free, but Christ is all and in all.”

Colossians 3:10-11

PUT ON THE NEW MAN

1. A strong contrast was made.

a. To put off the old man.

b. To put on the new man.

c. Both things must be done.

2. The significance of God’s creation of Man.

a. When God made man.

i. Man was made in God’s image.

ii. Man was to be in His likeness (Genesis 1:26).

b. But Man fell because of sin.

i. That image was blighted.

ii. Man was no longer the same.

3. The significance of putting on the new man.

a. Man is restored to being in God’s image.

b. Man is re-created afresh, in the image of the Lord Jesus Christ.

c. Where it all begins:

i. Man is renewed in his mind and in knowledge.

ii. He is capable of thinking and retaining thoughts about God.

iii. Knowledge of God is of great significance!

4. The Lord Jesus is right in the centre of everything.

a. He is our all in all.

b. He is the beginning and end of our new life in the Lord Jesus Christ.

c. We are to be like the Lord Jesus in everything and in every way.

5. The practical implications:

a. No racial discrimination.
“Neither Greek nor Jew”

b. No religious difference.
“Circumcised nor uncircumcised”.

c. No Scythian influence.

i. These were an ancient Persian nomadic people.

ii. They were dominant in their mythological beliefs and practices.

iii. They influenced many through their culture and religion.

iv. They offer nothing of value to all who believe in the Lord Jesus.

d. No slave nor free.

i. No class distinction.

ii. The slave is not despised because of his social status.

e. The Lord Jesus is all that we need to stand before God as His people.

我夜间的歌曲-重要教义-基督论
经文：歌罗西书 3

“穿上了新人；这新人在知识上渐渐更新，正如造他主的形象。 在此并不分希腊人、犹太人，受割礼的、未受割礼的，化外人，西古提人，为奴的，自主的，唯有基督是包括一切，又住在各人之内。”

《歌罗西书 3:10-11》

穿上了新人

1．形成了强烈的对比

a．弃绝旧人

b．穿上了新人

c．两件事都必须做

2．上帝造人的意义

a．上帝造人的时候

i．人是按照上帝的形象造的

ii．人是按着祂的样式造的《创世记 1:26》

b．但人因罪墮落

i．那个形象被毁

ii．人不再是一样

3．穿上新人的意义

a．人恢复到上帝的形象

b．人会按照主耶稣基督的形象，被从新创造

c．一切从哪里开始：

i．人在思想和知识上得到更新

ii．他有能力思考并保留关于上帝的思想

iii．认识上帝意义重大！

4．主耶稣就在一切的中心

a．祂是我们的一切

b．祂是我们在主耶稣里新生命的开始和结束

c．我们要在一切事上像主耶稣

5．实际的意思：

a．无种族歧视

“不分希腊人或犹太人”

b．无宗教差异

“受割礼的、未受割礼的”

c．没有西古提人的影响

i．这些是古代波斯游牧民族

ii．他们在神话信仰和实践中占主导地位

iii．他们通过他们的文化和宗教影响了许多人

iv．他们对所有相信主耶稣的人没有提供任何有价值的东西

d．为奴的或自主的

i．无等级之分

ii．奴隶不会因为他的社会地位而被轻视

e．主耶稣是我们作为祂的子民站在上帝面前所需要的一切