Dead to Sin
Ten Commandments
September 29, 2024
Rev. Tim Sharpe
Drawing from Colossians, Paul urges believers to respond to the Ten Commandments by remembering Christ, putting off earthly sinful habits, and actively putting on Christlike righteousness through the good works God prepared for us.
Summary
As we conclude our series on the Ten Commandments, the sermon points to Colossians to show how God’s law is fulfilled in Christ: obedience begins not with behavior but with remembering what Jesus has done, which drives us to recognize our need for redemption. Believers are called to three interdependent responses—put off sin (sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, covetousness), put on righteousness in Christ, and actively live out the good works God has prepared—knowing obedience is both difficult and simple, interpersonal and internal, and that Jesus renews us from the inside out; those who have not yet trusted Christ are invited to consider God’s promises.
Key Points
- Focus on Colossians to apply the Ten Commandments in daily life
- Threefold response: remember Christ, put off sin, put on righteousness
- Obedience begins with knowing Jesus—the law points us to our need for redemption
- Put to death earthly sins: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, covetousness
- Because of Christ we are dead to sin and must live like it
- Not just renouncing sin but embracing the good works God prepared for us
- Obedience is active: every moment is an opportunity to love and serve others
- Obedience is both interpersonal and internal, and Jesus renews us from the inside out
- Invitation for those without faith to consider God’s promises
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