Latest / If Bibles Could Talk / You Can't Build a New Life With the Same Old Mindset : Colossians 3:1–10

Transcript

You Can't Build a New Life With the Same Old Mindset : Colossians 3:1–10 · If Bibles Could Talk

• 0:00
  Speaker 1: Welcome to today's deep dive. We are looking into Colossians
• 0:04
  Speaker 1: chapter 3 today, specifically verses 1 through 10. And our
• 0:08
  Speaker 1: mission here is to explore this really profound paradox of, well,
• 0:13
  Speaker 1: why you might pray for a totally new life, but
• 0:16
  Speaker 1: still fiercely cling to the exact thoughts and habits that
• 0:19
  Speaker 1: pull you backwards.
• 0:20
  Speaker 2: Yeah, it's a tension I think everyone deals with at
• 0:23
  Speaker 2: some point.
• 0:24
  Speaker 1: Right. I mean, to me, it's kind of like wanting
• 0:26
  Speaker 1: to run a marathon, but Completely refusing to take off
• 0:28
  Speaker 1: a heavy winter coat. Like, you just can't do it.
• 0:30
  Speaker 2: No, you really can't. And I have a question for
• 0:33
  Speaker 2: you listening right now. Have you ever hoped for a
• 0:35
  Speaker 2: better future or maybe even prayed for one, but then
• 0:39
  Speaker 2: realized you're still making decisions driven by, you know, the
• 0:42
  Speaker 2: exact same comparison or impulsiveness you've always struggled with?
• 0:46
  Speaker 1: Oh, man. Yeah, that hits close to home.
• 0:48
  Speaker 2: Right.
• 0:48
  Speaker 1: It's a trap, honestly.
• 0:50
  Speaker 2: Most of us fall into it without even noticing.
• 0:53
  Speaker 1: Because just wanting change isn't enough. Exactly. We really have
• 0:56
  Speaker 1: to examine why. altering our external environment usually fails. Like,
• 1:02
  Speaker 1: Paul gives this very specific list in the text. Things
• 1:05
  Speaker 1: like sexual immorality, greed, anger, malice, slander, and dishonest speech.
• 1:10
  Speaker 2: Yeah, and those aren't just outward behaviors.
• 1:12
  Speaker 1: No.
• 1:13
  Speaker 2: No, they expose areas that need deep, profound transformation. But
• 1:17
  Speaker 2: instead of dealing with that, people often just try to
• 1:20
  Speaker 2: change their circumstances.
• 1:22
  Speaker 1: Well, let me push back a little on the relationship
• 1:24
  Speaker 1: example from the source here. I mean, isn't it just
• 1:27
  Speaker 1: human nature to blame our surroundings.
• 1:29
  Speaker 2: Oh, absolutely. It's the easiest thing to do.
• 1:31
  Speaker 1: Right. So someone might, say, change partners to find a
• 1:34
  Speaker 1: healthier relationship, but then they bring the exact same pride
• 1:37
  Speaker 1: or jealousy or fear right along with them.
• 1:39
  Speaker 2: Yeah, exactly. They change the scenery, but they don't change themselves.
• 1:44
  Speaker 2: And that is why following this text requires letting truth
• 1:47
  Speaker 2: reshape how we actually think and what we desire.
• 1:50
  Speaker 1: So it's not just about managing what other people see.
• 1:53
  Speaker 2: Precisely. You can't just manage the optics. The internal... The
• 1:58
  Speaker 2: corrupted operating system has to go.
• 2:01
  Speaker 1: Which brings us to the actual mechanism for this internal
• 2:03
  Speaker 1: transformation that the text outlines. Because modifying external circumstances obviously
• 2:08
  Speaker 1: doesn't work. Right.
• 2:09
  Speaker 2: And it's important to note this is definitely not about
• 2:12
  Speaker 2: secular positive thinking.
• 2:13
  Speaker 1: Yeah. Thank goodness.
• 2:14
  Speaker 2: Yeah, it's about actively putting away the old self and
• 2:17
  Speaker 2: putting on an entirely new identity.
• 2:20
  Speaker 1: Like a total replacement strategy.
• 2:22
  Speaker 2: Exactly. You literally replace dishonesty with truth, bitterness with forgiveness, and,
• 2:27
  Speaker 2: you know, greed with contentment.
• 2:28
  Speaker 1: Okay, but life is super complicated.
• 2:31
  Speaker 2: Oh, for sure.
• 2:32
  Speaker 1: And not every struggle is just a quote-unquote wrong mindset.
• 2:35
  Speaker 1: So how do we balance the reality that genuine change
• 2:38
  Speaker 1: takes a lot of time with this seemingly urgent command
• 2:42
  Speaker 1: to just drop those old habits?
• 2:44
  Speaker 2: Well, that is a great question because grace is absolutely
• 2:47
  Speaker 2: necessary here. I mean, change is a process. Right. But
• 2:51
  Speaker 2: the text is really challenging us to stop making excuses or,
• 2:55
  Speaker 2: you know, deliberately protecting those behaviors that completely contradict the
• 2:58
  Speaker 2: new life we profess to have.
• 3:00
  Speaker 1: True transformation really begins when you finally stop protecting those
• 3:03
  Speaker 1: old patterns.
• 3:04
  Speaker 2: Yes, exactly.
• 3:05
  Speaker 1: Okay.
• 3:06
  Speaker 2: And the source actually asks a really tough question here.
• 3:09
  Speaker 2: Are you asking God to change your circumstances while actively
• 3:12
  Speaker 2: refusing to let him change you?
• 3:14
  Speaker 1: Oh, wow. That is heavy.
• 3:15
  Speaker 2: Yeah. It really makes you think.
• 3:17
  Speaker 1: It does. And I want to leave you with one
• 3:19
  Speaker 1: final thought to mull over to build on that.
• 3:21
  Speaker 2: Go for it.
• 3:22
  Speaker 1: If your circumstances magically became absolutely perfect tomorrow, just zero problems,
• 3:27
  Speaker 1: would your current mindset eventually just recreate the exact same
• 3:31
  Speaker 1: issues in that brand new environment?