Don't lie to one another. You're done with that old life. It's like a filthy set of ill-fitting clothes you've stripped off and put in the fire. Now you're dressed in a new wardrobe. Every item of your new way of life is custom-made by the Creator, with his label on it. All the old fashions are now obsolete. Words like Jewish and non-Jewish, religious and irreligious, insider and outsider, uncivilized and uncouth, slave and free, mean nothing. From now on everyone is defined by Christ, everyone is included in Christ.
I love it when scripture is practical. This passage speaks to divisions among us. We have to be different from the world. This world is full of division--race, sex, age, culture, economic status, but there is no excuse for division among Christ followers. That's another thing that will probably only come when we get to heaven. That makes me sad that we can't get it right, but I'm glad to think about Jason being in a place that is united. I've been wondering how old everyone is in heaven. My mom was 75 when she died, dad 83, Phyllis 55, Linda 62, Jason 33, so how old are they now? Is everyone the same age? I know that everyone is healthy, no matter how old. Another thing that we won't have the answer to until we get there.
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