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“Holiness:
Building
A Better Me= 221;
A Better Me= 221;
Part 2:
Checking Our Wardrobe
Colossians 3:12-17
•=
What We’re Supposed To Do: Therefore, as God’s chosen people, <=
/span>holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with
compassion, kindness, humil=
ity,
gentleness and patience. Bear with each other and forgive <=
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her.
Forgive as the Lord forgave=
you.
And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.
•=
How We’re Supposed To Do It: Let
the peace of Christ rule in your hearts,
since as members of one body you were called to peace. And =
be thankful.&nbs=
p;
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as =
you
sing psalms, hymn=
s and
spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God. And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it a=
ll in
the name of the Lord Jesus, =
giving
thanks to God the Father through him.
“Clothe Yourselves”
•“Put on over wha=
t is already
there”; the idea is to adopt a personna or to obscure
the old self by adopting a new self, i.e., the
“new creation in Christ Jesus.”
•There is a sense of th=
e cooperation
of supernatural grace with human volition.
What To Wear?
•=
“=
Compassion:” <=
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of others especia=
lly in the area of judging.
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What To Wear?
<=
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s/
Excellence/
Graciousness:” T=
he full measure and meaning of salvation
in Christ.
What To Wear?
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Not placing myself
above others, especially in place
of God.
What To Wear?
•<=
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to correct in love without =
drawing blood.
What To Wear?
•<=
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lso called “long-suffering”; God has withheld punishment
from us, and we are to b=
e willing to do the same for others.
What To Wear?
•=
“Love”: A=
bove all, the most important
characteristic=
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1.“Let the
peace of Christ rule in your hearts.” Peace
here is not a relationship but a condition, a state of being t=
hat
arises from a power above yourself and which you live under,
observing and not disrupting.
As long as the ruler stays in power, and you don’t
disrupt the peace, it will prevail over all.
How Are We Going To Do All That?!
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2.“And be
thankful.” Thankf=
ulness
recalls grace and our indebtedness to God’s plan for our
lives.
3.“Let the word of
Christ dwell in you richly…” What we fill our humanne=
ss
with makes a BIG difference…do we fill it with more humann=
ess
or with God’s Word?
4.“Sing psalms, hym=
ns
and spiritual songs.”
There is a real power in music to change us…for bet=
ter
or worse.
The Bottom Line
1.“Holiness” means “set apart for God’s purposes,” not our own.
Christians should view
this as our “uniform.”
2.Every action should be lived out of a passion to show love in a
Christ-like manner.
3.Pe=
ace has been established for us, and we need to live that way.
4.G=
ratitude should flow into and out of everything we do & think.&nbs=
p;
5.&=
#8220;Garbage
In-Garbage Out” <=
/span>We cannot possible hope to be clothed in holiness if we are only absorbing things of this world:
idle human talk, worldly/secular
information, secu=
lar
entertainment, etc.
6.
6.
A Final Thought
“Holy
And Dearly, Deep=
ly
Loved Ones Who
Bel=
ong To
God”
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