Colossians 3:12-14                                                                Living the Jesus Way

Kowloon International Baptist Church Kowloon Tong

Harry Lucenay, Pastor                                                                        28 May 2006

The attitude you wear reveals your relationship with Jesus Christ.

Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity. Colossians 3:12-14

Remember, you are cherished.

Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved…

Colossians 3:12

You have been chosen to be one of God’s people, not because of your goodness but because of God’s grace.

You are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. 1 Peter 2:9

God chose you because He saw something in you that no one else could see. He saw what you could become in Christ.

New life in Christ does not force you to do things to earn God’s approval, but frees you to allow God to express Himself through your life.

Because you are cherished by God:

Christ molds your spirit.

Clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Colossians 3:12

God encourages you to relate properly to others. Seek to understand others. Let your words and deeds communicate value and dignity. Put others’ feelings before your own in your efforts to get along with them. And bear with their painful peculiarities, doing your best to be gracious with them. In everything seek to express the fact that you care about them.

Christ helps you forgive.

Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.

Colossians 3:13

No one travels through life without being hurt by someone. Everyone has legitimate reasons to carry grievances. However, the way of Christ challenges you to turn loose of your grievances in order to allow people to grow beyond the hurt they have caused you.

F. Scott Fitzgerald: Family quarrels are bitter things. They don’t go according to any rules. They’re not like aches or wounds; they’re more like splits in the skin that won’t heal because there’s not enough material.

God taught you to forgive by forgiving you before you sinned against him in specific ways. His forgiveness is unconditional. How are you at forgiving?

Christ defines your love.

And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity. Colossians 3:14

Dress in the wardrobe God picked out for you.

Colossians 3:12 The Message

Live between steps.

The New International Version is used unless otherwise noted.