Put On Then - Colossians 3:12-13

December 2, 2023 Pastor: Terry Embke Series: Colossians - Jesus Is Lord In All of Life

Topic: Jesus Is Lord In All Of Life Passage: Colossians 3:12–13

120323...“Put On Then”...Colossians 3:12-13

Acts 20:27...“I did not shrink from declaring to you the whole counsel
of God”

2 Timothy 3:16-17...“All Scripture is breathed out by God and they are all profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction & for training in righteousness that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work”

Colossians 3:12-13...“Put on then as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive.”

Sermon In A Sentence: It is because we are God’s chosen ones, that He enables us to put off sin & put on virtue.

God Transforms Your Life Spiritually As You: (3:1-4)
-Seek the things that are above V.1
-Set your mind on things that are above V.2
-Live the reality that death is behind you V.3
-Live the reality of Christ’s return for you V.4

Ephesians 1:4-5...“Even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love he predestined us for adoption to himself as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will”

John 15:16...“You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide.”

As God’s Holy & Beloved Chosen One, He Empowers You To:
-Put on a compassionate heart
-Put on kindness
-Put on humility
-Put on meekness
-Put on patience
-Put on forbearance
-Put on forgiveness

Sermon In A Sentence: It is because we are God’s chosen ones, that He enables us to put off sin & put on virtue.