GO! Community pt 2 // Sunday, July 26, 2020

Sunday, July 26, 2020

 GO

Community

Colossians 3: 8 - 11 (NLT) But now is the time to get rid of anger, rage, malicious behavior, slander, and dirty language. 9 Don’t lie to each other, for you have stripped off your old sinful nature and all its wicked deeds. 10 Put on your new nature, and be renewed as you learn to know your Creator and become like him. 11 In this new life, it doesn’t matter if you are a Jew or a Gentile, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbaric, uncivilized, slave, or free. Christ is all that matters, and he lives in all of us.

How to be a community of Christ

1. Be like Jesus.

Colossians 3: 12 (NLT)  Since God chose you to be the holy people he loves, you must clothe yourselves with tenderhearted mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience. 

1 John 2: 6 (NLT) Those who say they live in God should live their lives as Jesus did.

2. Forebear & Forgive

Colossians 3: 13 (NLT)  Make allowance for each other’s faults, and forgive anyone who offends you. Remember, the Lord forgave you, so you must forgive others.

Ephesians 4: 32 (NLT)  …be kind to each other, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God through Christ has forgiven you.

1 Thessalonians 5: 11 (NLT)  …encourage each other and build each other up, just as you are already doing.

3. Let love rule your life.

Colossians 3:14 (NLT)  Above all, clothe yourselves with love, which binds us all together in perfect harmony. 

John 15: 12 (NLT)  This is my commandment: Love each other in the same way I have loved you.

Hebrews 10: 24 (NLT)  Let us think of ways to motivate one another to acts of love and good works.

4. Live in peace.

Colossians 3: 15 (NLT) And let the peace that comes from Christ rule in your hearts. For as members of one body you are called to live in peace. And always be thankful.

2 Timothy 1: 7 (NLT)  For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline.

5.      Live & Share the Gospel

Colossians 3: 16 & 17 (NLT) Let the message about Christ, in all its richness, fill your lives. Teach and counsel each other with all the wisdom he gives. Sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs to God with thankful hearts. 17 And whatever you do or say, do it as a representative of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through him to God the Father.