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Colossians 3:12-17

9. Colossians 3:12-17. Elements of Christian Standard. 1. Personal Holiness Avoid sexual sins Avoid sins of the tongue Avoid lies Pursue sexual purity Pursue gracious speech Pursue truth. So, as those who have been chosen of God, holy and beloved,. - Colossians 3:12a.

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Colossians 3:12-17

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  1. 9 Colossians 3:12-17

  2. Elements of Christian Standard 1. Personal Holiness • Avoid sexual sins • Avoid sins of the tongue • Avoid lies • Pursue sexual purity • Pursue gracious speech • Pursue truth

  3. So, as those who have been chosen of God, holy and beloved, - Colossians 3:12a

  4. Their True Identity • Chosen of God - Through Christ

  5. Their True Identity • Chosen of God • Holy - Separate through Christ

  6. Their True Identity • Chosen of God • Holy • Beloved - Because of Christ

  7. …put on a heart of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience; bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, whoever has a complaint against anyone; just as the Lord forgave you, so also should you. Beyond all these things put on love, which is the perfect bond of unity. - Colossians 3:12b-14

  8. Elements of Christian Standard 2. A Loving Attitude • Compassion: tender feeling → suffering • Kindness: tender feeling → all • Humility: true self-knowledge • Meekness: not self-willed

  9. Elements of Christian Standard 2. A Loving Attitude • Patience: willingness to wait • Longsuffering: not easily provoked • Forgiveness: foregoing the right to justice

  10. Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body; and be thankful. Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you, with all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with thankfulness in your hearts to God. Whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through Him to God the Father. - Colossians 3:15-17

  11. Elements of Christian Standard 3. A Thankful Heart • Thankful for peace of mind • Worship of thankfulness • Life motivated by thanks

  12. Summary : The Christian Standard • Personal holiness • A loving attitude • A thankful heart

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