Living A Changed Life Colossians 3:12-17

Intro:

Have you ever worn something and later came to find out there was a stink to it that you became use to? Some times in life that can occur in our in our character, attitudes, or beliefs. How do we combat that?

We are coming back into the passage where Eric talked about us putting on our new self, last week we had to talk about putting off our old self, but we cannot leave it there. We need to put on our new self.

Read Colossians 3:12–17 “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. And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony. And 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 dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God. And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.”

Paul is going to show what we must do to live a changed life by these 6 things

1. Our inward expectations need to be rooted in change vs. 12-13a

2. Our relationships need rooted in the gospel v. 13b

3. Our motives need to be rooted in love v. 14

4. Our lives rooted in the gospel give peace v. 15

5. Our lives rooted in the truth of God’s Word push each other towards Jesus as a family v. 16

6. Our lives rooted in the gospel produces praise v. 17

Next Steps:

“Putting off” and “Putting on” are critical as Christians. But it must be rooted in the gospel! This week look at these 6 life changing truths and find one way to share with someone from your life what Christ is doing to change you.