09-20-2020 - What's in a name - Charity Baptist CHURCH
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1 If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.
2 Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth.
3 For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
4 When Christ who is your life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.
Why Church? “Since you have been raised to new life with Christ” (Belief/Trust) - “seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your mind on things that are above, not on things on earth...”
Why Church? “Since you have been raised to new life with Christ” (Belief/Trust) - “seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your mind on things that are above, not on things on earth...”
So we can collectively learn to CHANGE and RE-FOCUS OUR THINKING from earthly things toward heavenly things (Colossians 3:2)
So we can collectively learn to CHANGE and RE-FOCUS OUR THINKING from earthly things toward heavenly things (Colossians 3:2)
5 Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.
6 On account of these the wrath of God is coming.
7 In these you too once walked, when you were living in them.
8 But now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and obscene talk from your mouth.
9 Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old self with its practices
10 and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator.
11 Here there is not Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, free; but Christ is all, and in all.
Why Church? “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.”
Why Church? “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.”
So We can COMMIT OUR COLLECTIVE CONCERNS to be CENTERED on CHRIST (Colossians 3:11)
So We can COMMIT OUR COLLECTIVE CONCERNS to be CENTERED on CHRIST (Colossians 3:11)
12 Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience,
13 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.
14 And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony.
15 And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful.
16 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.
Why Church?
To Demonstrate Compassion, Kindness, Humility, Meekness & Patience (Colossians 3:12)
To Learn Forbearance and Forgiveness (Colossians 3:13)
To Put on Love and be bound in perfect harmony - God’s Love, God’s Work… (Colossians 3:14)
To Be together in a Place and with People who are ruled by the peace of Christ and thus express thanks (Colossians 3:15)
To Be in a Place where the Words of Jesus dwell in us RICHLY (Colossians 3:16)
To Express His teachings and His Glory and our Thankfulness in Music (Colossians 3:16)
