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*Scripture Reading: Colossians 3:12-14*
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*Title: Living like an authentic Christian – Colossians 3:15-17*
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*Introduction: *Guy H. King relates a very important event.
Years ago I was leading the Children’s Special Service Mission at one of our South Coast resorts.
As I was approaching the beach one morning, this little fellow was going along there, too.
As he caught sight of me, he said, ‘Mommy, here comes the JESUS man.”
He only meant that I was a man who spoke to the children about the Savior; but his remark meant far more to my heart that day.
What right had I, have I, to be called a JESUS man?
What degree of resemblance is there about us?
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*Central Idea: Christians should be living out authentic Christianity.*
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Main Transition: Last week we began studying what it means to be an authentic Christian.
The key words were “Put on.”
As Christians we must put on Mercy, forgiveness, and love.
Today we now have to live it out.
A key word for us today is “let,” in other words, in your life let the authentic Christian be revealed.
So as Christians we must live peacefully in the body of Christ, then we must also live in the Word of God, and all of this translates to living out a godly life.
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Live peacefully in the body of Christ (15)*
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Your heart of peace
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This is a peace that only true believers can possess.
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This is peace that comes when the war is over, for the believer the battle between themselves and God is over, the treaty has been signed by Christ, through his substitionary atonement.
This is the gospel in two words, the gospel in four that helps us to understand this a little better is Christ died for us.
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Romans 5:1 helps us to understand this.
The peace that we have frees us from the writhing anguish of constant struggle with God over our lost condition.
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Your calling as a Christian
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Your calling as a Christian is the relation aspect of peace.
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Individuals that express this peace with Christ will live in unity and harmony with each other.
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In order to maintain a peaceful heart one has to be thankful for what the Lord has done for them and for their fellow believers.
Illustration: Church members many times have problems living at peace with one another.
However, the source of those conflicts is usually a heart that is not thankful for what God has done in their hearts and is doing in the hearts of the other individual.
Peace and gratitude are closely linked.
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Your identification in Christ
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All of this boils down to your identification in Christ.
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As a believer you must be one who is thankful for the work that God is doing in your heart.
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You are part of one body, the church which is not just this congregation, but every person who trusts in Christ as Savior.
You have an obligation and a command to live out the peace that you know have a believer.
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Those that do not know Christ are truly tormented souls at war with God because of their sin nature.
You who are at peace praise the Lord and live like it.
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Transition: Again this morning as was the case last week in order for you to live out an authentic Christian life, it starts personally before it moves into the church.
So often we blame the church for not feeding us or meeting our needs.
We blame the church for the problems with conflicts and strife.
This is not the pattern Paul is demonstrating.
Christ working in your life, brings about change that then moves to the other believers around you.
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Live in the Word of God (16)*
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A. Be a student of the Word of God
1. the word for Dwell literally means that we are to be at home in the Word of God
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