5 Biblical Aspects to Godly "Communing"
Our Bible Study teacher was out today, so as a semi-last minute request he asked if I could teach this morning's lesson. I had two things in mind as a one-time occasion. Something from the The Apocalypse of John or Colossians 3. After thinking it over, the Colossians 3 option seemed the best . . . In essence, here's what we learn from it:Colossians 3 sets out a splendid explanation as to what living in a Godly, Christ-centered community looks like. No one of us gets all of this right all the time. Thankfully, God is gracious towards us and grants us graciousness to work with one another.
Briefly let me remind you, these 5 things apply both to the church as a group, and to the individual members that make up the group . . . either way, everyone in the chuch should be committed to adjusting their lives to the following commands from Paul.
A Godly Community . . .
1. Focuses on the things in heaven, not things on earth - Colossians 3:1-4
2. Seeks to destroy the evil that exists within - Colossians 3:5-11
3. Is marked out by a distinguishing characteristic: LOVE. (Not, though, a free-wheeling, hippy kind of "everybody love's everybody where they are" kind of love." That kind of love ignores the call of Jesus for believers to repent. Rather, a love consisting of "compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, forgiveness, peaceableness, and thankfulness.") Colossians 3:12-15
4. Is overflowing with the Word of Christ, that is, His teaching. Colossians 3:16-17
5. Consists of families who live by God's way of "doing things," not the world's way of "doing things." Colossians 3:18-4:1
posted by Bryan Laramore @ 4:27 PM
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