Colossians Chapter Three

This third chapter of Colossians
can be called, I believe, the conduct, the attitude and conduct
of a believer. And it deals with nearly every
area of our lives. Chapter 3 of Colossians. Now
I'm going to give you the five points in the Bible study tonight
as I read the scripture. As I said, the third chapter
here can be called the attitude and conduct of a believer. First of all, in verses one through
four, you're going to note this, the attitude of the believer
toward the material world and toward spiritual things. What should be our attitude toward
the material world and toward spiritual things. Verses 1 through
4, let's read them. If ye then be risen with Christ,
seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right
hand of God. Set your affections, your hearts,
on things above, not on things on the earth. For you are and
your life is hid with Christ in God. When Christ who is our
life shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory."
Now in the next five verses, five through nine, we see our
attitude toward sin and toward the flesh. toward the old man
and toward his deeds. And we're going to deal with
these in just a few moments. Mortify therefore your members
which are upon the earth, fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affections,
evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry. For which
thing's sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience? In the which you also walked
sometime, or at one time, when you lived in them, but now you
also put off not only these things which we've named before, but
put off all these, anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communications
out of your mouth. Lie not one to another, seeing
that you put off the old man with his deeds." Now then, in
the next five verses, or six verses, ten through fifteen,
we have our attitude toward other people. See if you can detect
these things while we're reading. Our attitude toward others. And
you've put on the new man. which is renewed in knowledge
after the image of him that created him, where there is neither Greek
nor Jew, that is, no distinctions in Christ, circumcision nor uncircumcision,
barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free, but Christ is all and in
all. Put on, therefore, as the elect
of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercy kindness, humbleness
of mind, meekness, long-suffering, forbearing one another and forgiving
one another. If any man have a quarrel against
any, even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye. And above all
these things put on love, which is the bond of perfectness. And
let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also
you're called in one body and be you thankful. Now in the next
two verses you have our attitude toward the Word of God, toward
worship, and toward the ministry of the Word. Let the Word of
Christ, verse 16, dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching
and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual
songs singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord, and whatsoever
you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus,
giving thanks to God and the Father by Him." And then in the
last seven or eight verses, you have our attitude toward those
with whom we're joined in human relationships. And it begins
in verse 18, Submit yourselves unto your own
husbands, as it is fit in the Lord. Husbands, love your wives,
and be not bitter against them. Children, obey your parents in
all things, for this is well pleasing unto the Lord. Fathers,
provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged. Servants, obey in all things
your masters according to the flesh. not with eye service,
as men pleasers, but in singleness of heart, fearing God. And whatsoever
you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men, knowing
that of the Lord you shall receive the reward of the inheritance,
for you serve the Lord Christ. But he that doeth wrong shall
receive for the wrong which he hath done. And there is, that
is with God, as far as judgment is concerned, no respect of persons. Now we're going to turn back
to Colossians 3 and see if we can briefly, certainly not fully,
cover this third chapter and these five divisions. First of all, verses 1 through
4 gives us our attitude toward the material world and toward
spiritual things. Now Paul begins by saying, if
ye then be risen with Christ, if you are one of those who are
crucified with Christ, who are buried and risen with Christ
and seated with Christ in the heavenlies, if you are a child
of God, if you by faith have received the Redeemer, If you
are a new creature in Christ Jesus, you're no longer fleshly
people only, but you are spiritual people. Therefore, the following
will be true. Seek those things which are above. It is more than just giving a
scent to them. Paul doesn't say give a scent
to their existence. but it is a diligent and sincere
search and desire to possess them. Seek those things which
are above." Now, what are we talking about, those things which
are above? Well, I've jotted down about
eight of them. First of all, we seek, and it's
not just giving mental assent to them. If you be risen with
Christ, if you be seated with Christ, if you be a child of
the King, then you will be seeking, you will be diligently pursuing
the following things. First, the pardon of sin. Secondly,
a sincere fellowship with the living God. Thirdly, an assurance
of your salvation and your interest in Christ. You will be seeking,
fourthly, the life of Christ to be manifested in you. Fifthly, you will be seeking
the fruit of the Holy Spirit. You will be desiring, in the
sixth place, a growth in grace, that we may grow in grace and
in the knowledge of Jesus Christ. And in the seventh place, you
will be seeking to have a part in the resurrection of the dead,
that I might attain, Paul said, unto the resurrection of the
dead. And in the last place, you will be seeking not just
agreeing with, but seeking eternal glory in heaven. Those are the
things which we will be diligently seeking. And then he says in
the next verse, set your affections on these things. Seek these things,
diligently pursue them. And then he says, set your affections
on them. Now, unless a man's heart is
set on something, And that's what we're talking about when
we say our affections. Unless a man's heart is set on
these things, they cannot be sought in the proper manner,
and therefore they cannot be attained. Turn to Matthew 6.
In the 6th chapter of Matthew, beginning with verse 19, the
Master said this in the Sermon on the Mount. Matthew 6, verse
19. Here we're talking about the
affections and the heart. Lay not up for yourselves treasures
upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves
break through and steal. But lay up for yourselves treasures
in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where
thieves do not break through nor steal. For where your treasure
is, there will your heart be also. That's what we're talking
about. So the Apostle Paul said, if you are risen with Christ,
if you are a believer, if you are risen with Christ and seated
with Christ, seek these things, the pardon of sin, fellowship
with God, the assurance of faith, the life of Christ, the fruit
of the Spirit, a growth in grace, the resurrection of the dead,
and eternal glory, and set your heart on these things. Christ
said that which is really valuable to you will command your affections
and your heart, and nothing actually possesses me until it possesses
my heart. David said, I love thy law. Not I consent to it, though he
did. Not I agree with it, though he
did. Not I'm aware of it, though he
was. But he said, I love it. I love
it. And then the scripture says,
if any man love not our Lord Jesus Christ, let him be accursed.
It didn't say, if any man doubts his existence. It says, if any
man doesn't love him, if he doesn't love him. By this shall all men
know you, my disciples, if you love one another. And Paul wrote in Romans 10,
with the heart, man believeth unto righteousness. So, verse
two is a mighty important verse. You not only seek these things,
but unless your heart is set on them, they're not sought in
the proper manner. There's a proper manner, there's
a proper way of seeking these things. And these things cannot
be attained unless they're sought in the proper manner, and they'll
not be sought in the proper manner until they have possessed my
heart. Until they have possessed my heart. And our affections,
now look at the next line, set your affections, your heart on
things above, not on things of the earth. Now, food and clothing
and shelter must be sought. These things must be provided.
We cannot get along well without them. Yet these things do not
constitute our happiness, not a child of God. In possessing
these things, that's not where his happiness lies. I want you
to read three passages of Scripture. First of all, Philippians 4.
Philippians 4. Now turn to these. Paul says,
set your affections on things above, not on the material, not
on the physical. Philippians 4.11 says, not that
I speak in respect of want, for I have learned, and this is something
that has to be learned, doesn't come by nature, in whatsoever
state I am therewith to be content. Now turn to 1 Timothy chapter
6. This is an interesting scripture.
1 Timothy 6 verse 6 through 10. I have a star by this one. It's
especially meaningful to me, and one that I need to read frequently. 1 Timothy 6, verse 6. But godliness with contentment
is great gain. For we brought nothing into this
world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. And having
food and clothing, let us be there with content. But they
that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish
and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition. For the love of money is the
root of all evil, which while some coveted after, they have
erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many
sorrows. But thou, O man of God, flee
these things, and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith,
love, patience, meekness. Now Hebrews 13, one other scripture. Hebrews 13, verse 5. Set your affection, your heart,
on things above, on these spiritual things, not on things of the
earth. Hebrews 13, 5. Let your conversation
be without covetousness, that is, your behavior, and be content
with such things as you have. For he hath said, and here's
the greatest gift, the greatest possession, I'll never leave
thee, I'll never forsake thee. Now back to Colossians 3. Colossians 3, verse 3. For you are dead, What does he
mean by that? Well, here's what he means. You're
dead to the material world. It is not your home nor your
interest except as a temporary abode. This world is not our
home. It's just a temporary abode.
We are strangers passing through this place. Our life is already
above where we're seated with Christ. Our citizenship is in
heaven. Our interest is in heaven. Our
possessions are in heaven. It's already there. Look at that
verse again. You are dead as far as this world
is concerned, and your life, your real life, is hid with Christ
in God. The word hid there is its secret,
that is, people can't see it, but it's there. It's not known
to the world, but it's there. And then it's hid also in this
sense, not only in secrecy, but in security. In security. Your life is secure with Christ. Already secure with Christ in
God. When he comes again, all this
is going to be realized. But we're just strangers here.
If we give ourselves to possessing the things of this earth, they're
going to fade away. Anyway, we've lost interest in
this world. We've lost a great deal of concern
for what takes place in this world. It's just a temporary
thing, and we're strangers passing through. Our citizenship, our
interest, is in things above. Now, when I'm traveling in Mexico,
I don't get a great deal upset with the way they're running
things down there because that's not my home. Now, when I'm there,
that's my temporary abode. When I'm down there for a week
or two weeks, that's the place where I am at that particular
time, but I'm more interested in what's happening in this country.
I'm not really interested in what's happening down there.
And even so, we've got to have the same idea of this earth. He said, you're dead to this
world. Don't let it alarm you. Don't
let it make you anxious. Don't let it disturb your peace.
Don't let it tear you apart. Your citizenship's in heaven.
You're dead to this world. This is not your home. This is
not your country. Your real interest is not here.
It's where the Father is. Your life is here with Christ
in God. Now, the next few verses, when
Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall we appear
with Him in glory. We're going to go home, we're going to go
home, and we're going to be back in our own land. Now, the next
few verses have to do with our attitude towards the flesh, the
old man and his deeds. Now, look at verse 5, mortify,
mortify. What does the word mortify mean?
It means to deaden. To deaden. It means to discipline. Mortify is to discipline. Mortify
is to deprive of power. That's what the word mortify
means. To deaden, to discipline, to
deprive of power. So here's what he's saying. Deaden
and discipline your members. Now they are our members. They
are our members. Our members here are the deeds
of the body. Our members here are the acts
of the old nature. And they are our members because
the old man is ours. The old man is us. And he says
to them, deprived of power, discipline, therefore the acts of the body,
the acts of the old nature, which are upon Now, what does he mean
by that? Well, he means they're earthly,
they're attracted by the earth. They are inclined to the earth,
they have to do with the earth. Now, let's go back again. Deaden,
discipline, the acts of the body, the flesh, that have to do with
the old man, that are inclined, attracted, and have to do with
this earth. Now, what are they? Fornication. Now that sexual relationship
between the unmarried. And the reason Paul deals with
that in this book of Colossians is because the Gentiles did not
consider this to be sin at all. The Gentiles did not look upon
this as sin. And so Paul puts it in here.
Then the second thing he mentions having to do with the flesh and
the old nature is uncleanness. Now I've studied these things
carefully today and this is what this word means. It means incest. It means homosexuality. It means
sodomy. It means feminine men and masculine
women. Uncleanness. It has to do with
that which is unnatural. Paul deals with it in Romans
chapter 1 and 2. And then he says for us to deaden,
discipline, deprive of power, not only fornication and these
things, incest, sodomy, homosexuality, feminine men and masculine women,
but inordinate affections. Now the word inordinate means
unrestrained. The word inordinate means without
bounds. So what this is is affection
that has no bounds, unrestrained. So here's what it is, loving
the wrong things, being wrapped in wrapped up in unspiritual
affections. There is affection, God created
it. There is love, God created it.
But God did not create love without restraint and love without bounds. Being wrapped up in unspiritual
affections, there are spiritual bounds to affection and spiritual
bounds to love. Now the next thing he mentions
is evil concupiscence. Now concupiscence is desire. That's what concupiscence is.
Concupiscence is passion. And that's all in the world it
is. Concupiscence is a good word. It's the word desire, it's the
word passion. Now then he puts before concupiscence
the word evil. And that means evil concupiscence
is opposed to natural desire. and natural passion. John Gill
says natural desire is implanted in a human by God himself. Natural
passion is put within a human by God himself. The fall has
turned it into evil concupiscence, or evil desire and evil passion. Now then let's look at those
four things and then at the fifth one. The four together, first
of all. Fornication. Uncleanness, which
is the ones I name. Inordinate affection, that is
unrestrained affection. Loving the wrong things. And then in the fourth place,
desire which is unholy and opposed to that which is natural. All
of these are perversions. All of these are twisted. They're
warped. They're perversions. Now the
fifth one named is, and all the writers I read today express
amazement, or they do that to get your attention, covetousness. Why did he mention covetousness? He talks about fornication, homosexuality,
unnatural affection. He talks about desire, which
is opposed to natural desire. And then covetousness. And all
of them come up with this. covetousness is put alongside
these fleshly perversions because it is an immoderate love for
myself. And that's perversion. When I
love myself instead of God I'm perverted. When I love myself
instead of others I'm perverted. I'm not like God intended me
to be. When I'm a homosexual, I'm not like God intended me
to be, and when I love myself, I'm not like God intended me
to be. I'm perverted. And the reason the Apostle lists
covetousness along with these four perversions is because it's
an immoderate love for self. It's a desire to possess what
is not mine, and what is not meant to be mine. It's a passion
and a desire not for soul, my soul welfare, but material welfare
and that's unnatural, Paul said. Now all of these perversions
of God's ordered way of life are to be mortified by the believer. Now then, verse 6, he says, the
effects of this trend of life is to experience the wrath of
God. I could go back and read Romans 1, but let's move on.
Verses 8. But now, you also put off these
things. Now, with Charlie Payne's permission,
I'm going to tell you a little story. This is not funny, but
it's human nature. Do I have your permission? We both might get in trouble
for this, but I won't name any names or anything. But he told
me this today, and really it made me sad. It's not funny. It's not funny, but it's an example
of what I'm saying here. Somebody said, well, boy, I wouldn't
commit fornication or incest or sodomy or homosexuality or
these things. That's not, and I hope you do
say that. Don't strain at a gnat and swallow
a whole herd of camels. Now watch this. Paul says, you
put off these things too. Anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy. Now then, Charlie delivered an
order some time ago to a man, and Charlie, it was late at night,
and he asked Charlie, he said, are you going to drive all the
way back tonight? Charlie said, yeah, I'm going to get home and
watch gun smoke. And the fellow said, you watch television? Charlie
said, yeah. He said, I thought you was a
deacon in the church. He didn't know you when they
ordered Charlie. Charlie said, well, I am. My,
my, you watch television, you're a deacon. So to make a long story
short, just before Charlie left, the fellow came up to him. The
order was $1,500. And he was going to sell it to his brother-in-law. He sidled up to Charlie and said,
could you make that invoice $2,500 instead of $1,500? We'll pick
up a little extra cash on it. That's wrong to watch television. But it's not wrong to take a
kickback. It's not wrong to jip somebody
as long as they don't know. See, that's the world's religion. It starts in Washington. It comes
all the way down through your state government and your local
government and your county government and your city governments. right
on down to the small businessman, and right on down to all men. It's just greed. And these people that, this is
all wrong to do this, but it's all right for me to take it under
the table, you know. And here's what Paul's saying.
If you're shocked and horrified by the These things I've just
mentioned. You put off anger. You quit living
a life of anger and wrath and hard feelings toward other people
and cursing and dirty words and filthy stories and gossip and
slander and don't lie to one another. These also are the deeds
of the old man. Look at verse 9. Lie not to one
another, seeing you have put off the old man. Have you put
off the old man? These are deeds of the old man
too. These are deeds of the old man
too, and they are unbecoming to the believer. And let's don't
be hired on a fellow for watching gun smoke if we are going to
turn right around and do something that's in the sight of God just
as evil. Now then, the next few verses
have to do with our attitude toward other people. And he says
in verse 10, you put on the new man. Now what I'm preaching here
is not to the world. What I'm preaching here is directed
to the new man, to the new person in Christ. This new man never
was before. This new man is born of the Spirit,
was a babe in Christ, and is ever in the process of being
renewed. Look at that verse. You put on
the new man, which is renewed and remolded in knowledge and
understanding, day by day, by the Spirit of God, into the image
of Him who created him. I'm talking to that new man.
That's who we're preaching to. Paul says, I'm speaking to the
new man. Now watch this. In that new man,
now get this, in that new man, in that new nature, all distinctions
vanish. Now watch it. Where there is
neither Greek nor Jew, it doesn't matter what a man's nationality
is. Not in the new man. Not in this
new creation. Neither Greek nor Jew, nor circumcision
nor uncircumcision. It doesn't matter about his religious
background. Nor barbarian, Scythian. It doesn't matter whether he's
polished or unpolished. The Scythians were the most barbarous,
unpolished people in the world. The Greeks, if they wanted to
really call a man a barbarian, they'd call him a Scythian. And
in Christ, it doesn't matter whether a man is unlearned, if
he says, ain't, or how come, or anything else. In Christ,
there's neither polished nor unpolished, educated nor uneducated,
and neither born nor free. It doesn't matter if a man's
a slave or a free-born man. In Christ, there are no personal
distinctions. As far as nations, nor male nor
female, the scripture says in another place. As far as nations
or religious backgrounds or education or personal polish, it doesn't
matter if a man's a slave or a free-born man, in this new
creation, Christ is everything. Christ is everything. All distinctions
vanish. There is no room in the new creation
for pride, personal ambition, nor vain glory. No room for it.
That's what he's saying here. When we come, if you are a new
creature, that's who I'm talking to. I'm not talking to anybody
else. I'm talking to those who are new creatures. If you are
a new creature, if you have put on the new man, in that new man
Christ is all sufficient and all that any man needs. And in
the kingdom of God and in the church of God, our positions
and our personality and our personal distinctions are nothing, absolutely
nothing. They don't amount to a thing.
All right, verse 12, quickly. as the elect of God, as the chosen
of God, holy and beloved, holy in Christ, beloved of Christ,
put on what? Bows of mercy, that's tender-hearted
pity. Tender-hearted pity. Kind feelings,
a low opinion of yourselves, gentle, patient ways, endurance
with good temper, Be gentle and forbearing with one another.
If there's a difference, readily forgive it, even as the Lord
hath forgiven you. And verse 14, and above all these
things, you mean there's something above tender pity? There's something
above kind feelings? There's something above a low
opinion of ourselves? There's something above gentle,
patient ways, endurance, with good temper? Gentleness, forbearance,
something better than that, something above that, certainly is L-O-V-E. Put on love. Love covers a multitude
of faults. Love casteth out fear. Love is
a characteristic of the believer. Put on love, which is the bond
of perfectness. And watch this next verse. And
let the peace of God rule in your hearts. Now here's what
he's saying, listen. Let the peace of God, that soul harmony
which comes from Him, let that peace act as an umpire continually
in your hearts. What does an umpire do? Settles
differences. An umpire settles differences. He calls the shot. And you let
the peace of God settle all questions that rise in your mind in regard
to others. Let the peace of God settle all
conflicts and controversies. Let the peace of God be the umpire. And live together in one body
in that state of love to which you've been called. And be thankful
to God that he called you. That's what he's saying there.
Let the peace of God be the umpire in your heart to settle all differences. And live in peace and unity in
one body to the which you were called. He thankfully called
you. He could have passed you by.
He could have left you to yourself. All right, fourthly, I'm doing
pretty good for me. In the fourth place, in the next
few verses, we have our attitude toward the Word of God and toward
worship. Now, verse 16, let the Word of
Christ, let the Word of God dwell in you. Now, here's a good statement
on that. Let the Word of God, that's what
we're reading tonight, it's the Word of God. Let the Word of
God have a home in your heart. Let the Word of God have a home
in your heart as a person dwells in a house. As those who dwell in the house
are familiarly conversed with and treated with love and respect
Let the Word of God have a home in your heart. Make much of God's
Word. And let it dwell in you richly,
that is abundantly, not just pet scriptures, not just one
part of the Word of God, but all the Word of God in all wisdom. Let it dwell in your heart richly. Let it find a home in your heart
with abundance. that you may grow in wisdom,
in the knowledge of Christ, in the knowledge of yourself, in
the knowledge of God's grace, in the knowledge of your sin,
and also that you may be able to do what? Teach others and
admonish. What is it to admonish someone?
It's to reprove gently. To reprove gently. That you may
teach and admonish one another in Psalms, and hymns and spiritual
songs, singing with grace in your heart to the Lord. And watch
this, and whatever you do, in word or deed, do all in the name
of the Lord Jesus Christ. Not for self-praise, not for
personal recognition, not for vain glory, but do it in the
name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father
by hymn. Now I'll close with the last
one. The last one has to do with our attitude toward those with
whom we're joined in human relationship. And it starts off and says, wives,
submit yourselves unto your own husbands, the husbands ahead
of the home. An old preacher I was listening
to the other day says the wife is the heart of the home. And a home with two heads, he
said, is a monstrosity. But the husband's a head, and
the wife is the heart. Wives, submit yourselves unto
your own husbands as it is fit in the Lord. That is, obey your
husband in the Lord. If your husband were to tell
you he forbids you to read God's Word, well, you read God's Word
anyway. That's not in the Lord. Your husband tells you that you
can't worship the Lord, well you worship him anyhow because
that's not obeying him in the Lord. Your husband tells you
to get drunk, you don't get drunk because that's not obeying him
in the Lord. Wives, submit yourselves unto your husbands as it is fit
in the Lord. Husbands, love your wives, be
affectionate to your wife. Somebody said, you think a husband
can love his wife too much. I don't think so. I think he
can give her the wrong place. I don't think he can love her
too much because the scripture tells husbands to love your wives
as Christ loved the church. And Christ loved the church a
whole lot, didn't he? Enough to give himself for it. And he says, husbands, love your
wives. Be affectionate to your wives
and be not bitter. against them. That's speaking
harshly and speaking with bitterness and unkindly. And that's not
to be done. A Christian won't do that. He
just won't do it. And then, children, obey your
parents in all things. This is well-pleasing unto the
Lord. And then, fathers, Don't provoke
and irritate your children. Don't be too hard, unreasonable,
and harass them. Why? Because they'll get discouraged. They'll feel inferior. You'll
break their spirits. You'll destroy their initiative.
You'll also make religion bitter unto them, if you're too hard
on them. Fathers, provoke not your children to anger. That
is, don't be too hard on them. Don't irritate them and harass
them. They'll become discouraged. And
then servants, and I think this is working men, this is me, you,
all of us who earn our living. Obey in all things your masters. Do a good job for the glory of
God. You know, a fella could stay
out of the picture show and not drink liquor, not get drunk,
not curse, and not do all these things that are forbidden, and
then go down to the mill and loaf on the job, and he's sinned
just as greatly as a fella gets drunk. I know that's hard to
talk about in this day when you do as little as you can for as
much as you can, but that's still the Word of God. Listen to it.
Servants obey in all things your masters according to the flesh,
not with eye-services, men-pleasers, apple-polishers, brown-nosers,
they call them in the Navy, but in singleness of heart, fearing
God. That's why you do a good job.
Whatever you do, do it heartily. If you're putting a roof on,
or laying tile, or digging a ditch, or fixing a car, or whatever
you do, do it just like you're working for Jesus Christ. Not
unto men. In other words, you're not doing
it just to get praise from a man, but you're doing it because you're
a Christian. Because a man is paying you to do a job, and it's
dishonest to take his money and not do his job. And you do it
right, and you do it honestly, and you do it as well as you
can, and you stand behind what you do. That's the way a Christian
does it. And whatever you do, in verse
23, you do it as just like you're working for God himself. knowing
that of the Lord you shall receive the reward of your inheritance.
For that's who you serve anyway, isn't it? Huh? That's my master,
that's my Lord, that's my King. He is the Lord Jesus Christ. Now he that doeth wrong in this
regard, he that cheats a man and doesn't give a good measure,
he knows he's doing wrong and he's going to receive for the
wrong that he's done. Because with God Almighty, there's
no respect of persons as far as judgment is concerned. In
other words, he's saying here, whatever I do, toward my wife,
her toward me, toward my children, my children toward me, my work,
as a pastor of this church, I've got responsibilities that are
supposed to be taken care of. I've prepared a message for tonight.
and you did your job today, and we're to do that, whatever we
do, having in mind our relationship with God, and
not just my duty to men, but as those who must give an account.
The Christian conduct Well, you go back and read the chapter
again and you'll pick up a whole lot more than I was able to give
tonight, but I believe there's something there for us. Let's
bow in prayer. Our Father, we give thanks for
Thy precious, precious Word that sits in judgment upon us and
convicts us and condemns us and makes us cry, O wretched man
that I am, but for the precious promises of Thy Word that give
us hope in Christ Jesus. Our Father, help us to grow in
these graces. Help us to grow in the fruit
of the Spirit, in the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the one
to whose image we are being conformed by thy Spirit. Bless this church. Make it a sweet, precious fellowship
of those united not around a program but a person. who love the Lord
Jesus Christ, and who do what they do in word and deed for
his glory.

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