COUNTER-CULTURE COMMUNITY
Counter-Culture Living in the Age of Outrage – Part 3
Steve Gallimore | pastorsteve@tvcc.us
February 23, 2020
“Go to the ant, you slacker!
Observe its ways and become wise.” Proverbs 6:6 CSB
27 And this is the secret: Christ lives in you. This gives you assurance of sharing his glory. 28 So we tell others about Christ, warning everyone and teaching everyone with all the wisdom God has given us. We want to present them to God, perfect in their relationship to Christ. 29 That’s why I work and struggle so hard, depending on Christ’s mighty power that works within me. Colossians 1:27-29 NLT
20 You have died with Christ, and he has set you free from the spiritual powers of this world. So why do you keep on following the rules of the world, such as, 21 “Don’t handle! Don’t taste! Don’t touch!”? 22 Such rules are mere human teachings about things that deteriorate as we use them. 23 These rules may seem wise because they require strong devotion, pious self-denial, and severe bodily discipline. But they provide no help in conquering a person’s evil desires. Colossians 2:20-23 NLT
“But now you must also rid yourselves of all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language…since you have taken off your old self with its practices and have put on the new self. Here there is no Gentile or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave or free, but Christ is all, and is in all.” Colossians 3:8-11 NLT
“But now you must also rid yourselves of all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language…since you have taken off your old self with its practices and have put on the new self… Here there is no Gentile or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave or free, but Christ is all, and is in all.” Colossians 3:8-11 (NIV)
Colossians 3:12-17
1 .
“Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.”
Colossians 3:12 (NIV)
“Those who say they live in God should live their lives as Jesus did.”
1 John 2:6 (NLT)
2 .
“Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.” Colossians 3:13 (NIV)
“Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.” Ephesians 4:32 (ESV)
“So encourage each other and build each other up, just as you are already doing.” 1 Thessalonians 5:11 (NLT)
3 . LEAD WITH
“And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.” Colossians 3:14 (NIV)
“This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.”
John 15:12 (ESV)
“Let us think of ways to motivate one another to acts of love and good works.” Hebrews 10:24 (NLT)
4 .
“Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful.” Colossians 3:15 (NIV)
“For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but one of power, love, and sound judgment.” 2 Timothy 1:7 (CSB)
NEW OUTPUT REQUIRES NEW INPUT
“Let the message of Christ dwell among you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom through psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts. And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.” Colossians 3:16-17
“Christ is all, and in all.”