You’re Putting Me On! (God’s Great Exchange
May 18, 2025
Colossians 3:12-14 (ESV)
(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.”
1. Who/Whose we are (12a) –
2. What we have (12b) –
3. How we should behave (12c)
4. Where we may fall short (13)
5. We rediscover what love is (14)
AND
1. Our identity determines our outfit (12a)
2. Start with the undergarments of grace (12b)
3. Layer on with patience and gentleness (12c)
4. Bear and forgive with Gospel grace (13)
5. Fasten it all with love (14)
CIT – We are instructed to wear Christ on our sleeves, fellowship with Him in our hearts, and focus on Him in our thoughts.
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