Colossians 3:12–17
Awakened Bible Studies – Wednesday Bible Study Colossians 3:12–17 – Put On the New Life in Christ
Key Scripture Colossians 3:12–17 (WEB)
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Episode Focus • Paul’s shift from putting off the old life to putting on the new life that reflects Jesus Christ • How Christian obedience flows from identity as God’s chosen, holy, and beloved people • The Christlike qualities believers are called to put on, including compassion, kindness, humility, patience, and forgiveness • Why forgiveness among believers must be rooted in the forgiveness they have received from Christ • The central place of love as the bond that holds Christian maturity and unity together • What it means for the peace of God to rule in the hearts of believers and in the life of the church • Why thankfulness is a repeated mark of the Christian life in Colossians • The importance of letting the word of Christ dwell richly within the believer and within the church • How teaching, admonishing, and singing are meant to be saturated with Christ and His truth • The call to bring every word and every deed under the authority and name of the Lord Jesus
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Key Takeaways • The Christian life is not only about removing sin, but also about putting on what reflects Christ • Believers obey not in order to become loved by God, but because they are already loved in Christ • Compassion, kindness, humility, patience, and forgiveness are not optional extras, but marks of the new life • Christian forgiveness is rooted in the reality that Christ has already forgiven us • Love is the bond that holds all other Christlike virtues together in maturity • The peace of God is meant to govern the hearts of believers and shape the unity of the body • Thankfulness guards the heart and keeps grace in view • The word of Christ must not visit occasionally, but dwell richly and continually in God’s people • Worship is not filler, but one of the means by which the word of Christ teaches and strengthens the church • There is no part of life outside the lordship of Jesus Christ • Sound doctrine must produce a transformed life, not just correct statements on paper • The new life in Christ is marked by truth, love, gratitude, worship, and daily obedience in His name
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Scripture References Colossians 3:12–17 Colossians 3:5–11 John 13:34–35 1 Corinthians 13:6 James 3:9–10
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