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🗓️ 29 November 2024
⏱️ 25 minutes
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0:00.0 | And many times. |
0:03.0 | And many In many of the Apostle Paul's letters, he urges believers to cultivate a heart of thankfulness, |
0:29.7 | to celebrate God's goodness at all times and in every circumstance. |
0:34.1 | Today on Truth for Life, Alistair Begg shows us how, in this way, the church can be a radical light shining in a dark world. |
0:42.5 | We're looking at the book of Colossians, chapter 3, verses 12 through 17. |
0:53.4 | Dress Court is an interesting phrase, isn't it? I don't know how recent it is, the idea of dress code. |
0:59.8 | I mean, there's always been different codes. And I'm going to identify three pieces that are part of those whose lives are transformed by grace, community-wise. |
1:10.6 | First of all, he is pointing out that our identity |
1:14.3 | is grounded in the work of Christ. And the work of Christ is seen in his calling us to himself. |
1:23.6 | Notice how he begins, verse 12. Put on then. Put on then. Get your clothes on. As God's chosen ones. |
1:34.9 | The story of the Bible from the beginning is a divine search on the part of God for those who are not actually looking for him. |
1:43.4 | A divine search on the part of God for those who are |
1:46.2 | hiding from their maker. And he is reminding these people that God has chosen them. What Jesus on one |
1:57.7 | occasion says to his disciples, he says, you didn't choose me, but I chose you. Wow, |
2:05.1 | out of all the people in the world, these people in Colossi. You see, we thank God for our |
2:11.4 | salvation, don't we? Because we know that God was entirely responsible for it. |
2:20.3 | That's why we thank Him, chosen ones. |
2:25.0 | Holy, a people of his own possession, |
2:29.5 | a recurring emphasis throughout all the letters of the New Testament. The glory of the gospel is actually |
2:37.7 | in the fact that God is doing something in his church that is absolutely different from |
2:43.4 | what he's doing anywhere else. Martin Lloyd-Johns was very strong on this. He would say to his |
2:49.1 | people always in London, that the great |
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