Today Today's technology makes it easy to connect with family and friends,

acquaintances from all around the world.

In fact, it's not uncommon for people to have hundreds of social media contacts.

So why does there seem to be an increasing sense of detachment and loneliness?

Today on Truth for Life, Alistair Begg considers the cause and the solution.

Let's open our Bibles to Colossians chapter 3 and begin with verse 12.

Thank you. to Colossians chapter 3 and begin with verse 12. You had a lot of clothes in your old closet.

Your pre-Christian closet was full of a bunch of ugly stuff.

In the grace of God, that stuff is being removed. But now in the grace of God, put on

your new clothes. You've been given a whole new wardrobe, and you have all these amazing t-shirts,

compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, patience. Your new self is under new management. It goes on over a lifetime,

and so the intense practicality of it ought to be a terrific encouragement to us. And you will see

that there as he goes on in verse 13, bearing with one another, if you're like putting up with one another.

Remember we sang that song, which goes something like, oh, kneel me down again,

hear at your feet. Cause me to know these things, cause you are the God of the broken, the friend of the

weak, you wash the feet of the weary, you embrace the ones in need. I want to be like you,

Jesus, to have this heart in me. You see, this is the distinguishing feature.

And if you imagine that they were wearing not clothes like this with trousers and jacket

and all that stuff, but they were wearing more like caftan things.

And so how are you going to stop yourself from just tripping up and falling over?

Well, you belt them or you tie them and you tie something so as not to impede your progress

and to hold everything else in place.

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