Pelagians chapter 3 and our text today will be verses 12 through 14 as we make our way through

this epistle chapter by chapter verse by verse I'll have you turn there if you're not there already

and once you do if you're able I'll ask you to stand you can follow along as I read if not where

you're seated is fine.

So the Apostle Paul is writing by the Holy Spirit and it's just got done telling the church

there in Colossay what to take off.

And now he's going to follow up with what to instead put on. He says,

verse 12, therefore, as God's chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness,

and patience. Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone

forgive as the Lord forgave you and verse 14 over all these virtues put on love which binds them all together

in perfect unity let's pray if you would join me. We'll ask God's blessing on our understanding.

Loving Heavenly Father, we need for you at this time to settle our hearts and quiet our minds so we can give you

our undivided attention Lord we don't want any distraction we don't want any distraction.

We don't want anything to get in the way of us hearing and more importantly, heating

what you have for us in your word this morning. So Lord, will you as only you can and are always so

faithful to speak into our lives? We ask you for this in Jesus name amen and amen you can be seated thank you

so I have to confess that I've been looking forward to this particular text that we have

before us today and I want to talk about something that the Lord has been ministering to me in recent years

concerning what makes us attractive.

And certainly I'm not talking about the outward, although I will say,

you all look marvelous today outwardly. Of course, man looks at the outward appearance and we make certain judgments, draw certain conclusions based on the outward appearance of others.

But what I want to talk about today is what the Apostle Paul is by the Spirit ever so

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