Clothe Yourself with Compassion
Colossians 3:12-17 12 Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. 13 Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. 14 And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.
15 Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful. 16 Let the message of Christ dwell among you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom through psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts. 17 And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
Have you considered today that as people born into original sin, we must clothe ourselves in the righteousness of Jesus? Isaiah 64:5 says our righteousness is as filthy rags. Therefore, we must put on the righteousness found only in Jesus.and, dear friends, we must do so every day.
And, we need to remember that the qualities of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience are bound together by the love of Christ. It is for this reason that we must walk in forgiveness so that we will be in perfect unity with Christ and with our brothers and sisters.
Finally, we should sing songs of praise to God. As long as we can engage in corporate worship it is imperative that we do so. But if we hold unforgiveness in our hearts then none of our actions are worthwhile.
I’d like to finish with the lyrics of the hymn ‘Bind us Together.”
Bind Us Together
Bind us together, Lord
Bind us together
With cords that cannot be broken
Bind us together, Lord
Bind us together
Bind us together in Love
There is only one God,
There is only one King
There is only one Body,
That is why we sing.
Fit for the glory of God,
Purchased by His precious Blood
Born with the right to be free
Jesus the victory has won.
We are the family of God
We are the promise divine
We are God’s chosen desire
We are the glorious new wine.
May we engage in holy worship every day, understanding that unless God is in the midst of whatever we do, our worship and our service is in vain.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen
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