Homerton Baptist Church
Morning Service (260419)

      • Colossians 3:12–17ESV

  • Hymn 714 - Love divine, all loves excelling

      • Psalm 81:4–7ESV

  • Hymn 749 - O HOW THE GRACE OF GOD

      • Amos 3ESV

      • John 8:31–38ESV

      • Ephesians 1:1–3ESV

  • Hymn 731 - JESUS, THE JOY OF LOVING HEARTS

      • Colossians 3:12–17ESV

      • Colossians 3:12–17ESV

  • Psalm 81:4–7 ESV
    4 For it is a statute for Israel, a rule of the God of Jacob. 5 He made it a decree in Joseph when he went out over the land of Egypt. I hear a language I had not known: 6 “I relieved your shoulder of the burden; your hands were freed from the basket. 7 In distress you called, and I delivered you; I answered you in the secret place of thunder; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah
    Colossians 3:1–17 ESV
    1 If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. 2 Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. 3 For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. 4 When Christ who is your life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory. 5 Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. 6 On account of these the wrath of God is coming. 7 In these you too once walked, when you were living in them. 8 But now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and obscene talk from your mouth. 9 Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old self with its practices 10 and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator. 11 Here there is not Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, free; but Christ is all, and in all. 12 Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, 13 bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. 14 And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony. 15 And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful. 16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God. 17 And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
    Colossians 3:12–17 ESV
    12 Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, 13 bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. 14 And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony. 15 And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful. 16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God. 17 And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
    Introduction
    Paul wrote to the church in Colossae to fortify it against false teachers who might try to impose strict rules about eating and drinking and religious festivals. As he does so he gives very clear directions about how we should worship.
    The essence of spiritual worship is to love supremely, to trust confidently, to pray without ceasing and to seek to be Christlike and holy and to do all the good we can for Christ’s sake. A W Tozer
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    1. Preparation for Worship v12-14

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    Colossians 3:12–14 ESV
    12 Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, 13 bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. 14 And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony.

    a. Remember What We Are v12a

    Colossians 3:12 ESV
    12 Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved...

    i. God’s Chosen Ones

    Ephesians 1:3–4 ESV
    3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, 4 even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him.

    ii. Holy

    1 Peter 1:14–16 ESV
    14 As obedient children, do not be conformed to the passions of your former ignorance, 15 but as he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, 16 since it is written, “You shall be holy, for I am holy.”
    Hebrews 12:14 ESV
    14 Strive for peace with everyone, and for the holiness without which no one will see the Lord.

    iii. Beloved

    Psalm 33:22 ESV
    22 Let your steadfast love, O Lord, be upon us, even as we hope in you.
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    Romans 8:35–39 ESV
    35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? 36 As it is written, “For your sake we are being killed all the day long; we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.” 37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. 38 For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, 39 nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
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    b. How We Act v12b-13

    Colossians 3:12 ESV
    12 Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience,

    i. Compassionate Hearts v12

    ii. Kindness v12

    iii. Humility v12

    iv. Meekness v12

    v. Patience v12

    Colossians 3:13 ESV
    13 bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive.

    vi. Forgiving v13

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    2. Pre-eminence of Love v14-16

    Colossians 3:14–16 ESV
    14 And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony. 15 And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful. 16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God.
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    a. Love v14

    Colossians 3:14 ESV
    14 And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony.
    Scribe asking what is the greatest commandment
    Mark 12:29–31 ESV
    29 Jesus answered, “The most important is, ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. 30 And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ 31 The second is this: ‘You shall love your neighbour as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”
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    b. The Peace of Christ v15

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    Colossians 3:15 ESV
    15 And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful.

    i. Peace

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    This peace is the condition of rest and contentment in the hearts of those who know that their Redeemer lives. It is the conviction that the sins of the past have been forgiven, that the present is being overruled for good, and that the future cannot bring about separation between Christ and his own. Hendriksen
    John 16:33 ESV
    33 I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.”
    Romans 5:1 ESV
    1 Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.

    ii. One Body

    Colossians 3:15 ESV
    15 And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful.
    Ephesians 4:4 ESV
    4 There is one body and one Spirit—just as you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call—

    iii. Thankful

    Colossians 3:15 ESV
    15 And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful.
    1 Thessalonians 5:16–18 ESV
    16 Rejoice always, 17 pray without ceasing, 18 give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.
    Colossians 2:6–7 ESV
    6 Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him, 7 rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.
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    c. The Indwelling Word v16

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    Colossians 3:16 ESV
    16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God.
    The objective, special revelation that proceeds from (and concerns) Christ—“the Christ-word”—should govern every thought, word, and deed, yes even the hidden drives and motivations of every member, and thus should bear sway among them all, and this richly, “bearing much fruit” (John 15:5). Hendriksen
    2 Timothy 2:15 ESV
    15 Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.
    2 Timothy 3:16 ESV
    16 All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,
    Psalm 119:11 ESV
    11 I have stored up your word in my heart, that I might not sin against

    i. All Wisdom

    Colossians 3:16 ESV
    16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God.
    Psalm 111:10 ESV
    10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; all those who practice it have a good understanding. His praise endures forever!
    Ephesians 1:16–17 ESV
    16 I do not cease to give thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers, 17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him,
    James 3:17 ESV
    17 But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere.

    ii. Singing

    Colossians 3:16 ESV
    16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God.
    Ephesians 5:19 ESV
    19 addressing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord with your heart,

    iii. Thankfulness

    Colossians 3:16 ESV
    16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God.
    2 Corinthians 2:14 ESV
    14 But thanks be to God, who in Christ always leads us in triumphal procession, and through us spreads the fragrance of the knowledge of him everywhere.
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    3. To God be the Glory v17

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    Colossians 3:17 ESV
    17 And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
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    The whole worship of true Christians is filled with the Word of Christ, its teaching and its admonition in psalms and hymns, all pure grace makes their hearts happy and joyful; the whole activity of this Christian life moves in the sphere of the name and revelation of the Lord Jesus, and they are filled with thanksgiving to God through him. All superstition has disappeared. What can harm them when they are with this Lord? Only thanksgiving overflows from their happy hearts and lips, thanksgiving to God the Father. Lenski
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    2 Corinthians 3:18 ESV
    18 And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.
    Conclusion
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    1 Peter 1:6–8 ESV
    6 In this you rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials, 7 so that the tested genuineness of your faith—more precious than gold that perishes though it is tested by fire—may be found to result in praise and glory and honour at the revelation of Jesus Christ. 8 Though you have not seen him, you love him. Though you do not now see him, you believe in him and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory,

      • Colossians 3:12–14ESV

      • Romans 8:35–39ESV

      • Colossians 3:15ESV

      • Colossians 3:16ESV

      • Colossians 3:17ESV

      • 2 Corinthians 3:18ESV

      • 1 Peter 1:6–8ESV

  • Hymn 738 - OBJECT OF MY FIRST DESIRE
  • Doxology 1145 Chorus

      • 2 Peter 3:18ESV

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