Reading
SAA Notes
It is a great tragedy and horror that such behaviour is encountered amongst the saints. The Apostle uses the very strong words put to death (3:5)! There are also the deeds of the tongue to be rid of. Can you identify the behaviours mentioned in their subtle forms within yourself? Cultivate humility before the Lord in such things. Here is where patience and long-suffering towards others find their source.
SJA Notes
* Dear God, please help us to hallow Your Name today.
“Here there is not Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, free; but Christ is all, and in all.”
The good news of Jesus is a truly wonderful message.
God’s word teaches us truths that level the playing field in a way that worldly ideologies cannot match.
We are all broken, dead in our sin, without any ability to better ourselves, to resolve the issue, to fix our big problem.
We have all fallen short of God’s glory. There is none, not one of us, that is good.
This levels the playing field!
There is nobody better than somebody else, there are no groups of people that stand superior or inferior to another group.
In Jesus there is to be no vying for power and status, pride and prestige.
Jesus is the crux and the pivot – Look!
It is the character of Jesus that we are to put on, His peace that is to rule our hearts, His word that should dwell richly in us.
His Name that we should bear well in all that we do.
* Gracious Father,
Thank You for Your word that teaches us these truths.
Please help us to live out our lives with a holy and reverent fear of You in our hearts.
For Your Name’s sake,
Amen.