Colossians
3:12-17Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
The
Christian Life
12 Therefore,
God’s chosen ones, holy and loved, put on heartfelt compassion,
kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience, 13 accepting one another and
forgiving one another if anyone has a complaint against another. Just as the
Lord has forgiven you, so you must also forgive.14 Above all, put on love—the
perfect bond of unity. 15 And let the peace of the Messiah, to which you
were also called in one body, control your hearts. Be thankful. 16 Let the message about the
Messiah dwell richly among you, teaching and admonishing one another in all
wisdom, and singing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, with gratitude in your
hearts to God. 17 And
whatever you do, in word or in deed, do everything in the name of the Lord
Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.
Questions:
1.
What does it mean to be God’s chosen ones, holy and loved?
A. This
means to be people that God has chosen, to be adopted into His family that He
has set apart. He sacrificially served
us by giving His only Son, Jesus, to die for us.
2.
What does it mean to put on all these great traits Paul is telling
us to be?
A. This
means to put off the old self and look for opportunities to be these thing, or
do these things to others.
3.
What does it look like to be thankful?
A. Being
thankful is saying thank you to God, and everyone. Being thankful takes strength because life
isn’t always easy. We must find the good
in everything because we grow during the hard times in our lives. God is teaching us something and we need to
be thankful for His lessons.
4.
What is the message about the Messiah?
A. It is the
good news that get to go to Heaven instead of where we should go, Hell. He died for us, and took away our sins. This
is the amazing message.
5.
What does it mean to do things in word, or deed?
A. It means
that whatever you do or say, do it all in representation of Jesus. So, sometime we need to say things and let
our words speak the truth, and sometimes we need to stop speaking and let our
actions do the talking.
