Colossians 1:4
For we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus the leaning of your entire human personality on Him in absolute trust and confidence in His power, wisdom, and goodness and of the love which you have and show for all the saints God’s consecrated ones...
Leaning of your entire personality...
Absolute trust
Absolute confidence
In His Power
In His Wisdom
In His Godness
Personality - visible aspect of ones character (collection of qualities) sum total of the physical, mental, emotional, & social characteristics...
Our personality should reflect His character...
We thank God for you and pray constantly for you
3-6 I want you to know by this letter that we here are constantly praying for you, and whenever we do we thank God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ because you believe in Christ Jesus and because you are showing true Christian love towards other Christians. We know that you are showing these qualities because you have grasped the hope reserved for you in Heaven—that hope which first became yours when the truth was brought to you. It is, of course, part of the Gospel itself, which has reached you as it spreads all over the world. Wherever that Gospel goes, it produces Christian character, and develops it, as it had done in your own case from the time you first heard and realised the amazing fact of God’s grace.
Wherever that Gospel goes, it produces Christian character, and develops it...
It produces Christ like Character....
Colossians 2:6
As you have therefore received Christ, even Jesus the Lord, so walk regulate your lives and conduct yourselves in union with and conformity to Him.
29 For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son...
OH My God that they may know You & Your Character, and that You change not. Show them that you are merciful, gracious, long suffering, & abundant in goodness & truth. A God who is slow to anger & abundant in love, that You are love. (compassionate nature)
These are just a few characteristics that we are to have in our lives, because they are characteristics of Christ...
As we place our faith in what Jesus did at the Cross, the Holy Spirit begins to work in us to conform us to the image of Jesus. Our personality then will show the character of Christ to others and in all circumstances. We will think like Jesus, walk like Jesus, talk like Jesus, have compassion like Jesus...We will be changed!!! We will not be as the world... We will not walk in our old nature, but our new nature will be reflected in all we do and in all we are....
KNOW, RECKON, YIELD
6 Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.
11 Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.
13 Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.
Our personality should reflect His character!!!
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