Sunday, August 29, 2010

The Colossae Manifesto

I found this page that I wrote ages ago. I think it would be helpful to write it out again here :)

"So then, just as you received Christ as Lord, so walk in him, rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving." Colossians 2:6-7

What are some ways to achieve this? By no means definitive, but by God's mean's achievable:
  1. Always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when you pray (1:3)
  2. Seek to find out about people's faith and love (1:4)
  3. Look for places the gospel is bearing fruit and growing. Look for places it should be but is not (1:6)
  4. Pray that God will fill people with knowledge of his will with all spiritual wisdom and understanding (1:9)
  5. Walk (live) in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God (1:10)
  6. Pray that people will be strengthened with God's mighty power so that may endure and be patient with joy (1:11)
  7. Give thanks to God who has qualified us to share in the inheritance of the saints (1:12)
  8. Give thanks to God for rescuing us from the dominion of darkness by the Cross of Christ, in whom we have redemption and forgiveness of sin (1:13-14)
  9. Think of Jesus as the image of God and how to imitate him (1:15)
  10. Think of what it means that all things were created through and FOR Jesus (1:16)
  11. Think of Christ as the head of the church and what that looks like in practice (1:18)
  12. Think of what it means for the fullness of God to have dwelt in Christ Jesus, and what it means for us to have the Holy Spirit (1:19)
  13. Consider often that you were alienated from God by your hostile mind BUT NOW you are reconciled and blameless (1:22)
  14. Continue in the faith, stable and steadfast, not shifting from the hope of the gospel (1:23)
  15. Rejoice in sufferings (1:24)
  16. As a servant of God, present the fullness of God's word (1:25)
  17. Proclaim, correct and teach with all wisdom with the single aim of presenting everyone perfect in Christ (1:28)
  18. In all things labour in God's strength and not our own as only he can accomplish this (1:29)

As you can see, I didn't get passed Chapter 1... but even those 18 things will be helpful to remember. I am such a crap Christian.

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