I just pre-ordered. I am so excited to dig into this! And excited to see how God will use this in the life of His church. Thank you Father Hans, for being available to Him.
Col 3:5 Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:
Col 3:6 For which things' sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience:
Col 3:7 In the which ye also walked some time, when ye lived in them.
Col 3:8 But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.
Col 3:9 Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;
Col 3:10 And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:
Col 3:11 Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.
Col 3:12 Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;
Col 3:13 Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.
Col 3:14 And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.
Col 3:15 And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.
Col 3:16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
Col 3:17 And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.
And above all of these.....put on CHARITY. AGAPE. HIS kind of benevolent love. A love that "does" rather than a claim that "is". Acts of kindness, to and for those who can't possibly pay us back in any way, shape, or form.
CHARITY is indeed the correct interpretation of AGAPE. Not just love that is, but love that does. You've done all the previous things mentioned, here and elsewhere? Have you raised the bar even higher, and put on CHARITY?
Maybe this SABBATH day, or all the coming six days, would be a great time to repent. Change your direction. Change our attitude, about the love we say we have, because when we say we love, meaning we do, and we don't do it, we are liars, in HIS name of course. Now, how tragic is that?
I just pre-ordered. I am so excited to dig into this! And excited to see how God will use this in the life of His church. Thank you Father Hans, for being available to Him.
This looks amazing.
Wow. Looks great. Might be your best work? Looks really promising.
On order! I look forward to reading this.
Have you?
Col 3:5 Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:
Col 3:6 For which things' sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience:
Col 3:7 In the which ye also walked some time, when ye lived in them.
Col 3:8 But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.
Col 3:9 Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;
Col 3:10 And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:
Col 3:11 Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.
Col 3:12 Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;
Col 3:13 Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.
Col 3:14 And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.
Col 3:15 And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.
Col 3:16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
Col 3:17 And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.
And above all of these.....put on CHARITY. AGAPE. HIS kind of benevolent love. A love that "does" rather than a claim that "is". Acts of kindness, to and for those who can't possibly pay us back in any way, shape, or form.
CHARITY is indeed the correct interpretation of AGAPE. Not just love that is, but love that does. You've done all the previous things mentioned, here and elsewhere? Have you raised the bar even higher, and put on CHARITY?
Maybe this SABBATH day, or all the coming six days, would be a great time to repent. Change your direction. Change our attitude, about the love we say we have, because when we say we love, meaning we do, and we don't do it, we are liars, in HIS name of course. Now, how tragic is that?
YH/ls
This looks great, Hans! I've been rereading your Heavenly Participation, and I'm wanting more. (But now I have to wait until 4/1/27?!)
Thanks for your encouragement, Dan!