CLOTHE YOURSELVES WITH CHRIST
Keywords 13:14
Rather, clothe yourselves with
the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not think about how to gratify the desires of the
sinful nature.
1. Pay the debt of
love (8-10)
We are debtors to
God, for he loved us with costly love. He wants us to pay that
debt by loving our
fellow man. Only love fulfills his law. Real love builds up the
loved one; it does
not tear him down. Using another to gratify one’s own desires
is not love. We must
seek God’s best and highest
will for those we love.
2. Put aside the
deeds of darkness (11-14)
We don’t know when our Lord
will come again. Paul says that the night is nearly
over and the day is
almost here. It is time to put aside the deeds of darkness
and put on the armor
of light. It is an urgent matter. Many people hold on to dark
secrets in their
daily lives. Everything will be exposed soon. We can only defeat
the darkness when we
invite Jesus into our lives to rule our hearts and thoughts
and actions every day
and every night.
Prayer Lord, clothe me with
Jesus and with the armor of light. Expose all the
dark places in my
heart and in my thought world, and let Jesus rule.
One Word Put on Jesus