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Sunday, January 10,
2010
Pattern of Love
Colossians 3:14 And above all things put
on charity, which is the bond of perfectness. (KJV)
[Which is the bond of perfectness] Love
to God and man is not only to cover all (1Peter 4:8, James 5:20), but also
to unite and consolidate the whole (Eph 4:1-6), It is therefore represented
here under the notion of a girdle (of truth Eph 6:14, 3John 1:4), by which
all the rest of the clothing (Eph 6:14-17) is bound close about the body.
(from Adam Clarke Commentary)
If you have ever seen a pattern to make
clothing there are many pieces that have to be sewn together to make the
whole. Each piece is unique and needs to jointly fit together. It is like
the body of Christ. Each of us is unique and only God knows which part of
the body He created us to be. That is why it says that He sets us within
the body as He see fit, not as we think. He created the pattern and only He
knows how it needs to be put together.
Out of love God created the pattern for
us to follow after, that being Jesus Christ. And if we follow after the
example that He left us then we are able to take His pattern of love and
piece it together within us. Truth is the thread and love is the needle and
when used together the pattern of a godly life in right standing with our
Father in Heaven is put together one piece at a time to make us whole and
complete in Christ, nothing lacking. At the same time that we are being
pieced together, God is sewing us into the body of Christ where He would
have us to be.
The more we allow the Lord to work within
us and our life (sewing us together), the more we will be able to see the
pattern of love and how the body of Christ is being put together and where
our Father in Heaven has placed us as well.
Love is the bond of perfectness
(completeness). So let this pattern of love be sewn together in you as it
is in Christ Jesus.
Titus 2:7 In all things shewing thyself a
pattern of good works: in doctrine shewing uncorruptness, gravity,
sincerity (KJV)
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