"Happy Thanksliving!" | Colossians 3:12-17 Bible Study ✞-word Puzzle | 11.15.23

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  1. 5. Righteous _____: since God forgives us, we should forgive others (Col 3:13). If we do not forgive, we will not be forgiven (Mt 6:14-15).
  2. 7. We are to clothe ourselves not merely with patience, but with faithful ____ (Col 3:12-13; Pr 12:16). We are not only to be able to endure a wait, but to endure a weight (i.e., putting up with people who weigh on our last nerve)!
  3. 9. In Christ, all previous social distinctions are defunct (Col 3:11; Gal 3:28). In Him, we have a new _____, and there should be unity in the Christian community.
  4. 11. As the Church – the new, true people of God under the new covenant (cf. Jer 31:31-34) – we are chosen, beloved, and ___ (Col 3:12; Ex 19:5-6; 1 Pet 2:9).
  5. 12. The word of Christ must indwell us richly; we are to be a team teeming with the _____ of Jesus (Col 3:16).
  6. 14. We should clothe ourselves with heartfelt compassion and ____ (Col 3:12) – even towards our enemies (Lk 6:35-36)!
  7. 16. Though we are to forgive and put up with one another, we are not to put up with ____ teaching (cf. Mt 18:6; Gal 1:6-9).
  8. 17. This Christian virtue (1 Cor 13:13) and command (Mt 22:35-39) is over all, and brings the whole virtuous outfit together (Col 3:14). People who are recipients of ___ should therefore walk in the way of ____ (Eph 5:1-2), which seeks good and not evil (1 Cor 13:6; Rom 12:9).
  9. 18. So that we all may mature in the Christian faith, we should teach and ____ one another with all wisdom (Col 1:28, 3:16) – out of love (Eph 4:15; cf. Pr 13:24).
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  1. 1. Though, in the first-century Greco-Roman world, meekness was considered weakness, we should seek to clothe ourselves with holy ____ (Col 3:12; Php 2:3-4) – just like gentle Jesus (Mt 11:28-29; Php 2:5f.).
  2. 2. Individually and collectively, we are the temple(s) of the Spirit of God (1 Cor 3:16, 6:18-20). Within us, if the Gospel takes root, the Gospel makes ____ (Gal 5:22-23; Jas 1:21; Mt 13:1-23).
  3. 3. Living thankfully to Christ who saved us entails exchanging a sinful (life)style for faithful fashion. We must take off vices (Col 3:5-11) on put on virtues (Col 3:12) like we are changing ____.
  4. 4. Children resemble their fathers; children of God should be ____.
  5. 6. ____ that we do – all of our words and works – should be done in the Name of Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father (Col 3:17). Everyday, we should be thanksliving as living sacrifices to our Lord and Savior (Rom 12:1).
  6. 8. Sinful evil behavior results in spiritual distancing, being ____ from God (Col 1:21).
  7. 10. We should give (and live!) thanks since Christ has ___ us back into right relationship with God through faith(fulness) (Col 1:22-23).
  8. 13. Jesus, the Prince of ____, brings about true ____ and reconciliation between God and mankind (Col 1:19f.; Rom 5:1f.; Col 3:15). Such vertical ___ with God should lead to horizontal ___ among God’s people (cf. Eph 2:14-22).
  9. 15. Thanksliving entails ____ psalms, hymns, and songs of thanksgiving (Col 3:16; Eph 5:18-20).