Colossians 1:3-8 Love like God

The emphasis of the text isn't just that the message of hope is the same wherever you live. It's not just that savior you experience is the same savior others, around the world experience. It's that the Lord is creating one people who are meant to love like they have been loved.

So roll up your sleeves, put your mind in gear, be totally ready to receive the gift that’s coming when Jesus arrives. Don’t lazily slip back into those old grooves of evil, doing just what you feel like doing. You didn’t know any better then; you do now. As obedient children, let yourselves be pulled into a way of life shaped by God’s life, a life energetic and blazing with holiness. God said, “I am holy; you be holy. [1 Peter 1:13-16]