so that you may walk in a manner worthy of the Lord and may please Him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God,that you may walk worthily of the Lord, to please him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God,That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;to walk worthily of the Lord unto all pleasing, bearing fruit in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
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… understanding that you may walk worthy of the Lord fully pleasing him being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God strengthened with all might according to his glorious power for all patience and long suffering with joy giving thanks to the Father who has qualified us thank you to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in the light he has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the son of his love in whom we have redemption through his blood the forgiveness of sins blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ just as he chose us in him, that's foreknowledge, before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love, having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to himself according to the good pleasure of his will, to the praise of the glory of his grace by which he made us accepted in the beloved. …
… You did yesterday, this morning. Colossians 1.10 That holy God of indignation, that Father, that Savior. never rejects us, never is contemptuous toward us. I don't know if you know that word. Never is contemptuous toward us. You're contemptuous toward your kid if you say to him, you're just a jerk. You'll never amount to anything. I don't know why I even have you. God doesn't talk like that. He will never condemn us. and he will only do what's good for us, only and always. So, the message today is keep two things together which many feel like they can't keep together. I just can't. I can't deal with those two things. Grace of God, displeasure of God, indignation of God, mercy of God. I can't keep those together. And I'm pleading with you, keep them together. It's biblical to keep them together. It's mature to keep them together. It's holy to keep them together. They're not opposites. When we sin, let's accept the indignation of God. Let's not deny it. …
… and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, so that you will walk in a manner worthy of the Lord to please Him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God. Further, strengthened with all power, according to His glorious might, for the attaining of all steadfastness and patience, joyously giving thanks to the Father who has qualified us to share in the inheritance of the saints in light." This is amazing. This is a truckload of promises. I pray for you that you'll have all spiritual wisdom so that you can walk worthy, so that you can please the Lord, so that you can bear fruit, so that you can increase in knowledge, so that you can be strengthened with power and might, so that you can attain steadfastness and patience and experience joy and be grateful. All of that comes from the wisdom that is made available at salvation through the Son, the Spirit, and the Word. …
… in the dark. Colossians 1.10 elucidates that a bit. Listen to these words. so that you walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, to please Him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work." So it's all goodness, all righteousness, and all truth. That's the fruit of the light. Romans 13, I can't resist a few verses there, starting in verse 12. The night is almost gone, and the day is near. Therefore let us lay aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light. Arm yourself with light, and don't do the deeds of the darkness. You are the light. You're in the light. You are the light. Don't do the deeds of the darkness. What does that mean? Verse 13, let us behave properly as in the day. In other words, in the day simply means with the light full on, with everything exposed, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual promiscuity and sensuality, not in strife and jealousy, but put on the Lord Jesus Christ and make no provision for the flesh in regards to its lusts. …