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Apples of Gold
Radio Script for October 15, 2010
“Bliss in the Body – A Colossians 3 Rhapsody”
Hello, I’m Doug Apple…with Apples of Gold.
“Bliss in the Body – A Colossians 3 Rhapsody”
(begin music)
Bliss in the body.
Does your church look like this?
One body.
We were called to one body, the body of Christ.
We are the elect of God, and we are one body.
There is neither Greek nor Jew, slave nor free, but Christ is all, and in all.
One body.
We must be kind to one another.
There is no excuse for anything but kindness. Kind to one another.
And patient.
We are one body and the parts must be patient with one another.
Longsuffering, bearing with one another.
(Bear with each other, and forgive one another.)
This is bliss in the body, people.
(If any of you has a grievance against someone, forgive.)
Does your church look like this?
It starts with you.
Humility. I am humble and you are humble. We are not “all that.”
We are not in competition.
We are one.
One body.
Put on love.
Love is the bond of perfection.
(And over all these virtues put on love.)
We are one body, and we love one another.
One body.
Love is the bond of perfection.
(Over all these virtues, put on love.)
It perfectly bonds us together, as one. One body.
Do you have a complaint? Forgive.
(Forbearing one another and forgiving one another.)
We must forgive one another just as Christ forgave us.
(And forgive whatever grievance you may have against one another.)
Forgiveness. It’s what we do in the body.
One body, with no room for unforgiveness.
Be thankful.
We give thanks in all things, together, for we are one.
We speak to one another. We don’t turn away. We speak to one another with joy, in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs.
We are the body of Christ.
One body.
It’s bliss in the body, people!
Does our church look like this?
It starts with me.
Put off anger.
There is no room for anger, put it off.
Colossians 3:8 – put off all these: anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy language out of your mouth.
The mouth is clean in the body. No filthy language, no malice, no wrath and no angry talk.
And no lies.
Do not lie to one another.
We do not lie, we do not deceive. We deal in truth alone.
We are true.
We are the body.
One body.
We are the elect of God, holy and beloved.
(Holy and dearly loved.)
God loves us.
He wants us to love one another.
Tender mercies. Put on tender mercies.
Colossians 3:12.
Tender mercies.
And love, which is the bond of perfection.
We love one another because we are the body.
We are thankful.
(Giving thanks to God the Father through Him.)
We give thanks always for all things.
We are not bitter, but thankful to God.
(Do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus.)
We do all in the name of the Lord Jesus.
(Whatever we do, whether it be word or deed, we should do it in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ.)
That is how we treat one another.
I treat you thus in Jesus’ name.
It’s bliss in the body people.
Does your church look like this?
It starts with us.
Comments?
E-mail me: dougapple@wave94.com.
May God bless you today! With Apples of Gold…I’m Doug Apple.
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Why “The Arrow’s Tip”? Each morning, after diligently seeking the Lord, I write Apples of Gold. Then before I release it to the public I pray one final prayer, “Lord, send forth your arrows.” I envision Apples of Gold as arrows, tips dipped in the river of the water of life that flows from the throne of God (Rev. 22:1), sailing toward the hearts and minds of men and women around the world.
Doug Apple
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