Cleaning out the closet

• They will know we are Christians by our love
• Love versus Selfishness
• Clean out your closet now
• Take the old clothes out and burn them now
  • Put the old behavior to death now
  • Is it more loving to tell a sinner that their sin is ‘ok’, or is it more loving to get in their face, get all over their case and try to save their life?
  • Bible says no sex outside of marriage – period (sexual immorality)
  • Lust, greed
  • “These things don’t work”
• Clean up the inside (attitudes, thoughts)
  • Rid yourself of anger, rage, malice, slander, filthy language, lying
  • Anger – don’t be an angry person.  Appropriate anger is normal – Jesus got angry.
  • Tell your story – the power is in its secrecy
  • Rage – anger that surfaces
  • Get rid of the things in your life that aren’t you anymore
  • Replace the old with the new, now
    • Don’t get caught spiritually ‘naked’
    • Knowledge of God – His Word, prayer
    • Dress appropriately for a person of your person – you are chosen (belong), holy (set apart / righteous), and loved by God
    • Choose clothes that never go out of style
• Compassion – tenderness toward those who are suffering
• Kindness – graciousness, goodness, sweetness of disposition (purity)
• Humility (one of the highest values in Scripture) – accurate view of yourself
• Gentleness (one of the highest values in Scripture) – knowing who we are in Christ so we can give and be strong, concede when necessary
• Patience – self-restraint to endure injury / insult w/o retaliation
• Don’t be a fashion snob – all are sinners – remember to love
• The answer is to pray for more love