* This chap teaches us MUCH about living the Christian life, especially in how to treat others.

* vs 12-14 - Paul uses the phrase “put on” a lot, like putting on clothes.

* He was a king of mixing metaphors!

* The most important thing to put on is “love.”

* Love is the “binding” ingredient of relationships.

* Cookie dough analogy.

* Ingredients stay separate until eggs are added.

* Apart from love we don’t bind with those we are intended to bind.

* We can’t become a brand new substance without it.

* Without eggs you wouldn’t eat the dough.

* Without love people can’t nourish themselves on your relationship.

* Love is compassion with standards - without one you don’t have love.

* When we have both we will find ourselves binding to others and becoming nourishment for those around us.