by avministry | Jul 3, 2023 | Sermons
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Colossians 4:7 Tychicus, a beloved brother, faithful minister, and fellow servant
in the Lord, will tell you all the news about me.
Colossians 4:8 I am sending him to you for this very purpose, that he may
know your circumstances and comfort your hearts,
Colossians 4:9 with Onesimus, a faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you.
They will make known to you all things which are happening here.
Colossians 4:10 Aristarchus my fellow prisoner greets you, with Mark the cousin
of Barnabas (about whom you received instructions: if he comes to you, welcome him),
Colossians 4:11 and Jesus who is called Justus. These are my only fellow workers
for the kingdom of God who are of the circumcision; they have proved to be a
comfort to me.
Colossians 4:12 Epaphras, who is one of you, a bondservant of Christ, greets you,
always laboring fervently for you in prayers, that you may stand perfect and
complete in all the will of God.
Colossians 4:13 For I bear him witness that he has a great zeal for you, and those
who are in Laodicea, and those in Hierapolis.
Colossians 4:14 Luke the beloved physician and Demas greet you.
Colossians 4:15 Greet the brethren who are in Laodicea, and Nymphas and
the church that is in his house.
Colossians 4:16 Now when this epistle is read among you, see that it is read also
in the church of the Laodiceans, and that you likewise read the epistle from Laodicea.
Colossians 4:17 And say to Archippus, “Take heed to the ministry which you have
received in the Lord, that you may fulfill it.”
Colossians 4:18 This salutation by my own hand–Paul. Remember my chains.
Grace be with you. Amen.
1) Tychicus — The Friend with a Servant’s Heart.
Colossians 4:7 Tychicus, a beloved brother, faithful minister, and fellow servant
in the Lord, will tell you all the news about me.
Colossians 4:7 “… fellow servant in the Lord, will tell you all the news about me.
Colossians 4:8 I am sending him to you for this very purpose, that he may
know your circumstances and comfort your hearts,
2) Onesimus is the Friend with the Sinful Past.
Colossians 4:9 with Onesimus, a faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you.
They will make known to you all things which are happening here.
Galatians 3:28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free,
there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
Ignatius, who is a pastor of the Smyrna church, wrote in his epistle to the
Ephesians these words at the beginning of his letter:
“I received therefore, your whole multitude in the name of God, through Onesimus,
a man of inexpressible love, and your bishop in the flesh whom I pray you by
Jesus Christ to love, and that you would all seek to be like him. And blessed be
He who has granted unto you, being worthy, to obtain such an excellent bishop.”
Ignatius in his epistle to the Antiochians writes in his benediction:
“Onesimus, the pastor of the Ephesians salutes you.”
3) Aristarchus: The Friend with a Sympathetic Heart.
Colossians 4:10 Aristarchus my fellow prisoner greets you, with Mark the cousin
of Barnabas (about whom you received instructions: if he comes to you, welcome him),
It’s been said, “Your true friends are the ones who are walking in when
everyone esle is walking out.”
Gal 6:2 Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.
4) Mark — The Friend with the Surprising Future.
Colossians 4:10 “… with Mark the cousin of Barnabas (about whom you received
instructions: if he comes to you, welcome him), ”
Acts 13:13 Now when Paul and his party set sail from Paphos, they came to Perga
in Pamphylia; and John, departing from them, returned to Jerusalem.
Acts 15:37 Now Barnabas was determined to take with them John called Mark.
Acts 15:38 But Paul insisted that they should not take with them the one who had
departed from them in Pamphylia, and had not gone with them to the work.
Acts 15:39 Then the contention became so sharp that they parted from one another.
And so Barnabas took Mark and sailed to Cyprus;
Acts 15:40 but Paul chose Silas and departed, being commended by the brethren
to the grace of God.
2 Timothy 4:11 “… Get Mark and bring him with you, for he is useful to me for
ministry.”
5) Jesus aka Justus — The Friend with the Strong Commitment.
Colossians 4:11 and Jesus who is called Justus. These are my only fellow workers
for the kingdom of God who are of the circumcision; they have proved to be a
comfort to me.
Colossians 4:11 “… they have proved to be a comfort to me.”
Matthew 25:36 ” … I was in prison and you came to Me.’
Hebrews 13:3 Remember the prisoners as if chained with them–those who are
mistreated–since you yourselves are in the body also.
Colossians 4:18 This salutation by my own hand–Paul. Remember my chains.
by avministry | Jun 27, 2023 | Sermons
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Colossians 4:2 Continue earnestly in prayer, being vigilant in it with thanksgiving;
Colossians 4:3 meanwhile praying also for us, that God would open to us a door
for the word, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in chains,
Colossians 4:4 that I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak.
Colossians 4:5 Walk in wisdom toward those who are outside, redeeming the time.
Colossians 4:6 Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you
may know how you ought to answer each one.
Mark 4:11 And He said to them, “To you it has been given to know the mystery
of the kingdom of God; but to those who are outside, all things come in parables,
Revelation 22:14 Blessed are those who do His commandments, that they may
have the right to the tree of life, and may enter through the gates into the city.
Revelation 22:15 But outside are dogs and sorcerers and sexually immoral and
murderers and idolaters, and whoever loves and practices a lie.
1 Thessalonians 4:12 that you may walk properly toward those who are outside,
and that you may lack nothing.
Matthew 7:21 “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom
of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven.
Matthew 7:22 Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied
in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your
name?
Matthew 7: 23 And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me,
you who practice lawlessness!’
The insiders must get out in order to get the outsiders in.
2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is … not willing that any should perish but that all should
come to repentance.
I. HOW TO PRAY AS AN INSIDER FOR OUTSIDERS.
Colossians 4:2 Continue earnestly in prayer, being vigilant in it with thanksgiving;
Matthew 17:21 ” … This kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting.
Colossians 4:2 Continue in prayer, and watch in the same …
Colossians 4:2 (NLT) Devote yourselves to prayer with an alert mind and a thankful
heart.
Colossians 4:2 (MESSAGE) Pray diligently. Stay alert, with your eyes wide
open in gratitude.
Colossians 4:2 ” … with thanksgiving;
Life is like train tracks, there is always good and bad, going on at the same time.
Colossians 4:3 meanwhile praying also for us, that God would open to us a door
for the word, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in chains,
Colossians 4:4 that I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak.
Acts 14:27 Now when they had come and gathered the church together, they
reported all that God had done with them, and that He had opened the door
of faith to the Gentiles.
Acts 14:28 So they stayed there a long time with the disciples.
1 Corinthians 16:9, “For a great and effective door has opened to me, and there
are many adversaries.”
2 Corinthians 2:12 “When I came to Troas to preach Christ’s gospel, and a door
was opened to me by the Lord,
Revelation 3:20 Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice
and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me.
Lyrics “The Saivor is Waiting”
The Savior is waiting to enter your heart
Why don’t you let Him come in
There’s nothing in this world to keep you apart
What is your answer to Him
Time after time He has waited before
And now He is waiting again
To see if you’re willing to open the door
Oh how He wants to come in
Revelation 3:7 “… He who opens and no one shuts, and shuts and no one opens:”
II. HOW TO LIVE AS AN INSIDER IN FRONT OF OUTSIDERS.
Colossians 4:5 Walk in wisdom toward those who are outside, redeeming the time.
The word for “redeem” means to buy up or grab the opportunity.
III. HOW TO SPEAK AS AN INSIDER TO OUTSIDERS.
Colossians 4:6 Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you
may know how you ought to answer each one.
Colossians 4:6 “… that you may know how you ought to answer each one.
1 Peter 3:15 ” … Be ready always to give answer to every man that asketh you
a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear;
Ephesians 5:2 And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us and given Himself
for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling aroma.
Philippians 4:18 “… a sweet-smelling aroma, an acceptable sacrifice, well pleasing
to God.
by avministry | Jun 14, 2023 | Sermons
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by avministry | Jun 5, 2023 | Sermons
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Colossians 3:18 Wives, submit to your own husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.
Colossians 3:19 Husbands, love your wives and do not be bitter toward them.
Colossians 3:20 Children, obey your parents in all things, for this is well pleasing
to the Lord.
Colossians 3:21 Fathers, do not provoke your children, lest they become
discouraged.
An ideal is defined as:
1) A conception of something in its absolute perfection.
2) One that is regarded as a standard or model of perfection or excellence.
3) An ultimate object of endeaver, a goal.
4) An honorable or worthy principle or aim.
I. A PICTURE PERFECT WIFE.
Colossians 3:18 Wives, submit to your own husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.
Success in marriage is more than finding the right person; it is being the right
person.
1 Corinthians 11:3 But I want you to know that the head of every man is Christ,
the head of woman is man, and the head of Christ is God.
It’s plural leadership, singular headship.
Colossians 3:18 Wives, submit to your own husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.
II. A PICTURE PERFECT HUSBAND.
Colossians 3:19 Husbands, love your wives and do not be bitter toward them.
She married him because he was ‘strong and masculine’;
She divorced him because he was a very ‘dominating male.’
He married her because she was so ‘fragile and petite’;
He divorced her because she was so ‘weak and helpless.’
She chose him because ‘he knew how to provide a good living’;
She left him because ‘all he thought about was the business.’
He married her because she was ‘steady and sensible’;
He divorced her because she was ‘boring and dull.’”
Ephesians 5:25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church
and gave Himself for her,
Ephesians 5:28 So husbands ought to love their own wives as their own bodies;
he who loves his wife loves himself.
Genesis 2: 23 And Adam said: “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of
my flesh; She shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.”
Genesis 2:24 Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined
to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.
III. A PICTURE PERFECT CHILD.
Colossians 3:20 Children, obey your parents in all things, for this is well pleasing
to the Lord.
IV. A PICTURE PERFECT PARENT.
Colossians 3:21 Fathers, do not provoke your children, lest they become
discouraged.
Psalm 127:3 Children are a gift from the LORD ; they are a reward from him.
Proverbs 17:6 Grandchildren are the crown of old men …
The goal of parenting is godliness.
3 John 1:4 I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.
Luke 2:51 Then He went down with them and came to Nazareth, and was subject
to them …
Luke 2:51 Then He went down with them and came to Nazareth, and was subject
to them …
A perfect husband is a man who does not demand a perfect wife.
A perfect wife is a woman who does not demand a perfect husband.
A perfect child is a child who does not demand perfect parents.
Perfect parents are those who do not demand perfect children.
Only perfect people can enter God’s heaven and there are no perfect people.
We needed a perfect life and Jesus lived the perfect sinless life for us.
1 Peter 2:22 “Who committed no sin, nor was deceit found in His mouth’;
1 John 3:5 And you know that He was manifested to take away our sins, and
in Him there is no sin.
2 Corintians 5:21 For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that
we might become the righteousness of God in Him.
by avministry | May 31, 2023 | Sermons
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Colossians 3:16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching
and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing
with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
Colossians 3:17 And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the
Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.
Exodus 15:1 Then Moses and the children of Israel sang this song to the Lord, ..
1 Samuel 16:23 Whenever the evil spirit from God bothered Saul, David would
play his harp. Saul would relax and feel better, and the evil spirit would go away.
Ecclesiastes 2:8 “… I acquired male and female singers, the delights of the sons
of men, and musical instruments of all kinds.
1 Chronicles 23:5 “… four thousand praised the Lord with musical instruments,
” which I made,” said David, “for giving praise.”
Matthew 26:30 And when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.
Hebrews 2:12 “I will declare Your name to My brethren; In the midst of the
assembly I will sing praise to You.”
Romans 15:9 and that the Gentiles might glorify God for His mercy, as it is written:
For this reason I will confess to You among the Gentiles, and sing to Your name.
Revelation 5:9 And they sang a new song, saying: “You are worthy to take the
scroll, and to open its seals; For You were slain, and have redeemed us to God
by Your blood out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation,
Christians are the only religion that sing.
Psalm 96:1 Oh, sing to the Lord a new song! Sing to the Lord, all the earth.
Psalm 96:2 Sing to the Lord, bless His name; Proclaim the good news of His
salvation from day to day.
Lyrics Favorite Song of All
His favorite song of all
Is the song of the redeemed
When lost sinners now made clean
Lift their voices loud and strong
When those purchased by His blood
Lift to Him a song of love
There’s nothing more He’d rather hear
Nor so pleasing to His ear
As His favorite song of all
A concert is where people perform for other people
A church is where the people of God come into the presence of God to sing the
praises of God.
I. GOD’S DESIRE OF SPIRIT-FILLED WORSHIP.
Colossians 3:16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching
and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, …
Psalm 136:1 …. For His mercy endures forever.
Psalm 136:2 …. For His mercy endures forever.
Isaiah 6:3 “Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lord of Hosts, the whole earth is full of His glory.”
II. GOD’S DESCRIPTION OF SPIRIT-FILLED WORSHIP
1) PSALMS.
Colossians 3:16 “teaching and admonishing one another in psalms …
Psalm 118:24 This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.
Psalm 119:105 Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
Psalm 42:1 As the deer pants for the water brooks, So pants my soul for You,
O God.
The song “He has made me glad” quotes from several Psalms
I will enter His gates with thanksgiving in my heart
I will enter His courts with praise
I will say this is the day that the Lord has made
I will rejoice for He has made me glad
James 5:13 “… Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing psalms.
1 Corinthians 14:26 How is it then, brethren? Whenever you come together,
each of you has a psalm, …”
2) HYMNS.
Colossians 3:16 “teaching and admonishing one another … in hymns
According to a website the top ten most popular hymns are:
10. In the Garden
9. It is Well with My Soul
8. Rock of Ages
7. I’ll Fly Away
6. What a Friend We Have in Jesus
5. Blessed Assurance
4. Because He Lives
3. Great is Thy Faithfulness
2. Amazing Grace
1. How Great Thou Art
Acts 16:25 But at midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to
God, and the prisoners were listening to them.
3) SPIRITUAL SONGS.
Colossians 3:16 “teaching and admonishing one another … in spiritual songs
John 4:22 You worship what you do not know; we know what we worship,
for salvation is of the Jews.
John 4:23 But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will
worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship
Him.
John 4:24 God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and
truth.
1 Corinthians 14:15 “… I will sing with the spirit, and I will also sing with the understanding.
III. GOD’S DIRECTION OF SPIRIT-FILLED WORSHIP.
Colossians 3:16 “… singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
“Let those who refuse to sing who never knew our God.”
Psalm 100:1 Make a joyful noise unto the Lord.
Colossians 3:16 “… singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
Matthew 15:8‘These people draw near to Me with their mouth, and honor Me
with their lips, but their heart is far from Me.
Luke 1:46 And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord,
Psalm 104:35 … Bless thou the LORD, O my soul. Praise ye the LORD.
Then sings my soul, My Saviour God, to Thee,
How great Thou art, How great Thou art.
IV. GOD’S DEPTH OF SPIRIT-FILLED WORSHIP.
Colossians 3:17 And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the
Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.
Psalm 100:4 Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, and into His courts with praise.
Be thankful to Him, and bless His name.
3 John 5 Beloved, you do faithfully whatever you do for the brethren and for strangers,
Colossians 3:23 And whatever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord and not to men
1 Corinthians 10:31 “Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do
everything for God’s glory”.
