by avministry | Mar 19, 2023 | Sermons
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Colossians 2:1 For I want you to know what a great conflict I have for you and
those in Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh,
Colossians 2:2 That their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love,
and attaining to all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the knowledge
of the mystery of God, both of the Father and of Christ,
Colossians 2:3 In whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
Colossians 2:4 Now this I say lest anyone should deceive you with persuasive
words.
Colossians 2:5 For though I am absent in the flesh, yet I am with you in spirit,
rejoicing to see your good order and the steadfastness of your faith in Christ.
Colossians 2:6 As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk
in Him,
Colossians 2:7 Rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith, as you
have been taught, abounding in it with thanksgiving.
I. PASSION: I WANT YOU TO KNOW MY PASSION FOR YOU
Colossians 2:1 For I want you to know what a great conflict I have for you and
those in Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh,
Colossians 4:16 Now when this epistle is read among you, see that it is read
also in the church of the Laodiceans,…
Richard Foster, in his classic book on prayer, writes:
“If we truly love people, we will desire for them far more than it is in our power
to give them, and this will lead us to prayer. Praying for others is a way of loving
others.”
Colossians 2:2 That their hearts may be encouraged …
Hebrews 10:25 (NIV) Not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit
of doing, but encouraging one another–and all the more as you see the Day
approaching.
1 Thessalonians 5:11 (NIV) Therefore encourage one another and build each
other up, just as in fact you are doing.
Truett Cathy, founder of Chik-Fil-A, once said, “No one ever died from too
much encouragement.”
Colossians 3:23 (ESV) Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not
for men.
Colossians 2:2 That their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love,
Jordan Peterson (quote) “You actually don’t grow up until someone is more
important than you.”
John 13:35 By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for
one another.
II. PROSPERITY: I WANT YOU TO SEE HOW PROSPEROUS YOU ARE.
Colossians 2:2 … and attaining to all riches of the full assurance of understanding,
to the knowledge of the mystery of God, both of the Father and of Christ,
Colossians 2:3 In whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
The life-changing mystery of God is summarized in these seven words:
Colossians 1:27″… Christ in you–the hope of glory.”
2 Corinthians 4:7, “We have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing
power is from God and not from us.”
Matthew 6:21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
III. PROTECTION: I WANT TO PROTECT YOU.
Colossians 2:4 Now this I say lest anyone should deceive you with persuasive
words.
Acts 20:29 For I know this, that after my departure savage wolves will come in
among you, not sparing the flock.
Acts 20:30 Also from among yourselves men will rise up, speaking perverse
things, to draw away the disciples after themselves.
Acts 20:31 Therefore watch, and remember that for three years I did not cease
to warn everyone night and day with tears.
IV. POTENTIAL: I WANT YOU TO REACH YOUR POTENTIAL.
Colossians 2:5 For though I am absent in the flesh, yet I am with you in spirit,
rejoicing to see your good order and the steadfastness of your faith in Christ.
Colossians 2:6 As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk
in Him,
John 1:12 But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children
of God, to those who believe in His name:
Jesus will live in His people, not merely live with His people.
Colossians 2:6 As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk
in Him,
Psalm 37:23 The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord, and He delights
in his way.
1 John 2:6 He who says he abides in Him ought himself also to walk just as He
walked.
Galatians 2:20 “… It is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me …”
Colossians 2:7 Rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith, as you
have been taught, abounding in it with thanksgiving.
1. CULTIVATION: BE ROOTED.
Colossians 2:7 Rooted … in Him ”
Isaiah 61:3 “.. That they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of
the Lord, that He may be glorified.”
Psalm 1:3 He shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that brings forth
its fruit in its season, whose leaf also shall not wither;And whatever he does shall
prosper.
2. CONSTRUCTION: BE BUILT UP.
Colossians 2:7 “… built up in Him …”
1 Corinthians 3:14 If anyone’s work which he has built on it endures, he will
receive a reward.
Ephesians 2:20 having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets,
Jesus Christ Himself being the chief cornerstone,
3. REGULATION: BE ESTABLISHED.
Colossians 2:7 ” … established in the faith,…”
Matthew 18:16 ” … by the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be
established.
Acts 16:5 So the churches were established in the faith, and increased in number
daily.”
4. EDUCATION: BE TAUGHT.
Colossians 2:7 “… as you have been taught…”
Acts 20:20 How I kept back nothing that was helpful, but proclaimed it to you,
and taught you publicly and from house to house,
Titus 1:9 Holding fast the faithful word as he has been taught, that he may be able,
by sound doctrine, both to exhort and convict those who contradict.
Matthew 5:33 Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time,
Matthew 5:34 But I say unto you,
Half of spiritual growth is learning what we don’t know.
The other half is unlearning what we do know.
5. RECOGNITION: BE ABOUNDING.
Colossians 2:7 “… abounding in it with thanksgiving.”
2 Corinthians 8:7 But as you abound in everything–in faith, in speech, in knowledge,
in all diligence, and in your love for us–see that you abound in this grace also.
2 Corinthians 9:8 And God is able to make all grace abound toward you,…
by avministry | Mar 12, 2023 | Sermons
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Colossians 1:24 I now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up in my flesh
what is lacking in the afflictions of Christ, for the sake of His body, which is the
church,
Colossians 1:25 Of which I became a minister according to the stewardship from
God which was given to me for you, to fulfill the word of God,
Colossians 1:26 The mystery which has been hidden from ages and from
generations, but now has been revealed to His saints.
Colossians 1:27 To them God willed to make known what are the riches of
the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles: which is Christ in you, the hope
of glory.
Colossians 1:28 Him we preach, warning every man and teaching every man in
all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus.
Colossians 1:29 To this end I also labor, striving according to His working which
works in me mightily.
Investigator Josiah Thompson, said, “A president of the United States is shot
down at high noon in a public square with some 400 or 500 people looking on,
with maybe at least 38 of them taking film and photos, and now almost 60 years
later we don’t know what happened. As long as a mystery resides at the center
of this case ‘it can’t be closed.”
Proverbs 3:32, “His secret is with the righteous.”
Psalm 25:14, “The secret of the Lord is with them that hear Him.”
1 Corinthians 13:2 And though I …understand all mysteries …
A mystery is a hidden spiritual truth in the past now revealed by divine revelation.
I. THE HISTORY OF MYSTERY.
Deuteronomy 29:29 The secret things belong unto the Lord our God: but those
things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we
may do all the words of this law.
Proverbs 25:2 “It is the glory of God to conceal a thing.”
Now when the word “mystery” is used in the New Testament, it is also refering
to something that was never revealed in the Old Testament to anybody.
1. The Mystery of Godliness Revealed: God in human flesh.
1 Timothy 3:16 And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness:
God was manifested in the flesh, Justified in the Spirit, Seen by angels,
Preached among the Gentiles, Believed on in the world, Received up in glory.
2. The Mystery of the Church Revealed.
Ephesians 3:3 How that by revelation He made known to me the mystery (as
I have briefly written already,
Ephesians 3:4 By which, when you read, you may understand my knowledge
in the mystery of Christ),
Ephesians 3:5 Which in other ages was not made known to the sons of men,
as it has now been revealed by the Spirit to His holy apostles and prophets:
Ephesians 3:6 That the Gentiles should be fellow heirs, of the same body,
and partakers of His promise in Christ through the gospel,
3. The Mystery of the Bride of Christ Revealed.
Ephesians 5:30 For we are members of His body, of His flesh and of His bones.
Ephesians 5:31 “For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and
be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.”
Ephesians 5:32 This is a great mystery, but I speak concerning Christ and the church.
4. The Mystery of Israel’s Unbelief Revealed.
Romans 11:25 For I do not desire, brethren, that you should be ignorant of
this mystery, lest you should be wise in your own opinion, that blindness
in part has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in.
5. The Mystery of the Rapture Revealed.
1 Corinthians 15:51 Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but
we shall all be changed–
1 Corinthians 15:52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet.
For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and
we shall be changed.
6. The Mystery of Iniquity Revealed.
2 Thessalonians 2:7 For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who
now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.
2 Thessalonians 2:8 And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord
will consume with the breath of His mouth and destroy with the brightness of
His coming.
2 Thessalonians 2:9 The coming of the lawless one is according to the working
of Satan, with all power, signs, and lying wonders,
7. The Mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven Revealed.
Matthew 13:10 And the disciples came and said to Him, “Why do You speak
to them in parables?”
Matthew 13:11 He answered and said to them, “Because it has been given to you
to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given.
Matthew 13:13 Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do
not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.
Jesus taught to reveal, but also to conceal.
Matthew 11:25 At that time Jesus answered and said, “I thank You, Father,
Lord of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from the wise
and prudent and have revealed them to babes.
Matthew 11:26 Even so, Father, for so it seemed good in Your sight.
II. THE MYSTERY OF HISTORY.
Colossians 1:26 The mystery which has been hidden from ages and from
generations, but now has been revealed to His saints.
What is the mystery that’s been hidden? “Christ in you, the hope of glory.”
Colossians 1:27 To them God willed to make known what are the riches of
the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles: which is Christ in you, the hope
of glory.
Jesus died on the cross, so we can die to ourselves and He can live in us.
Stephen Olford said (quote):
“Spell out the word C-H-R-I-S-T-I-A-N. Then take the letter “A” from the end of
the word and put it at the beginning.
A Christian is ” A Christ In.”
Jesus became Immanuel, God with us, that He might forever be God in us.
Psalm 23:4 “… I will fear no evil; For you are with me;
Hebrews 13:5 ” … For He Himself has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.”
Galatians 2:20 I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but
Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in
the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.
1. Christ in you enables you to remain positive during suffering.
Colossians 1:24 I now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up in my flesh
what is lacking in the afflictions of Christ, for the sake of His body, which is the
church,
Romans 4:18 This salutation by my own hand—Paul. Remember my chains.
2. Christ in you is the way God fulfills all His precious promises.
Colossians 1:25 Of which I became a minister according to the stewardship from
God which was given to me for you, to fulfill the word of God,
Major Ian Thomas in his book “The Saving Life of Christ” writes:
“To be in Christ– that makes you fit for heaven; but for Christ to be in you–that
makes you fit for earth! To be in Christ–that changes your destination; but for
Christ to be in you–that changes your destiny! To be in Christ makes heaven your
home; but for Christ to be in you makes this world God’s workshop.”
3. Christ in you is the only way you can become a complete person.
Colossians 1:28 Him we preach, warning every man and teaching every man in
all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus.
4. Christ in you is His mighty power working through you.
Colossians 1:29 To this end I also labor, striving according to His working which
works in me mightily.
Lyrics “Live This Mystery” by Michael Card
Since my life is hid in Thee,
I must live this mystery
In Him we live, in Him we move,
In Him all things are new
The mystery of life in Christ
Is Christ can live in you.
My God’s a big God but small enough to live in me.
2 Corinthians 13:5 Examine yourselves, whether you be in the faith; prove your
own selves. Know you not your own selves, how Jesus Christ is in you; except
you be reprobates?
by avministry | Mar 6, 2023 | Sermons
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Colossians 1:19 For it pleased the Father that in Him all the fullness should dwell,
Colossians 1:20 And by Him to reconcile all things to Himself, by Him, whether
things on earth or things in heaven, having made peace through the blood of
His cross.
Colossians 1:21 And you, who once were alienated and enemies in your mind
by wicked works, yet now He has reconciled
Colossians 1:22 In the body of His flesh through death, to present you holy, and
blameless, and above reproach in His sight —
Colossians 1:23 If indeed you continue in the faith, grounded and steadfast,
and are not moved away from the hope of the gospel which you heard,
which was preached to every creature under heaven, of which I, Paul, became
a minister.
I. THE VARIOUS MEANINGS OF RECONCILIATION.
1 Corinthians 7:10 Now to the married I command, yet not I but the Lord:
A wife is not to depart from her husband.
1 Corinthians 7:11 But even if she does depart, let her remain unmarried or be
reconciled to her husband. And a husband is not to divorce his wife.
Reconciliation can be defined as restored favor, goodwill, and friendly relations
between two parties formerly at odds with one another.
Reconciliation has been described as putting back together the pieces of a
broken vase.
Reconciliation has been defined as,”The restoration of trust in an interpersonal
relationship through mutual trustworthy.”
Reconciliation has also been defined in counseling “as mutually agreeing to
not proceed with divorce. ”
Colossians 1:18 ” … that in all things He may have the preeminence.
The Message translate this verse “He’s there towering far above everything,
everyone.., everything of God finds its proper place in Him.”
II. THE VICTORIOUS MEANS OF RECONCILIATION.
Colossians 1:19 For it pleased the Father that in Him all the fullness should dwell,
There is only one LIVING God.
But there have always been man-made gods.
Exodus 20:3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
Exodus 20:5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the
Lord thy God am a jealous God,
1 Chronicles 16:25 For the Lord is great and greatly to be praised; He is also to
be feared above all gods.
1 Chronicles 16:26 For all the gods of the peoples are idols, But the Lord made
the heavens.
Acts 17:16 Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was provoked
within him when he saw that the city was given over to idols.
1 Timothy 1:17 Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the ONLY wise
God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.
1 Timothy 6:16 “… Who is the blessed and ONLY Potentate, the King of kings,
and Lord of lords;
1 Timothy 6:16 Who ONLY hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man
can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour
and power everlasting. Amen.
Jude 1:4 “… the ONLY Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.
Jude 1:25 To the ONLY wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion
and power, both now and ever. Amen.
John 1:16 And of His fullness we have all received, and grace for grace.
Colossians 1:20 And by Him to reconcile all things to Himself, by Him, whether
things on earth or things in heaven, …
Colossians 1:20 “… having made peace through the blood of His cross.”
Song lyrics “Written in Red”
God wrote His love on the hillside so long ago
For you and me Jesus died, and love’s greatest story was told
I love you, I love you that’s what Calvary said;
I love you, I love you, Written in Red.
III. THE VIRTUOUS MARKS OF RECONCILIATION.
Colossians 1:21 And you, who once were alienated and enemies in your mind
by wicked works, yet now He has reconciled.
1. RECONCILIATION DEALS WITH OUR PROBLEM.
I am friend of God, He calls me friend
What a friend we have in Jesus
2. RECONCILIATION DEALS WITH OUR POSTION.
Colossians 1:22 In the body of His flesh through death, to present you holy, and
blameless, and above reproach in His sight —
3. RECONCILIATION DEALS WITH OUR PERSERVERANCE.
Colossians 1:23 If indeed you continue in the faith, grounded and steadfast,
and are not moved away from the hope of the gospel which you heard,
which was preached to every creature under heaven, of which I, Paul, became
a minister.
IV. THE VALUABLE MINISTRY OF RECONCILIATION.
2 Corinthians 5:18 Now all things are of God, who has reconciled us to Himself
through Jesus Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation,
2 Corinthians 5:19 That is, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself,
not imputing their trespasses to them, and has committed to us the word of
reconciliation.
2 Corinthians 5:20 Now then, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God
were pleading through us: we implore you on Christ’s behalf, be reconciled to
God.
by avministry | Feb 26, 2023 | Sermons
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Colossians 1:15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.
Colossians 1:16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that
are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities
or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him.
Colossians 1:17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.
Colossians 1:18 And He is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning,
the firstborn from the dead, that in all things He may have the preeminence.
Colossians 1:18 “… that in all things He may have the preeminence.
Colossians 1:18 (YOUNG)”that he might become in all things –himself–first,”
Colossians 1:18 (AMPC) “and in every respect might occupy the chief place.”
1. JESUS IS FIRST IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE FATHER.
Colossians 1:15 “He is the image of the invisible God, …”
John 1:18 “No one has seen God at any time.”
Exodus 33:20 “… no man can see Me and live!”
1 John 4:12 “No one has seen God at any time.”
John 4:24 “God is a Spirit: …”
Luke 24:39 “… Handle Me and see, for a spirit does not have flesh and bones
as you see I have.”
John 1:18 (NIV) No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is
himself God and is in closest relationship with the Father, has made him known.
Colossians 1:15 “He is the image of the invisible God, …”
2. JESUS IS FIRST IN RELATIONSHIP TO HIS CREATION.
Colossians 1:15 He is … the firstborn over all creation.
Colossians 1:16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that
are on earth, visible …
3. JESUS IS FIRST IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE UNSEEN WORLD.
Colossians 1:16 “… invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities
or powers.
4. JESUS IS FIRST IN RELATIONSHIP TO INHERITING ALL THINGS.
Colossians 1:16 “… All things were created through Him and for Him.
Revelation 1:8 “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End,”
says the Lord, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.”
Romans 8:16 The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children
of God.
Romans 8:16 and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ,
Colossians 3:24 knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the
inheritance; for you serve the Lord Christ.
5. JESUS IS FIRST IN RELATIONSHIP TO SUSTAINING ALL THINGS.
Colossians 1:17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.
U.S. climate envoy John Kerry told a group of attendees this year at the World
Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland (quote)
When you stop and think about it, it’s pretty extraordinary that we select group
of human beings because of whatever touched us at some point in our lives, are
able to sit in a room and come together and actually talk about saving the planet,’
It’s so… almost extra-terrestrial to think about, “saving the planet.” If you say
that to most people most people, they think you’re just a crazy tree hugging and
lefty liberal, you know, do-gooder, whatever.’
2 Corinthians 10:17 (MSG) “If you want to claim credit, claim it for God.”
2 Corinthians 10:17 (VOICE) “The one who boasts must boast in the Lord.”
Deism is a theory that believes in the existence of a supreme being and in a
creator who does not intervene in the universe.
2 Peter 3:10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which the
heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will melt with fervent
heat; both the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up.
6. JESUS IS FIRST IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE CHURCH.
Colossians 1:18 And He is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning,
The Jesus in me would come together with the Jesus in you to trust and obey
the mind of Christ as contained in the Scriptures.
7. JESUS IS FIRST IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE RESSURECTION
Colossians 1:18 “… the firstborn from the dead …”
Revelation 1:18 I am He who lives, and was dead, and behold, I am alive
forevermore. Amen. And I have the keys of Hades and of Death.
8. JESUS IS FIRST IN RELATIONSHIP TO EVERYTHING PERIOD.
Colossians 1:18 “… that in all things He may have the preeminence.
Colossians 1:18 (NASB) “… so that He Himself will come to have first place in
everything.
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Colossians 1:9 For this reason we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease
to pray for you, and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will
in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;
Colossians 1:10 That you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him, being
fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God;
Colossians 1:11 Strengthened with all might, according to His glorious power,
for all patience and longsuffering with joy;
Colossians 1:12 Giving thanks to the Father who has qualified us to be partakers
of the inheritance of the saints in the light.
Colossians 1:13 He has delivered us from the power of darkness and
conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love,
Colossians 1:14 In whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness
of sins.
Romans 1:22 Professing to be wise, they became fools,
Colossians 1:9 For this reason we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease
to pray for you, and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will
in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;
1 Corinthians 2:14 But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit
of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they
are spiritually discerned.
Romans 12:2 (NLT) “… Let God transform you into a new person by changing
the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you,
Colossians 1:10 “That you may walk worthy of the Lord, …”
Colossians 2:6 As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk
in Him,
Colossians 3:7 in which you yourselves once walked when you lived in them.
Colossians 4:5 Walk in wisdom toward those who are outside, redeeming the time.
Psalm 119:105 Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and light unto my path.
1 Thessalonians 2:12 That you would walk worthy of God who calls you into His
own kingdom and glory.
Ephesians 4:1 I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you to walk worthy
of the calling with which you were called,
I. A LIFE WORTH LIVING TRIES TO BE FULLY PLEASING TO HIM.
Colossians 1:10 “That you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him, …”
John 8:29 “… for I do always those things that please him.
II. A LIFE WORTH LIVING IS A LIFE THAT BEARS FRUIT.
Colossians 1:10 ‘…being fruitful in every good work …”
The fruit is merely an outward expression of the inner nature of that tree.
Galatians 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness,
goodness, faithfulness,
Galatians 5:23 gentleness, self-control.
Psalm 1:3 He shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that brings forth
its fruit in its season,…
III. A LIFE WORTH LIVING INCREASES IN THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD.
Colossians 1:10 ‘…being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge
of God;
Prayer request from Natalie Arn former missionary:
“Please pray for my upcoming doctor appointment and for wisdom in testing.
We need to find the source of the ongoing pain and problems, and if possible,
to correct it. We need wisdom, though, to know what testing is truly necessary.
My oncologist told me that the more we look, the more we’ll find (meaning tumors
and growths). Scans often bring health risks of their own, not to mention their
expense and time. I don’t want to be distracted from my family by constant
doctor appointments and tests. I also don’t want to be tied down to the
medical system for the rest of my life. On the other hand, I want to lean
into all the Lord is doing through my physical issues. He sees the big picture.
I want to be a light in this dark world and share Christ wherever He sends me,
even if that means that doctors’ clinics and cancer hospitals are my mission
field now. Plus, any investigation the doctors do with me helps to gain knowledge
and information for our kids to help them potentially avoid cancer. We need
wisdom in all these things.” .
IV. A LIFE WORTH LIVING ENDURES WITH POWER WHEN TROUBLE COMES.
Colossians 1:11 Strengthened with all might, according to His glorious power,
for all patience and longsuffering with joy;
V. A LIFE WORTH LIVING GIVES THANKS CONTINUALLY.
Colossians 1:12 Giving thanks to the Father who has qualified us to be partakers
of the inheritance of the saints in the light.
1. JESUS RESCUED US FROM DARKNESS.
Colossians 1:13 He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed
us into the kingdom of the Son of His love,
2 Corinthians 4:4 whose minds the god of this age has blinded, who do not believe,
Ephesians 5:8 For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord.
Jude 1:13 “… for whom is reserved the blackness of darkness forever.”
2. JESUS TRANSFERRED US TO THE KINGDOM OF HIS LOVE.
Colossians 1:13 “… and conveyted us into the kingdom of the Son of His love,
3. JESUS REMOVED THE PENALTY FOR OUR SINS.
Colossians 1:14 In whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness
of sins.
John 15:13 “Greater love has no man than this that a man lay down his life for his
friends.”
2 Corinthians 5:15 And He died for all, that those who live should live no longer
for themselves, but for Him who died for them and rose again.
