Colossians 3:15 And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you
were called in one body; and be thankful.
Colossians 3:16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching
and admonishing one another …
Putting off:
Fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.
Anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy language and lies
Putting on:
Tender mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering,bearing with one
another, and forgiving one another, love.
I. LET THE PEACE OF CHRIST RULE.
Colossians 3:15 And let the peace of God …”
Luke 22:20 “…This cup is the new testament in my blood, which is shed for you.”
Colossians 3:15 (NLT) “… For as members of one body you are all called to live
in peace.”
Colossians 3:15 (Philips) “… remembering that as members of the same body
you are called to live in harmony…”
Colossians 3:15 And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, …
Colossians 3:15 (Amp) And let the peace (soul harmony which comes) from Christ
rule (act as umpire continually) in your hearts [deciding and settling with finality
all questions that arise in your minds…
Proverbs 14:12 There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way
of death.
Luke 9:35 “… This is my beloved Son: hear him.
1 Thessalonians 2:13 For this reason we also thank God without ceasing, because
when you received the word of God which you heard from us, you welcomed it
not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which also effectively
works in you who believe.
The Word of God is the final authority.
When we agree with the Bible, we are right.
When we disagree with the Bible, we are wrong.
Former Pastor Rick Warren shares 5 Reasons Why Saddleback Is Challenging
the SBC Removal of his church:
1.We’re challenging the ruling on behalf of millions of SBC women whose God
given spiritual gifts and leadership skills are being wasted instead of empowered
for the Great Commission.
2. We’re challenging the ruling on behalf of over 300 concerned pastors who
have female pastors serving on their staff and have written to me.
3.We’re challenging the ruling on behalf of our IMB missionaries.
4. We believe a decision this critical to the SBC’s identity and future should be
decided by the Messengers, not a committee.
5. Our goal is to spark the thinking of messengers regarding the direction of the
SBC, regardless of the outcome of the vote.
Note my prediction: The next generation of Southern Baptists will remove the
restriction on women one day, because truth eventually triumphs over tradition.
1 Timothy 3:2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife,
Troy Zapp is 26 years old and she started her male transition in October of 2014 (quote)
“It is ironic that the one place that all LGBTQ’s fear the most to be involved with
(church), was the same place that brought my transition upon me. I use to hate
and fear the church including all the people in it. Now, I am involved and loved,
and know I belong.”
What does the Lord, the final authority have to say?
Genesis 1:27 So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He
created him; male and female He created them.
Deuteronomy 22:5 A woman shall not wear anything that pertains to a man, nor
shall a man put on a woman’s garment, for all who do so are an abomination
to the Lord your God.
1 Corinthians 6:9 Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom
of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers,
nor homosexuals, nor sodomites,
1 Corinthians 6:10 nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor
extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God.
Andy Stanley says: “I stopped leveraging the authority of Scripture and began
leveraging the authority and stories of the people behind the Scripture.
To be clear, I don’t believe “the Bible says,” “Scripture teaches,” and “the Word
of God commands” are incorrect approaches. But they are ineffective approaches
for post-Christian people. Close to half our population does not view the Bible
as authoritative either.”
Luke 16:31 But he said to him, ‘If they do not hear Moses and the prophets, neither
will they be persuaded though one rise from the dead.’
Matthew 12:30 He that is not with me is against me;
John 7:7 The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me because I testify of it that
its works are evil.
II. LET THE WORD OF CHRIST DWELL.
Colossians 3:16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom …”
It’s one thing to get in the Word.
It’s quite another thing for the Word to get in you.
Psalm 119:11 Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.
Colossians 3:16 ” … teaching and admonishing one another …
Praise the Lord, I saw the Lord
We can’t turn the light on, only God can do that.
Billy Sunday said, “When the Great Umpire of the Universe makes the Final Call,
will He find you “Safe at Home” or “Out for all eternity?”
Colossians 3:1 If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are
above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God.
Colossians 3:2 Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth.
Colossians 3:3 For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
Colossians 3:4 When Christ who is our life appears, then you also will appear
with Him in glory.
I. OUR POSITION: CRUCIFIED, BURIED, AND RAISED WITH CHRIST.
Colossians 3:3 For you died, …”
Galatians 2:20 I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ
lives in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son
of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
Colossians 3:1 If then you were raised with Christ …”
Romans 8:11 But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you,
He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies
through His Spirit who dwells in you.
Jesus be Jesus in me,
No longer me but Thee.
Resurrection power,
Fill me this hour,
Jesus be Jesus in me.
II. OUR PROTECTION: HID WITH CHRIST.
Colossians 3:3 “… and your life is hid with Christ in God.
III. OUR PRACTICE: SEEK THOSE THINGS ABOVE.
Colossians 3:1 ” … seek those things which are above, …”
Colossians 3:1 “… seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at
the right hand of God.
Everything we seek is there in heaven, because Jesus is there.
Ephesians 2:6 And raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly
places in Christ Jesus,
2 Corinthians 4:18 While we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the
things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporary, but the
things which are not seen are eternal.
Colossians 3:2 Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth.
Colossians 2:5 For though I am absent in the flesh, yet I am with you in spirit, …”
Philippians 3:20 For our citizenship is in heaven,…”
IV. OUR PRESSURE: SEEK NOT THOSE THINGS BELOW.
Colossians 3:2 “Set your mind … not on things on the earth.
Luke 12:15 And He said to them, “Take heed and beware of covetousness, for
one’s life does not consist in the abundance of the things he possesses.”
We’re so busy keeping up with the Jones’
A four car garage and we’re still building on
Luke 12:15 (PHILLIPS) For a man’s real life in no way depends upon the number
of his possessions.”
Matthew 6:19 “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, …”
Elizabeth Elliot (Quote)
Elizabeth Elliot said, “Heaven is not here, it’s there! If we were given all we
wanted here, our hearts would settle for this world rather than the next.”
V. OUR PROVISION: CHRIST IS OUR LIFE.
Colossians 3:4 When Christ who is our life appears, then you also will appear
with Him in glory.
Shatner said, “GET A LIFE, will you people? I mean, for crying out loud, it’s just a
TV show! I mean, look at you, look at the way you’re dressed! You’ve turned an
enjoyable little job, that I did as a lark for a few years, into a COLOSSAL WASTE
OF TIME!”
One film fanatic said, “Film is a substitute for life. Film is a form of living. As a
film lover you have to accept that— that is normal for you. It’s not pathological.”
John 10:10 The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy.
I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.
John 14:3 “… I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive
you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also.
Turn your eyes upon Jesus,
Look full in His wonderful face;
And the things of earth will grow strangely dim
In the light of His glory and grace.
Luke 7:11 Now it happened, the day after, that He went into a city called Nain;
and many of His disciples went with Him, and a large crowd.
Luke 7:12 And when He came near the gate of the city, behold, a dead man was
being carried out, the only son of his mother; and she was a widow. And a large
crowd from the city was with her.
Luke 7:13 When the Lord saw her, He had compassion on her and said to her,
Do not weep.
Luke 7:14 Then He came and touched the open coffin, and those who carried
him stood still. And He said, “Young man, I say to you, arise.”
Luke 7:15 So he who was dead sat up and began to speak. And He presented
him to his mother.
Luke 7:16 Then fear came upon all, and they glorified God, saying, “A great
prophet has risen up among us”; and, “God has visited His people.”
Luke 7:17 And this report about Him went throughout all Judea and all the surrounding
region.
I. THE TOWN SETTING: ONE FUNERAL, TWO PROCESSIONS.
Luke 7:11 Now it happened, the day after, that He went into a city called Nain;
and many of His disciples went with Him, and a large crowd.
Pastor Lindell said “As the ladies prayed for Krissy Dines over the next 30 minutes,
all three toes grew, and by that point, were longer than her pinky toe. Within an
hour, nails began to grow on all the toes,”
Luke 7:12 And when He came near the gate of the city, behold, a dead man was
being carried out,…”
Luke 7:12 ” … a dead man was being carried out, the only son of his mother;
and she was a widow .
Jeremiah 6:26 “O daughter of my people, dress in sackcloth and roll about in ashes!
Make mourning as for an only son, most bitter lamentation …”
Amos 8:10 “I will make it like mourning for an only son, and its end like a bitter day.”
Zechariah 12:10 “And I will pour on the house of David and on the inhabitants
of Jerusalem the Spirit of grace and supplication; then they will look on Me whom
they pierced. Yes, they will mourn for Him as one mourns for his only son, and
grieve for Him as one grieves for a firstborn.
Luke 7:12″… And a large crowd from the city was with her.
II. THE COMPASSIONATE SAVIOR: ONE MIRACLE, MANY WITNESSES.
Luke 7:13 When the Lord saw her, He had compassion on her and said to her,
Do not weep.
Deuteronomy 4:31 For the LORD your God is a compassionate God;
Psalm 116:5 Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; Yes, our God is compassionate.
2 Corinthians 1:3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort
Matthew 9:36 Seeing the people, He felt compassion for them,
Matthew 20:34 Moved with compassion, Jesus touched their eyes;
Mark 1:41 Moved with compassion, Jesus stretched out His hand and touched him
Luke 7:13 “… and said to her, “Do not weep.”
Luke 7:14 Then He came and touched the open coffin, and those who carried
him stood still. And He said, “Young man, I say to you, arise.”
Luke 7:15 So he who was dead sat up and began to speak. And He presented
him to his mother.
Revelation 1:18 I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for
evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.
III. THE FEARFUL RESPONSE: ONE CONFESSION, MULTIPLE REPORTS.
Luke 7:16 Then fear came upon all, and they glorified God, saying, “A great
prophet has risen up among us”; and, “God has visited His people.”
Luke 19:44 “… you did not know the time of your visitation.”
Colossians 2:13 And you, being dead in your trespasses … He has made
alive together with Him, having forgiven you all trespasses,
Romans 3:11 There is none who understands; There is none who seeks after God.
Luke 19:10 for the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.
Luke 7:17 And this report about Him went throughout all Judea and all the
surrounding region.
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9871 CL-117
Carthage, MO 64836
417-358-5065
Service Times
Sunday
Sunday School Provided For All Ages – 9:30-10:15 Morning Worship – 10:30 – 12:00
Children’s Church – 10:45 – 12:00
Wednesday Evening
Bible Study – 6:30 – 7:30
Youth Group – 6:30 – 7:30
Children’s Class – 6:30-7:30
