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.
Colossians 1:3 We give thanks to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
praying always for you,
Colossians 1:4 Since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of your love for
all the saints;
Colossians 1:5 Because of the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, of which
you heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel,
Colossians 1:6 Which has come to you, as it has also in all the world, and is
bringing forth fruit, as it is also among you since the day you heard and knew
the grace of God in truth;
Colossians 1:7 As you also learned from Epaphras, our dear fellow servant,
who is a faithful minister of Christ on your behalf,
Colossians 1:8 Who also declared to us your love in the Spirit.
I. PRAYING LIKE PAUL.
Colossians 1:3 We give thanks to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
praying always for you,
It’s been said, “The best way to really get to know somebody is to hear
them pray.”
II. THANKING GOD FOR YOUR FAITH.
Colossians 1:4 Since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of your love for
all the saints;
III. LOOKING FORWARD TO OUR HEAVENLY HOPE.
Colossians 1:5 Because of the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, …”
Colossians 1:5 “… of which you heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel,”
Revelation 14:6 Then I saw another angel flying in the midst of heaven, having
the everlasting gospel to preach to those who dwell on the earth–to every nation,
tribe, tongue, and people —
Colossians 1:6 Which has come to you, as it has also in all the world, and is
bringing forth fruit, as it is also among you since the day you heard and knew
the grace of God in truth;
Acts 12:24 But the word of God grew and multiplied.
IV. SINGING THE PRAISES OF THE UNSUNG.
Colossians 1:7 As you also learned from Epaphras, our dear fellow servant,
who is a faithful minister of Christ on your behalf,
Colossians 1:8 Who also declared to us your love in the Spirit.
The greatest ministry comes from the deepest pain.
2 Corinthians 1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the
Father of mercies and God of all comfort,
2 Corinthians 1:4 who comforts us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to
comfort those who are in any trouble, with the comfort with which we ourselves
are comforted by God.
2 Corinthians 1:4 (NLT) He comforts us in all our troubles so that we can comfort
others. When they are troubled, we will be able to give them the same comfort
God has given us.
Acts 9:5 And he [Paul] said, “Who are You, Lord?” Then the Lord said, “I am
Jesus, whom you are persecuting.”
Galatians 1:13 “… I persecuted the church of God beyond measure and tried
to destroy it.
1 Corinthians 15:9 For I am the least of the apostles, who am not worthy to be
called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
Philippians 3:6 concerning zeal, persecuting the church;
Philemon 1:23 Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, greets you,
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.
Romans 1:14 I am a debtor …”
I am in debt to those who shared the gospel with me, and I’m in debt to share
the gospel with others.
Colossians 1:1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy
our brother,
Colossians 1:2 To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ who are in Colosse:
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Over and over in Colossians Paul speaks of “Living the Christ-Centered Life”
In this letter, Paul writes of “Christ, who is our life,” (3:4) that “your life is hidden
with Christ.”(3:3) and “in Him you have been made complete.”(2:10)
Paul speaks of “the mystery that is Christ in you, the hope of glory.” (1:27)
Also that “In Christ are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.”(2:3)
He proclaims “the stability of your faith in Christ.”(3:5)
So “we are to walk in Him, (2:6) be built up in Him.”(2:7)
You are to “let the peace of Christ, … rule in your hearts” (3:15) and you are to
“Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you” (3:16) because “It is the Lord Christ
whom you serve.”(3:24) so “whatever you do, do heartily, as for the Lord (3:23)
He states that “Christ is all, and in all.” (3:11)
We are “to please Him in all respects,”(1:10) because “He Himself will come
to have first place in everything.”(1:18)
Paul speaks of being “in chains” (4:3), he speaks of “my fellow prisoner”(4:10)
He concludes this letter by saying “Remember my imprisonment” (4:18)
Yet Paul is a prisoner of hope
Paul speaks of “the hope of the gospel” (1:23) and “the hope which is laid up
for you in heaven, (1:5) and again, “Christ in you, the hope of glory.” (1:27)
Colossians 4:18 I, Paul, write this greeting with my own hand.
I. PAUL’S AUTHORSHIP.
Colossians 1:1 Paul, …”
The controversial final Jeopardy clue on November 16, 2022 under the category
“The New Testament was:
“Paul’s letter to them is the New Testament epistle with the most Old Testament
quotations.”
2 Timothy 3:16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God …”
II. PAUL’S APOSTLESHIP.
Colossians 1:1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God,…
A job is something that you choose a calling is something that God chooses
for you.
John 15:16 You did not choose Me, but I chose you and appointed you …”
III. PAUL’S ASSOCIATE.
Colossians 1:1 “… and Timothy our brother,”
IV. PAUL’S AUDIENCE.
1) THE SAINTS.
Colossians 1:2 To the saints …”
2) FAITHFUL BRETHREN IN CHRIST.
Colossians 1:2 To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ who are in Colosse:
The Bible speaks of ” faithful in all things ” ” faithful children ” ” faithful brother ”
” faithful unto death ” ” a faithful minister in Christ ” ” faithful brethren in Christ ”
” a faithful and beloved brother ” “the faithful servant ” ” the faithful witness ”
“faithful in that which is least is faithful in much also.”
All of our relationships are based upon our faithfulness.
Colossians 1:2 To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ who are in Colosse:
The house church in Colossae couldn’t have been more than 30 or 40 people.
V. PAUL’S ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
Colossians 1:2 “… Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord
Jesus Christ.”
Titus 2:11 For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men,
Ephesians 2:8 For by grace you have been saved through faith …
Romans 5:1 Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God
through our Lord Jesus Christ,
Romans 10:15 “… How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of
peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!
Hell is a place where there will be no grace, there will be no peace and
there will be no hope.
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Sunday School Provided For All Ages – 9:30-10:15 Morning Worship – 10:30 – 12:00
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