Competing Spirits:
The spirit of Individualism vs.The work of the Holy Spirit
- When Jesus spoke to the Church (Matt 16:13)
- Confessional (Matt 16:16, 1 Cor 12:3, 2 Cor 4:5)
- The relationship between Lord and Disciple (Acts 9:1-5)
- The One Body: Christ as Head of the body of believers (1 Cor 12:12-14,27)
- The Body: the relationship between Disciples
- Gathering together (1 Cor 1:2, 11:18-20)
- Seeking the common good (1 Cor 12:7)
- Implications
- Signs of significance
- Most roads lead here
- God’s new creation in the midst of a hostile world
- A people devoted to focused prayer (4:2-4 and 4:12-13)
- A people committed to wise witness (4:5-6)
- A people informed about suffering brethren (4:7-9)
- A people connected across vast distance (4:10-18)
- The Bible says what?
- Slavery in the 1st Century
- Colossians and Philemon
- How do these passages speak to us?
How do I live for Jesus when I’m with my family
- An instruction for Christian wives (v18)
- An instruction for Christian husbands (v19)
- An instruction for Christian children (v20)
- An instruction for Christian fathers (v21)
- Marie Kondo and joy
- The gospel that moves us
- Living joyfully for the glory of God
Having received Christ Jesus as Lord, how do I continue to live in Him? (2:6)
- Rejecting human ‘religious rules’ (2:20-23)
- Recalling our true identity (3:1-4)
- ‘Taking off’ old earthly ways (3:5-11)
- ‘Putting on’ the way of Christ (3:12-17)
- The next level
- Fine sounding arguments
- The solution
- Colossians 1:12b-14, 15-20, 1:27, 2:3, 2:9-15
- Colossians 2:6-7
- The problem reconsidered
- Refreshing our minds with stories of life’s challenges
- Paul becomes a prisoner for preaching God’s message in public
- Though imprisoned, Paul rejoices in the opportunity he still has to preach and encourage the church
- Those who tell the Gospel will always endure suffering, however the Gospel continues to bear fruit – even under persecution and suffering
- We too, need to regularly hear and read the Gospel in order to dispel all fears and doubts
- Membership is His doing – not our own
- Membership is secured by the saving death of Jesus
- Why is Jesus the only way?