From Grace to Grattitude Colossians 1:12-14

Introduction

A. Man’s greatest problem is sin.

B. When you grow in the knowledge of God fruit is produced from this knowledge.

C. Have you ever realized what God did for you when he saved you?

I. We have been made Fit

A. He has given us a part.

B. He has given us a place.

II. We have been made Free

A. We have been delivered.

B. We have been deported.

i) Josephus used this word to describe the exile.

ii) Antiochus the Great transported about 2,000 Jews from Babylonia to Colossae

C. We have been declared.

i) Part of the Kingdom of the Son of His love.

III. We have been made Forgiven

A. We have been paid for.

B. We have been pardoned

C. We have been purified.

IV. Conclusion

A. How can we not give thanks for all that Christ has done for us?