State of the Church Address

Colossians 1:24–29 NKJV

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, 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, the mystery which has been hidden from ages and from generations, but now has been revealed to His saints. 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. Him we preach, warning every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus. To this end I also labor, striving according to His working which works in me mightily.

Main Idea: God wants us to be faithful with the gospel to everyone.

Key Question: How are you a part of God’s plan at Second Baptist?

1. We proclaim Jesus. (v. 28)

Colossians 1:28 NKJV

Him we preach, warning every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus.

Him we preach!

1 Corinthians 2:2 NKJV

For I determined not to know anything among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified.

2. We proclaim Jesus to the one. (v. 28)

Colossians 1:28 NKJV

Him we preach, warning every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus.

warning every man and teaching everyman

Mark 16:15 NKJV

And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.

3. We proclaim Jesus to the one by the power of the Holy Spirit. (v. 29)

Colossians 1:29 NKJV

To this end I also labor, striving according to His working which works in me mightily.

His working in me mightily

Acts 1:8 NKJV

But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”

4. We proclaim Jesus to the one by the power of the Holy Spirit for the glory of God. (v. 29)

Colossians 1:29 NKJV

To this end I also labor, striving according to His working which works in me mightily.

His working in me

Ephesians 2:10 NKJV

For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.

“We tell of ONE to the one by the power of ONE for the glory of ONE”

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