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Introduction
Introduction
Attention (Why should they listen to you?)
Compare and contrast through story being THANKFUL vs. being an INGRATE.
What is the Hearer’s problem?
We are an ungrateful people as a whole.
And even as Christians, we forget how thankful we ought to be!
What is the Biblical Solution?
Paul, in verses 15 through 17 uses variations of the word thankful three time.
That should be a flag for us!
Three times means, “Hey!
Pay attention!”
What do the hearers need to know?
Well, what are we to pay attention to?
Paul want the Colossians and us to be a thankful people!
The world will never be thankful in a godly sense, but Christians?
People that have put on the new self in Christ?
That’s an altogether different story!
Main Textual Idea:
Main Idea: The New Self Has New Things to be Thankful for!
Interrogative: And who of us Christians do not know that we are to be thankful?
But He gives, in this text, three specific areas in which we are to be thankful...
The Peace of Christ
The Word of Christ
The Name of Christ
Transition: Let’s take a look at the first...
Body (Satisfaction)
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The New Self is Thankful for the Peace of Christ (vs.
15)
Lead in...What is the tension here?
Paul is working very hard to make sure the church in Colossae is living out their New Life in Christ and the New Self is a Peaceful self!
Take a look at the text!
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Explanation - Everyone on the planet is searching for peace and yet peace can be illusive!
In large part because it is sought for in all the wrong places...
There was a time (and still is for some) that sin ruled in our hearts ().
We were slaves to sin and all we could do is obey its commands.
But for the true believer in Christ, this is no longer the case!
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We are no longer slaves to sin and sin no longer rules our hearts!
We have something far, far greater ruling our hearts!
The peace of Christ!
And believers are to follow its rule!
What is the “Peace of Christ”?
It is unlike anything else you can receive from the world.
The Peace of Christ is different...
Jesus says He gives, “my peace”!
It’s his own personal peace!
Hughes says about this peace, “
It is not just the peace we experience when there is no conflict.
It is a sense of wholeness and well-being, completeness and totality.
But it is even more—it is the presence of Christ.
And not only are we to enjoy this peace, but we are to have it “rule in our hearts!”
How does it “rule in your hearts”?
Think of rule as “to umpire”.
The peace of Christ is to “arbitrate” or “decide what is right in a contest.”
The sense here is, “Let the peace of Christ be umpire in your heart amidst the conflicts of life.
Let it decide what is right.
Let it be your counselor.”
As a follower of Christ, we have a new force living within us that enables us to live out a peaceful existence in our world and especially in our church!
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Illustration -
An old story which comes from the Salvation Army in the last century tells of a strong-willed woman who had been nicknamed “Warrior Brown” because of her fiery temper.
She was often belligerent and became enraged whenever she got drunk.
Then one day she was converted.
Her entire life was wonderfully changed by the indwelling presence of the Holy Spirit.
At an open-air meeting a week later, she told everyone what Jesus had done for her.
Suddenly a scoffer threw a potato at her, causing a stinging bruise.
Had she not been converted, she would have lashed out at the man furiously.
God’s grace, however, had made such a profound change in her conduct that she quietly picked up the potato and put it into her pocket without saying a word.
No more was heard of the incident until the time of the “harvest festival” months later.
Then the dear lady who had been known as “Warrior Brown” brought as her offering a little sack of potatoes.
She explained that after the open-air meeting she had cut up and planted the “insulting potato,” and what she was now presenting to the Lord was “the increase.”
Warrior Brown had allowed “the peace of Christ” to be umpire of her life.
The PEACE in your HEART rules best if it acts like a strainer.
In other words, everything thing that you deal with, every thought you think, every action you take should run first through the strainer of Christ’s Peace.
Argumentation - When you come to faith in Christ YOU WILL CHANGE!!! Why?
Because the God of the Universe comes to reside in you and He brings with him a housewarming gift - THE PEACE THAT PASSES ALL UNDERSTANDING THAT WILL GUARD YOUR HEART AND YOUR MIND IN CHRIST JESUS!
And my dear friends, how would our lives change if we allowed the PEACE OF CHRIST TO BE THE UMPIRE OVER OUR LIVES!
Maybe we would love our enemies better?
Maybe we would be more kind to those who mistreat us?
Maybe we wouldn’t be so easily offended by others?
Maybe we would sleep better and be far less anxious about life if would just rest in the peace that already is in our hearts?
By the way, seemingly as a side note, Paul says, “And be thankful.”
What does “And be thankful” have to do with the “peace of Christ?”
Well, isn’t thankfulness the natural byproduct of living out a life of true, unadulterated peace?
I think so!
Application - So here is my challenge to you this week.
Before you react to any and all situations and provocations, let the peaceful umpire make his decision.
You may get a few potatoes thrown at you, but, with the right peaceful attitude, you might turn those potatoes into an offering of praise and thanksgiving!
Review - The New Self Has New Things to be Thankful for!
The New Self is Thankful for the Peace of Christ
2. The New Self is Thankful for the Word of Christ (vs.
16)
Lead in...What is the tension here?
Are you thankful for the Word of Christ?
How does a Christian demonstrate his or her appreciation for the Word of God?
By keeping their Bible pristine and in perfect condition?
No! Professor Grant Horner (creator of the Horner bible reading system) tells an interesting story about his bible...
I remember very clearly in 1983, when my soon-to-be father-in-law handed me his old but unused 1967 Scofield Study Bible as an off-the-cuff gift.
I had never seen a good study Bible before, and was just starting to listen to MacArthur and Swindoll and Stanley on the radio.
I was determined as a new believer to get to know the bible.
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