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Colossians 1:9-12
Colossians 1:9-12
For this reason also, since the day we heard of it, we have not ceased to pray for you and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,
so that you will walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, to please Him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God;
strengthened with all power, according to His glorious might, for the attaining of all steadfastness and patience; joyously
giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified us to share in the inheritance of the saints in Light.
INTRODUCTION:
1. Illus. of elementary school
• Classmates assign a “value” to the other kids. This one is the “smart” one, that one is the “plain” one.
• Truth is, so often who that child is, is the exact opposite of the lable given to him or her!
2. Who are you? Before you became a Christian, Satan and the world system gave you a spiritual identity. They told you that you were the drunk, or the loser, or the ugly one, or the one who could never get anything right. And guess what? That is exactly how you lived, because that’s who you thought you were.
3. When you became a Christian you received a new spiritual identity. See vs 12. Qualified = empowered, made competent. When you become a believer, God gives you a new spiritual identity that is worthy of a member of the Kingdom of Light. Now you are a child of God, a branch on the true vine, accepted in the beloved, more than conquerors through Christ Jesus.
4. Unfortunately, many believers continue to operate out of their old spiritual identity, instead of realizing who they are in Christ and operating out of their new spiritual identity. Instead of living like the spiritually wealthy kings we are, we live in the spiritual poverty of the peasant we were.
5. Text: Paul tells the Colossians that God is pleased when they know who they are in Jesus Christ, and they live according to that new spiritual identity.
6. Today: God is pleased when we know who we are in Christ, and when we live according to this new spiritual identity.
7. What is this new spiritual identity?
I. The Content of Paul’s prayer. 1:9
Paul prayed specifically for, “God to fill you with the knowledge of his will through all spiritual wisdom and understanding.”