DEFINING LIFE: Shining Community
Colossians: Defining Life • Sermon • Submitted
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· 4 viewsAs we close out our study of Colossians, we see the encouragements of the Letter come to life in the people whom Paul acknowledges to close out the letter. This shining community sits as an example for the recipients of the Letter to follow.
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INTRO / RECAP
INTRO / RECAP
Col. 1:1-14 - Christians have a faith and fellowship that mutually build the other.
Col. 1:15-23 - Our faith and fellowship revolve around something greater than ourselves: The Supremacy of Jesus
Col. 1:24-2:5 - Because Christ is greater, we joyfully bear together and enthusiastically engage in the labor of love that seeks Kingdom Growth in our hearts and in our fellowship
Col. 2:6-15 - Because of what Jesus has done for us, we surrender to the work He is doing in us and let Him establish our identity
Col. 2:16-3:2 - The new identity being established in us by Jesus brings a new drive for living that is expressed by a new way of living.
Col. 3:1-17 - The new identity and new motivation for everyday life demands that we adjust our lives and intentionally “clean house” as we worship Jesus by getting rid of the old and letting Him establish the new.
Col. 3:18-4:6 - The new life we have in Christ establishes a new standard in our homes, in our work, and in how we speak.
as Paul closes out his encouragement to a people he has never met, but is very fond of through what he has heard, he ends his letter by giving a mutually known and practical example of his letter being lived out.
7 Tychicus will tell you all about my activities. He is a beloved brother and faithful minister and fellow servant in the Lord. 8 I have sent him to you for this very purpose, that you may know how we are and that he may encourage your hearts, 9 and with him Onesimus, our faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you. They will tell you of everything that has taken place here. 10 Aristarchus my fellow prisoner greets you, and Mark the cousin of Barnabas (concerning whom you have received instructions—if he comes to you, welcome him), 11 and Jesus who is called Justus. These are the only men of the circumcision among my fellow workers for the kingdom of God, and they have been a comfort to me. 12 Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ Jesus, greets you, always struggling on your behalf in his prayers, that you may stand mature and fully assured in all the will of God. 13 For I bear him witness that he has worked hard for you and for those in Laodicea and in Hierapolis. 14 Luke the beloved physician greets you, as does Demas. 15 Give my greetings to the brothers at Laodicea, and to Nympha and the church in her house. 16 And when this letter has been read among you, have it also read in the church of the Laodiceans; and see that you also read the letter from Laodicea. 17 And say to Archippus, “See that you fulfill the ministry that you have received in the Lord.” 18 I, Paul, write this greeting with my own hand. Remember my chains. Grace be with you.
1) A COMMUNITY WITH SHARED EXPERIENCE
1) A COMMUNITY WITH SHARED EXPERIENCE
Tychicus - Paul’s letter carrier and representative to the Colossians. Very trusted and proven.
2) A COMMUNITY WITH SHARED ENCOURAGEMENT
2) A COMMUNITY WITH SHARED ENCOURAGEMENT
3) A COMMUNITY WITH SHARED ENTHUSIASM
3) A COMMUNITY WITH SHARED ENTHUSIASM
CLOSING
CLOSING
Seek to build a community of faith around you that is actively working for the Lord together, actively building one another up, and actively sharing a love for Jesus, who is greater and above all things!