Sermon Central
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Book Of Colossians
Contributed by Rickey Bennett on Aug 15, 2009 (message contributor)
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1. Father Knows Best:: Encouraging Fathers & Obedient Children
Contributed on Aug 15, 2009
God is glorified when parents in general and fathers in particular encourage their children to obey for when they do so they reflect God’s perfect love and Jesu’s perfect obediedence.
INTRODUCTION Good morning! My name is Rickey Bennett. I’m one of the pastors here at Warrior Gospel Disciples! No matter if this is your first time, last time or sometime in between I’m glad that you’re here. In case you haven’t noticed, Jesus as Lord and Savior is loved, worshipped, and ...read more
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2. Heaven's My Home: The Power Of A Heavenly Hope Is Available To You!
Contributed on Aug 15, 2009
The key to the faith-filled, love-filled life is to daily cultivate our awareness of and our joy in the hope laid up for us in heaven.
INTRODUCTION Please turn in your Bibles to Colossians chapter 1. Today we are going to begin a preaching series on this book of the Bible that we will finish in November. The preaching schedule was handed out and emailed out if you need another copy of it you can get it from the table in the back ...read more
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3. It's A Miracle: Thanking God For Salvation
Contributed on Aug 16, 2009
If our giving thanks are functional, perfunctory, ho-hum, half-heartedness, and joyless, it is because we have ceased pondering the specifics of just what God has done for us in salvation at the cross.
1. Title: It’s a Miracle! 2. Big Idea: We can be captivated by joy rather than captured by unworthiness. 3. Introduction: a. Read: Colossians 1:12-14 b. Prayer: c. We are continuing our sermon series from the book of Colossians. So far we have applied the gospel to vision, ...read more
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4. He Is Worthy: The Excellency Of Jesus!
Contributed on Aug 16, 2009
The excellency of Jeus makes him our majestic master; let’s worship him as he deserves.
INTRODUCTION As the way of introduction to today’s sermon, permit me to share with you the content of a dream of mine. In my dream, I was setting in the back of the chapel during a worship service when a guest pastor was preaching. His sermon was interesting to most, monotonous to a few, and ...read more
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5. Enemies Reconciled & Saints Persevere!
Contributed on Aug 16, 2009
God permanently transforms his enemies into friends through the cross of Christ.
INTRODUCTION Please turn in your Bibles to Colossians 1:21-23. Despite its great complexity, this passage gives us a wonderful opportunity to reflect on the course of God’s salvation. It is something of a road map, tracing the spiritual journey of God’s redeemed people from its beginning to ...read more
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6. Suffering For Christ
Contributed on Aug 16, 2009
All suffering that a believer endures in the path of obedience is suffering for Christ and with Christ.
INTRODUCTION Main emphasis: We should see all the hardship and suffering that comes to us in life as something that God brings to us to do us good, strengthening our trust in him and our obedience, and ultimately increasing our ability to glorify him. It seems to me that the suffering which God ...read more
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7. The Gospel Shaped Life!
Contributed on Aug 17, 2009
The life we’re called to live is to be informed and motivated by the gospel.
Please turn in your Bibles to Colossians 2:4-8 The apostle Paul, having preached Christ in you, the hope of glory, now begins to explain how that truth is to shape the life of every believer. There is a path we are to walk in the presence of Christ and in the power of Christ. Let’s read ...read more
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8. Lacking Nothing In Christ
Contributed on Aug 17, 2009
We do not lack anything necessary for life and godliness in our union with Christ.
INTRODUCTION Please turn in your Bibles to Colossians chapter 2. We’ll be reading verses 9-13 this morning. We’re going to pick up the trail again today in our study of Paul’s letter to the Colossian believers. The first chapter and a half was mainly about the gospel of Jesus Christ and the ...read more
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9. Rulers Disarmed
Contributed on Aug 17, 2009
God disarmed the rulers and authorities and put them to open shame by triumphing over them in Christ’s work at the cross.
INTRODUCTION Please turn in your Bibles to Colossians chapter 2. We’ll read verse 15 this morning as we continue in the letter to the Colossians. This verse completes Paul’s paragraph in which he is helping the Colossian believers and us to understand all that we have in Christ; all that is ...read more
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10. Debts Cancelled
Contributed on Aug 17, 2009
To receive forgiveness of sins you must place your trust in Christ, and believe that your sin debt is only paid by him bearing the penalty of the curse for you.
INTRODUCTION Please turn in your Bibles to Colossians chapter 2. We’ll read verses 13-14 this morning as we continue in the letter to the Colossians. Just to refresh our memories, the reason Paul was writing this paragraph in which we find ourselves was to protect the believers from following ...read more
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11. The Gospel Is The Sweet Spot Of God's Word
Contributed on Aug 17, 2009
The Gospel is the greatest truth that will change our lives for God’s glory. This is actually a message review for the first four sermons that shows how the gospel connects these sermons and God’s truths all together.
1. Message Review: a. Vision, Mission, & Ministry (Habakkuk 2:2-3) b. Father Knows Best (Col. 3:20-21) c. Our Heavenly Hope (Col. 1:1-8) d. Living a Life Worthy of the Lord (Col. 1:9-14) 2. What’s the Connection between the Messages & Vision? a. Truths: Are all truths equal? (The ...read more
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12. The Lie Of Legalism
Contributed on Aug 18, 2009
God’s grace will free us from legalism so that we can freely follow Christ to the glory of God.
INTRODUCTION Please turn in your Bibles to Colossians chapter 2. We’ll read verses 16-23 this morning as we continue in the letter to the Colossians. READ COLOSSIANS 2:16-23 / PRAY At the beginning of this chapter, Paul said that he had a great struggle for the Colossian believers (and for ...read more
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13. Putting Away Sin
Contributed on Aug 18, 2009
We put away sin by fixing our thoughts on Christ.
INTRODUCTION Please turn in your Bibles to Colossians 3:11 as we continue our way through this letter. The question we’ll address today is how do we make progress in godliness? Growing in godliness involves two things: putting away sin and putting on righteousness; not doing the things God ...read more
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14. Putting Away Gossip & Slander
Contributed on Aug 18, 2009
May the Lord help us to resist and put away gossip and slander and other sins of the tongue in the light of the gospel of Jesus Christ.
INTRODUCTION Please turn in your Bibles to Colossians chapter 3:8. Last week we explored verses 1-11 which address the issue of putting to death or putting away sin from our lives. We do this not in an attempt to make ourselves right with God, for God’s acceptance comes only through faith. We do ...read more
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15. Putting On Christ
Contributed on Aug 19, 2009
Put on Christ is so that people can see Christ in us and give glory to him and his saving work on the cross.
INTRODUCTION Please turn in your Bibles to Colossians 3:1-11. Last week we examined verses 1-11 of this chapter which have to do with putting away or putting to death sin in our lives. This is something that we’ll want to do and that we’re called to do if we’ve really been raised to life with ...read more
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16. Love And Submission In Marriage
Contributed on Aug 19, 2009
Wives and husbands have the opportunity to draw attention to this good news of salvation in Jesus Christ by her submission and his love.
INTRODUCTION Please turn in your Bibles to Colossians 3:18-19. . Last week we learned from the apostle Paul that we are to ‘put on Christ’; that is, we are to put on the character of Christ if we belong to Christ by faith. His character was described for us with words like compassion, ...read more
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17. Christian Service
Contributed on Aug 19, 2009
Christians have the only truly satisfying and fulfilling reason to go to work: It’s to worship God.
INTRODUCTION Please turn in your Bibles to Colossians 3:22-4:1. We are continuing our study of the letter to the Colossians. In verse 17 where Paul said that we are to do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, which means to do it in a manner that is influenced by the gospel of Jesus ...read more