Text: Colossians 3:5-11 Theme: The sins of the old man are supposed to be forsaken, and the new life in Christ embraced. Intro: The first 4 verses of this chapter were an exhortation to set our focus on the things which are above, on things of eternal value rather than on the temporal. In the […]
Text: I Chronicles 13:1-4, 7-14 I Chronicles 15:1-5, 12-14, 25-28 Theme: We need to take the service of God seriously. Intro: Today, it is popular to have messy church, and to approach service for God in a slap-dash manner without proper consideration for the holiness of God and for Biblical patterns. The lesson to be […]
Text: Colossians 3:1-4 Theme: Lift your gaze off the temporal and fix it on the eternal. Intro: Chapter 2 outlined for us our identification with Christ in his death, burial, and resurrection which brought us separation from sin, freedom from the Law, and liberty in Christ. As we enter chapter 3, the Apostle Paul builds […]