- Colossians 1:13-23
- (Col 1:13 ESV) He has delivered us from the domain of __________ and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved __________,
- John 1:1-5, 14; Matthew 1:23; Matthew 4:1-11; 2 Corinthians 5:10; John 5:22-23; John 14:9-10; 2 Timothy 4:7-8
- He was both fully __________
- And at the same time 100% __________
- He came to do the will of God, the __________
- He was tried and tempted as any __________, maybe more
- Ask yourself:
- Am I honoring the Messiah today?
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- Is my life committed to Him?
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- Am I in Christ?
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- (Col 1:14 ESV) in whom we have __________, the __________ of sins.
- 2 Corinthians 5:21
- __________ is the great Redeemer
- Sent to bring __________ back
- The word here means: liberation procured by the payment of a ransom
- Not only did He redeem you
- He forgave your __________!
- Ask yourself:
- Do I delight in the person and work of Christ?
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- (Col 1:15 ESV) He is the image of the __________ God, the __________ of all creation.
- Hebrews 1:2-3; John 14:9-10; John 1:14
- Firstborn in chronological order
- He did not begin at __________
- He has __________ been
- Before the foundations of the __________ were laid
- Firstborn in position of authority
- Jesus is __________ all creation.
- The __________ of Kings
- The Lord of __________
- Ask yourself:
- Does my life reflect the supreme authority of Christ over all creation?
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- (Col 1:16 ESV) For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him.
- (Col 1:17 ESV) And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together.
- Ephesians 1:15-23; Revelation 22:16; John 17:5
- All of time, All of __________, All of the world
- Your __________, My life
- Every stitch of everything __________ is for the glory to be given to __________ alone
- Soli __________ __________
- While we can and we should celebrate __________ at Christmas
- The coming of the God man into our world to redeem us
- We must also realize that Christ already __________
- He __________ us and He __________ us
- Ask yourself:
- Are you a part of His people?
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- (Col 1:18 ESV) And he is the head of the body, the __________. He is the beginning, the __________ from the dead, that in everything he might be __________.
- (Col 1:19 ESV) For in him all the fullness of __________ was pleased to dwell,
- (Col 1:20 ESV) and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his __________.
- Hebrews 1:3; Philippians 2:5-11
- As __________ people we make up the church
- Local – this body meeting together
- Global – all of God’s people around the world
- Not all at the __________
- The true church is headed by __________
- Prioritizing His __________.
- Ask yourself:
- Are you at the church or are you in the church?
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- (Col 1:21 ESV) And you, who once were __________ and hostile in mind, doing evil __________,
- (Col 1:22 ESV) he has now reconciled in his body of flesh by his death, in order to present you __________ and blameless and above __________ before him,
- (Col 1:23 ESV) if indeed you continue in the __________, stable and steadfast, not shifting from the __________ of the gospel that you heard, which has been __________ in all creation under heaven, and of which I, Paul, became a __________.
- 1 Peter 2:21-25; John 3:16-17; Ephesians 1:7
- Do you see what He has done for you?
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- Christmas was __________ point of the rest of your life
- A new life in __________
- When __________ came into the world
- To bear your __________
- To redeem your __________
- To restore you to __________.
- Ask yourself:
- Do you know that Jesus is your savior?
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- That only He can forgive you sins and make you right with God?
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- Have you committed your life to Him?
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- Have you surrendered your own will to live for His?
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- What are you waiting for?
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- Death and judgement are certainties in our life
- Don’t waste your life now
- And regret this later.
- Come to Christ today and be saved!
