BUILT ON HIS FOUNDATION (4 OF 7)
Scripture: Colossians 2:6-15
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Built on His Foundation (4 of 7)
?Series: Simply Jesus: The Book of Colossians
Dave Gustavsen
Colossians 2:6-15
Good morning. We are taking about two months to walk through the book of Colossians, and the reason I chose this book is that I've noticed something disturbing about Christians. You know what it is? Sometimes we don't look a whole lot like Jesus. Which is so ironic, because the name ''Christian'' literally means...what? ''Little Christ.'' So when people look at us, they're supposed to see a little reflection of Jesus. And that's not always the case. And that's sad-because what this world needs is not religious people, or self-righteous people, or angry people; what this world desperately needs is Christ-like people. And the book of Colossians pulls us back to Jesus.
So we're going to continue today in Colossians chapter 2, verse 6. And before we read the whole passage, I want to focus for a minute on the first verse: 6 So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him... So the church in Colossae was filled with people who had received Christ Jesus as Lord. They were believers! And Paul says, ''Alright, good! Now: continue to live your lives in him!'' Why would he have to say that? Well, apparently, some of them were identifying as Christians, but they were compartmentalizing their faith from the rest of their lives. Nobody does that today, right? Actually we can become experts at separating our faith from our work and our family and our friends and everything else. Which is why we sometimes don't look that much like Jesus.
And Paul says, ''Can't you see how schizophrenic that is? The same Jesus who's worthy of your faith is worthy of your whole life. So continue to live in him.'' And then he continues in verse 7: rooted and built up in him... And for this message, I'm going to focus on that phrase ''built up.'' Think of your life like a building that's being constructed. I'm not an architect, but I know ...
?Series: Simply Jesus: The Book of Colossians
Dave Gustavsen
Colossians 2:6-15
Good morning. We are taking about two months to walk through the book of Colossians, and the reason I chose this book is that I've noticed something disturbing about Christians. You know what it is? Sometimes we don't look a whole lot like Jesus. Which is so ironic, because the name ''Christian'' literally means...what? ''Little Christ.'' So when people look at us, they're supposed to see a little reflection of Jesus. And that's not always the case. And that's sad-because what this world needs is not religious people, or self-righteous people, or angry people; what this world desperately needs is Christ-like people. And the book of Colossians pulls us back to Jesus.
So we're going to continue today in Colossians chapter 2, verse 6. And before we read the whole passage, I want to focus for a minute on the first verse: 6 So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him... So the church in Colossae was filled with people who had received Christ Jesus as Lord. They were believers! And Paul says, ''Alright, good! Now: continue to live your lives in him!'' Why would he have to say that? Well, apparently, some of them were identifying as Christians, but they were compartmentalizing their faith from the rest of their lives. Nobody does that today, right? Actually we can become experts at separating our faith from our work and our family and our friends and everything else. Which is why we sometimes don't look that much like Jesus.
And Paul says, ''Can't you see how schizophrenic that is? The same Jesus who's worthy of your faith is worthy of your whole life. So continue to live in him.'' And then he continues in verse 7: rooted and built up in him... And for this message, I'm going to focus on that phrase ''built up.'' Think of your life like a building that's being constructed. I'm not an architect, but I know ...
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