Week 8: October 20, 2024
Review this week's message
Pastor: Brandon Levering
Series: Jesus Is Enough: A study of the book of Colossians
Sermon Title: Raised with Christ
Scripture: Colossians 3:1-4
Resource: Spiritual Disciplines For The Christian Life
Main Point: If you have been raised with Christ, then focus your life and fix your mind on Christ and his kingdom
Series: Jesus Is Enough: A study of the book of Colossians
Sermon Title: Raised with Christ
Scripture: Colossians 3:1-4
Resource: Spiritual Disciplines For The Christian Life
Main Point: If you have been raised with Christ, then focus your life and fix your mind on Christ and his kingdom
The Priority of Christ and his Kingdom (3:1-2)
The Necessity of Prioritizing Christ and his Kingdom (3:3-4)
Three Common Reasons for Focusing on Earthly Things
The Necessity of Prioritizing Christ and his Kingdom (3:3-4)
Three Common Reasons for Focusing on Earthly Things
- When we think we still belong to this world
- When we don’t think the ways of heaven will actually get the job done
- When we want the glory now
Three Gospel Reasons to Focus on Christ and his Kingdom
- You have died to this world
- Your life is hidden with Christ in God
- When Christ who is your life appears, you will also appear with him in glory
Matthew 6:33: “But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness . . .” As those who have been raised with Christ, we are to be heaven-minded, and heaven-focused
Romans 8:18, “For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us.”
Romans 8:18, “For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us.”
Habits for Prioritizing Christ and His Kingdom
Talk It Over:
CONTEXT: “How does this passage fit within the circumstances behind it and verses around it?”
Place the passage within its literary surroundings or historical background as well as consider the circumstances in which it was written.
CONTEXT: “How does this passage fit within the circumstances behind it and verses around it?”
Place the passage within its literary surroundings or historical background as well as consider the circumstances in which it was written.
- What was the main point of the passage immediately before this one?
- How does the previous passage connect (logically or thematically) with this passage?
- What can you learn about the person or situation to which the letter is written? What clues are there about the author and his circumstances?
OBSERVATION: “What do I see in this passage?”
Examine the passage by making notes, asking questions, and considering the structure, tone, and wording of the passage.
Examine the passage by making notes, asking questions, and considering the structure, tone, and wording of the passage.
- How has the author broken the part of the letter into sections? How do those sections fit together? Are there key connecting words (for, therefore, but, because, since, that, etc.) that indicate the flow of the passage?
- What is the main point or points of this passage? What supporting points (if any) does the author make?
- What surprises (if any) are there in the flow of the argument?
MEANING: “What does this passage mean?”
Consider the main point or idea that the original human author wanted his original audience to understand in a particular passage from our study of context and observation thus far.
Consider the main point or idea that the original human author wanted his original audience to understand in a particular passage from our study of context and observation thus far.
- How does this passage relate to other parts of the book in wording and/or themes?
- How does this passage relate to Jesus?
- What does this teach you about God?
- How could you sum up the meaning of this passage in your own words?
APPLICATION: “How should this passage affect me today?”
Define shared principles between the original audience and us today and make a plan to put those principles into practice.
Define shared principles between the original audience and us today and make a plan to put those principles into practice.
- How does this passage challenge (or confirm) your understanding?
- Is there some attitude you need to change?
- How does this passage call on you to change the way you live?