Preeminent: Part Eleven

Speaker: Pastor Jon Zondervan
Date: July 17, 2021

PREEMINENT: Hope For A Confused World From Colossians

Paul's letter to the Colossians boldly declares how we should see, feel, and think about Jesus. Jesus is supreme over all! Existence itself was created by Him and for Him. Who He is and what He has done liberates us to live every day by His power and in His presence.

In Part Eleven of this series, Pastor Jon Zondervan speaks about taking your mind off the old things of the world and putting on the new things in Christ as we make Jesus the Lord of our lives.

Focus Scripture

Colossians 3:9-17 (ESV)

“Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old self with its practices 10 and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator. 11 Here there is not Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, free; but Christ is all, and in all.

12 Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, 13 bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. 14 And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony. 15 And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful. 16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God. 17 And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.”

Sermon Highlights

• YOU ARE A THREE-PART BEING
  

  A. SPIRIT
  B. BODY
  C. SOUL

• THE CALL OF JESUS BEGINS WITH REPENTANCE
  
  A. THE WORD OF GOD NOW BECOMES OUR ONLY SOURCE OF TRUTH
  B. IT MUST BE OUT OF RELATIONSHIP NOT PERFORMANCE
  C. YOU HAVE TO BUILD YOUR OWN SWORD