Preeminent: Part Two

Preeminent: Part Two

Speaker: Pastor Jon Zondervan
Date: May 1, 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 Week Two of this series, Pastor Jon Zondervan identifies the differences between worldly hope and biblical hope, while encouraging us to remain steadfast in the gospel.

Focus Scripture

Colossians 1:1-8 (ESV)

“Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, 2 To the saints and faithful brothers in Christ at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father. 3 We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, 4 since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love that you have for all the saints, 5 because of the hope laid up for you in heaven. Of this you have heard before in the word of the truth, the gospel, 6 which has come to you, as indeed in the whole world it is bearing fruit and increasing—as it also does among you, since the day you heard it and understood the grace of God in truth, 7 just as you learned it from Epaphras our beloved fellow servant. He is a faithful minister of Christ on your behalf 8 and has made known to us your love in the Spirit.”

Sermon Highlights

• Faith in Jesus = Love for people

• Faith and love spring up from hope

• Worldly hope = wishful thinking

• Biblical hope = confident expectation of what is to come 

• What are Christians hopeful about?

  • Salvation

  • Righteousness

  • Resurrection

  • A new Kingdom

• Hope frees us to love others

• The gospel is true and all truth is in Jesus

• The gospel is global