1. Living in the Light of the Lordship of Christ

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3. THE FRUIT OF THE GOSPEL
I THANK GOD FOR THE FRUIT OF GOSPEL IN MY LIFE AND THE PRIVILEGE OF SHARING THIS MESSAGE WITH OTHERS

4. A MODEL PRAYER
I PRAY FOR GROWTH IN YOUR UNDERSTANDING AND OBEDIENCE OF GOD’S WILL SO THAT YOU MAY FAITHFULLY WORK WITH HIS POWER AND JOYFULLY WORSHIP HIM FOR SAVING YOU

5. THE SUPREMACY OF CHRIST
BECAUSE JESUS IS FULLY GOD AND HEAD OVER ALL CREATION AND THE CHURCH, I WILL CONTINUE TO TRUST AND OBEY THE ONE WHO HAS RECONCILED ME TO HIMSELF

6. REJOICING IN MY LABOR
I WILL GIVE IT MY ALL IN MINISTRY WITH GOD’S STRENGTH REGARDLESS OF THE SACRIFICES SO THAT OTHERS MAY KNOW CHRIST AND BE MORE LIKE HIM

7. FULLNESS IN CHRIST
I WILL REMAIN FAITHFUL TO CHRIST WHO FILLS ME FROM HIS FULNESS AND FORGIVES ME THROUGH THE CROSS GIVING ME VICTORY OVER SIN AND SATAN

8. FREEDOM IN CHRIST
I WILL GUARD MY FREEDOM IN CHRIST WHO ALONE GIVES ME POWER TO OBEY GOD THROUGH MY UNION WITH HIM

9. SETTING OUR HEARTS ON THINGS ABOVE
IN MY WAR AGAINST SIN I WILL LOOK TO CHRIST SO I MAY LIVE FOR HIM AND LOVE HIS PEOPLE

10. RECORD –

11. HOME COURT ADVANTAGE
ROAD –
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12. COL 1:13
For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves,

13. Eagle vs. Snake

14. COL 3:1b
. . . , set your hearts on things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.

15. COL 3:2
Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.

16. COL 3:3
For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.

17. COL 3:5
Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry.

18. COL 2:12
having been buried with him in baptism and raised with him through your faith in the power of God, who raised him from the dead.

19. 1 PET 5:7
Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.

20. COL 3:9
Do not lie to each other, since you have taken off your old self with its practices

21. COL 3:10
and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator.

22. PUTTING ON NEW CLOTHES
COL 3:12-17

23. JESUS LOVE ME Anna Warner – 1827 William Bradbury - 1862
Jesus loves me! This I know,
For the Bible tells me so;
Little ones to Him belong;
They are weak, but He is strong.

24. Yes, Jesus loves me!
The Bible tells me so.

26. AT 17 Janis Ian 1975
I learned the truth at seventeen,
That love was meant for beauty queens
And high school girls with clear skinned smiles,
Who married young and then retired

27. The valentines I never knew, The Friday night charades of youth
AT 17 Janis Ian 1975
The valentines I never knew,
The Friday night charades of youth
Were spent on one more beautiful,
At seventeen I learned the truth...

28. To those of us who knew the pain, Of valentines that never came
AT 17 Janis Ian
To those of us who knew the pain,
Of valentines that never came
And those whose names were never called,
When choosing sides for basketball

29. IN CHRIST
Col 3:12 Therefore, as God's chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.

30. POSITION IN CHRIST
COL 3:12a

31. COL 3:12a
Therefore, as God's chosen people, holy and dearly loved, . . .

32. JOH 15:16
You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit--fruit that will last. Then the Father will give you whatever you ask in my name.

33. ROM 8:38
For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers,

34. ROM 8:39
neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

35. COL 3:12a
Therefore, as God's chosen people, holy and dearly loved, . . .

36. 2 COR 5:21
God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

37. COL 2:13
When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your sinful nature, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins,

38. COL 2:14
having canceled the written code, with its regulations, that was against us and that stood opposed to us; he took it away, nailing it to the cross.

39. REV 12:10
Then I heard a loud voice in heaven say: "Now have come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Christ. For the accuser of our brothers, who accuses them before our God day and night, has been hurled down.

40. COL 1:22
But now he has reconciled you by Christ's physical body through death to present you holy in his sight, without blemish and free from accusation--

41. COL 3:12a
Therefore, as God's chosen people, holy and dearly loved, . . .

42. MAT 3:17 KJV
And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.

43. MAT 4:3
The tempter came to him and said, "If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread."

44. If Jesus walked on the stage right now how would you react? Run away
POP QUIZ
If Jesus walked on the stage right now how would you react?
Run away
Hide behind a chair
Run to him

45. PRACTICE FOR CHRIST
COL 3:12b-15

46. COL 3:12b
. . . clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.

47. REV 19:8
Fine linen, bright and clean, was given her to wear." (Fine linen stands for the righteous acts of the saints.)

48. COL 3:12b
. . . clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.

49. COL 3:13
Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.

50. COL 3:14
And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.

51. COL 3:15
Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful.

52. COL 1:20
and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross.

53. QUOTE
In fact we will not experience the peace with God and joy of God if we are not willing to extend grace to others. This the point of Jesus parable of the unmerciful servant in Matthew 18: The person who is living by grace sees this vast contrast between his own sins against God and he offenses of others against him.
Jerry Bridges, Transforming Grace, p

54. QUOTE
He forgives others because he himself has been so graciously forgiven. He realizes that, by receiving God’s forgiveness through Christ, he has forfeited the right to be offended when others hurt him. He practices the admonition of Paul in Ephesians 4:32: “Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.”
Jerry Bridges, Transforming Grace, p

55. PRAISE OF CHRIST
COL 3:16-17

56. COL 3:16
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God.

57. MAT 7:13
Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.

58. MAT 7:14
But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.

59. COL 3:16
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God.

60. COL 3:17
And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

61. POSITION IN CHRIST PRACTICE FOR CHRIST PRAISE OF CHRIST
PUTTING ON NEW CLOTHES
POSITION IN CHRIST
PRACTICE FOR CHRIST
PRAISE OF CHRIST

62. PUTTING ON NEW CLOTHES
I FOCUS ON CHRIST WHO DIED FOR ME SO THAT I CAN LIVE FOR HIM AND LOVE OTHERS THROUGH HIM

63. GAL 2:20
I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

64. Yes, Jesus loves me!
The Bible tells me so.