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thing to do.
Key Verse:
Big Idea: Our hope for living comes from Jesus Christ.
He is the GOOD NEWS!
Our faith in the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ must be the foundation of our life.
When it is, our faith in Christ works in us a love for the saints, as well as for the lost.
That is when the gospel bears fruit by spreading to others.
Someone HAS to SHARE the GOSPEL for it to SPREAD.
It is the Christlike thing to do.
PRAY
INTRO: HOPE
It is good to be home.
Just got back from CO on Thursday evening.
Drove home from Houston IN SNOW…in TX…in December.
Wow.
I was tempted to try to move our Christmas celebration to Friday morning, because I would love to have a White Christmas.
Of course, by the time I got home, there was no snow.
I can only HOPE that it might snow again this Christmas.
Christmas is a good season for HOPE.
There is obviously something special about Christmas and the contagious hope that comes with this season.
HOPE (Merriam-Webster) - to desire with expectation of obtainment or fulfillment
NT Dictionaries - expectation, looking for, confidence.
HOPE for Christmas Presents - friend’s sister’s car at 16 yr old.
WHAT ARE YOU HOPING FOR? NOT FOR CHRISTMAS, BUT FOR YOUR LIFE, FOR YOUR FAMILY?
HOPE
Hope can get misplaced.
We can hope in things that, though they might be obtained, end up being not what we expected them to be.
(Ananias and Sapphira - )
Unrealistic expectations lead to disappointment and frustration
BUT, realistic or TRUE expectations can lay a proper foundation on which strong faith can be built.
Not a power struggle - but a truth struggle.
THUS, Colossians - the Truth about Christ
Paul (AUTHOR) - apostle of Jesus Christ by will of God - someone who is sent out (set away) for specific purpose/mission
apostle of Jesus Christ by will of God - someone who is sent out (set away) for specific purpose/mission
in 9 out of 13 Pauline epistles, he describes himself as an apostle
Seems from and that Paul did not start this church
Do you know your mission?
DISCIPLESHIP And Timothy our brother - Paul had Timothy with him, participating with him in the apostolic work of the defense/preaching of the gospel and the discipleship of the saints
in 6 out of 13 Pauline Epistles, Paul includes Timothy in intro
(AUDIENCE) - To the saints (holy ones) and faithful brethren in Christ in Colossae - in Asia Minor, suffering from buffet-style heresies - opponents to the true gospel of Christ.
Colossae - in Asia Minor, suffering from buffet-style heresies - opponents to the true gospel of Christ.
GNOSTICISM - ‘special knowledge’
Dualism - material is evil, spiritual is good
Judaism - legalism from Jews
Spirit powers of the universe - pre-buddhism/hinduism type of karma
Agnosticism - God is remote and inaccessible
Struggling with their history and traditions to lay a foundation of REAL/TRUE HOPE.
Their foundation is being attacked.
Paul is praying consistently (‘praying’ [proseuchomai] is in PRESENT tense) to God for the church in Colossae, even though he most likely had not been there, or at least didn’t start this church.
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They (Paul, Timothy, and Colossian church) have God and Jesus Christ in common.
TRUTH POINT: Paul lays that foundation that God is the Father of Jesus Christ, showing Jesus to be equal with God.
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Paul and Timothy have been praying for this church since they heard of the church’s:
FAITH in Christ Jesus
LOVE for all the saints/believers
Paul reinforces the things that need to continue to grow.
FAITH in CHRIST, leads to BEING CHRISTLIKE, means LOVING OTHERS FIRST.
Their faith and love ‘have arisen from the HOPE laid up for you in heaven’ [NET]
Colossian church HEARD of this HOPE in the Word of truth - the gospel.
Faith is the soul looking upward to God; love looks outward to others; hope looks forward to the future.
Faith rests on the past work of Christ; love works in the present; and hope anticipates the future.
Geisler, N. L. (1985).
Colossians.
In J. F. Walvoord & R. B. Zuck (Eds.),
The Bible Knowledge Commentary: An Exposition of the Scriptures (Vol.
2, p. 669).
Wheaton, IL: Victor Books.
The GOSPEL
Word of truth -
Has come to Colossian church, as well as ‘in the world’
Just as in rest of world, the GOSPEL has been
Bearing fruit
Representative - mature fruit
Reproductive - new fruit
increasing/spreading/growing
Understood as the GRACE of GOD in TRUTH
TRUTH - reality lying at the foundation of a matter
HE SAVED US from the sin and fallenness - the pride, the anger, the wrongful HOPE of this WORLD.
He has given us TRUE HOPE!
To live in the here and now for Christ, because of our HOPE for the future.
The GOSPEL is not just FIRE INSURANCE.
Epaphras
From Colossae ()
Fellow Prisoner at some point ()
Beloved, fellow, faithful bond-servant
Colossian believers heard the GOSPEL from Epaphras
Prayer warrior - prayed for continued maturity (Col 4:12-13)
Shared gospel with Colossae, shared news of Colossian church with Paul and Timothy - that they were loving.
WHAT NOW?
In this Christmas season, especially in the U.S., we can get wrapped up in the Holiday itself:
PRESENTS, PRESENTS, PRESENTS...
Travel plans and events and food
the WHAT and the WHEN and the WHERE
Let us not forget the WHO and the WHY?
Is the HOPE that you have for the future leading to FAITH in Christ and LOVE for others?
Is your HOPE yielding a life that is consistently looking more and more like Jesus - that is constantly bearing fruit and spreading?
Let us, this Christmas season, life today like we are hoping and expecting the return of our Savior tomorrow.
Is this HOPE producing fruit
Let us know Jesus Christ.
Let us believe in Jesus Christ.
Let us love Jesus Christ.
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