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Intro
My family immigrated to the US in the early ‘80s.
Since then, we have always tried going back every few years.
I remember on one particular trip, we decided to do some shopping in the city.
However, we were warned by our relatives not to get ripped off by merchants who prey on foreign vistors.
So to arm ourselves, we decided on two things.
First, we were going to take our uncle, who lived there, along on our trip.
He would be able to tell us if we were getting a good deal or not.
Secondly, my dad thought we should not try to give ourselves away that we were American.
So my dad dressed like a South Indian.
He put on some sandals, carefully rolled up the sleeves of his favorite polyester shirt, untucked it and wore his pants kind of baggy (apparently that was the style).
My mom and sister wore traditional dresses.
I tried my best to dress like my dad, even though I felt really uncomfortable.
So off we went to the city.
But guess what?
Every single person (almost) stared at us everywhere we went!
And the guy at one of the stores did try to rip us off.
We were amazed.
When we were coming home, we asked our uncle how they knew we were from America.
With a smirk on his face, he replied, “Well, first of all, you kept saying “yeah” for everything.
We don’t use that word around here.
Second of all, everyone could tell you all were American by the way you walked.
You walk with your head held high.
We don’t walk like that.”
Did you hear that?
From the way we talked and the way we walked, people could tell we were different.
Metaphorically speaking, can people tell who is supreme in your life by the way you walk?
Is there a difference?
How do I live my life worthy of the supremacy of the gospel?
Do people know I am a child of the King of Kings by the way I conduct myself?
Just a few weeks ago, the governor of NY, a strong opponent of prostitution, resigned due to a scandal that revealed that he himself was involved in prostitution.
It was a shame!
I felt ashamed I was from NY.
I am sure his family and friends were ashamed.
I am sure he was ashamed himself.
There are a lot of people soliciting prostitutes all around, but why was he in the spotlight?
Because of where he sat!
His position!
It was his position that dictated how he was to conduct himself, but he failed.
Believer, you are a child of the King.
Ephesians tells us that you are seated in the heavenly places (2:6), seated with Christ at the right hand of God (Col.
3:1)…you are co-heirs with Christ of a huge inheritance (Rom.
8:17), worth more than all the billionaires on this earth combined, because you were bought with the precious blood of Christ (1 Pet.
1: Col. 1:12-14).
So, our walk is everything!
Our position dictates how we ought to walk.
One of my prayers in life is that the Lord would take me home before I ever drag his name in the mud by the way I live or embarrass him.
I want to walk worthy of His supremacy.
He is Supreme!
Just look at what He has done for me, in me and through me.
But what does the walk of supremacy look like?
We are going after that today, and the message is entitled, “The Supremacy Declared: Walking Worthy of the Supremacy.”
Paul has just finished his thanksgiving section and now moves on, in typical Pauline fashion, to a prayer for the Colossians.
Last time we saw how thankful he was for the gospel coming to the Colossians.
In fact, the gospel coming to them was like no other message in the world.
It was supreme, exceeding all others and we looked at seven things that made it supreme.
Now as we continue in verses 9-14, we see in Paul a prayer the details what the supremacy of Jesus Christ looks like in the everyday life of the believer.
Let’s read this portion together.
Look at verse 10 again, which is the key to this section…”so as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him.”
Walk in Scripture means way of life.
Here are 3 things Christian life is not:
a) It is a walk, not a marathon.
b) It is to walk, not to sit.
It is active.
It is like riding a bicycle, either you are moving forward or falling off.
c) It is to walk, not just to talk.
It is step after step, continuously, repeatedly, hour by hour, day after day, doing what?
Pleasing the Lord.
How we get there is what we are looking at today.
Let’s ask the Lord’s help.
PRAYER
So what does it mean to walk worthy of His Supremacy?
*Context*
Paul says since he heard the good report from Epaphras, he and perhaps Timothy, Epaphras and a few others (see Col. 4:10-14) have continuous corporate prayer meeting for them.
Not that Paul and his companions are praying for them 24 hours a day, but when they do pray, they pray for them.
Paul models a couple of things here about prayer.
First it is /immediate./
He hears it, he prays.
We would do well to pray for people on the spot.
Otherwise we might sin in forgetting to pray for someone when we said we would.
Second, it is unified and corporate.
He has people to pray with.
Do we? Third, he prays for continued growth.
Normally we are always looking for those in trouble or are in desperate situations (which we should).
However, we would do well to pray for those who are doing well for continued growth in the Lord.
He does not say “well, since you have arrived, let me pray for someone else.”
He prays for more growth.
We never graduate from the school of Christ until He takes us home or He comes again for us.
In the meantime, our goal is to grow into the stature of Christ (Eph.
4:15) and our prayer constantly should be to grow another inch as the Lord gives us time.
How sad we would it be if we took Abbie to the doctor month after month and she hasn’t grown any inches or gained any pounds!
It would break our heart!
Would the Lord look at you today and would His heart be grieved the same?
Some of you may have grown a lot in the past few months.
To you, continue in…you don’t need to compare yourself to anyone except Jesus and should pray for more growth!
We want to grow to His stature!
In order to get there, we must walk worthy and here is how.
What I am going to do today is to use a tree to symbolize the various aspects of a worthy walk according to Paul.
What are some major parts of a tree?
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