073023-“The Riches Of Full Assurance”...Colossians 2:1-5

“Key Verse” In Colossians...“I am saying this so that no one will deceive you with persuasive arguments.”...Chapter 2, verse 4

Colossians 2:8...“See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the world & not according to Christ.”

Sermon In A Sentence:It is by God’s design, that He intends to use our interaction within a faith community to help us overcome doubt & skepticism.

As Followers of Christ We Have Become Servants To The Church:
-To make God’s message fully known (1:25)
-To make the mystery of Christ “in you” fully known (1:26-27)
-To warn and teach everyone with God’s wisdom (1:28)
-To present everyone mature in Christ (1:28)

2 Timothy 1:7...“For God has not given us a spirit of fearfulness, but one of power, love, and sound judgment”

Colossians 2:1-5...“For I want you to know how great a struggle I have for you and for those at Laodicea and for all who have not seen me face to face, that their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, to reach all the riches of full assurance of understanding and the knowledge of God's mystery, which is Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. I say this in order that no one may delude you with plausible arguments. For though I am absent in body, yet I am with you in spirit, rejoicing to see your good order and the firmness of your faith in Christ.”

God Helps Our Church Family Overcome Doubt As We :
-Love & care for each other
-Pray for each other
-Teach each other the truth with love
-Remain focused together on Christ
-Warn of false teaching & teachers
-Encourage each other to be disciplined & stand firm in Christ

2 Peter 1:3...“His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through our knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and goodness”

Ephesians 4:15...“But speaking the truth in love, let us grow in every way into Him who is the head— Christ”

Ephesians 4:11-13...“And He personally gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, some pastors and teachers, for the training of the saints in the work of ministry, to build up the body of Christ, until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of God’s Son, growing into a mature man with a stature measured by Christ’s fullness.”