The Wrongdoer - Colossians 3:25

March 9, 2024 Pastor: Terry Embke Series: Colossians - Jesus Is Lord In All of Life

Topic: Jesus Is Lord In All Of Life Passage: Colossians 3:25

031024...“The Wrongdoer”...Colossians 3:25

Colossians 3:25...“For the wrongdoer will be paid back for the wrong he has done, and there is no partiality”

God Will Pay Back The Wrongdoer:
-No one escapes God’s judgment
-No one has any “pull” with God

Sermon In A Sentence:Without favoritism or partiality, Sovereign God will right all wrongs with perfect justice in His perfect timing.

God Is Sovereign:
-We acknowledge His supreme authority & control over creation
-Sovereign: “being superior, supreme in power & independent of others”
-Applied to God: He is the ultimate source of all power & authority
-Unlike human judges, God knows every detail about every wrongdoer

Psalm 89:14...“Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne; steadfast love and faithfulness go before you”

1 Timothy 5:24...“The sins of some men are obvious, reaching the place of judgment ahead of them; but the sins of others trail behind them.”

Psalm 73:2-9...“As for me, my feet had almost stumbled, my steps had nearly slipped. For I was envious of the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. For they have no pangs until death; their bodies are fat and sleek. They are not in trouble as others are; they are not stricken like the rest of mankind. Therefore pride is their necklace; violence covers them as a garment. Their eyes swell out through fatness; their hearts overflow with follies. They scoff and speak with malice; loftily they threaten oppression. They set their mouths against the heavens, and their tongue struts through the earth”

Psalm 73:13-14...“In vain have I kept my heart clean and washed my hands in innocence. For all the day long I have been stricken and rebuked every morning”

Psalm 73:16-17...“When I thought how to understand this, it seemed to me a wearisome task, until I went into the sanctuary of God; then I discerned their end”

Sermon In A Sentence: Without favoritism or partiality, Sovereign God will right all wrongs with perfect justice in His perfect timing.

Colossians 4:1...“Masters, treat your bondservants justly and fairly, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven”

Colossians 3:25...“For the wrongdoer will be paid back for the wrong he has done, and there is no partiality”

God Will Pay Back The Wrongdoer:
-No one escapes God’s judgment

As it is written: “There is none righteous, no, not one; no one understands; no one seeks for God” ...Romans 3:10

“For all have sinned & fall short of God’s glory”...Romans 3:23

“We have all become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous deeds are like a polluted garment. We all fade like a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away”...Isaiah 64:6

Romans 3:19...“We know that whatever the law says speaks to those who are subject to the law, so that every mouth may be shut and the whole world may become guilty before God”

Jeremiah 17:10...“But I, the LORD, search all hearts and examine secret motives. I give all people their just rewards, according to what their actions deserve.”

2 Corinthians 5:21...“For our sake he (God) made him (Jesus) to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness
of God.”

1 John 1:8,9...“If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”

Acts 3:19...“Now repent of your sins and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped away”

God Will Pay Back The Wrongdoer:
-No one escapes God’s judgment
-No one has any “pull” with God

Romans 11:34-35...“For who has known the mind of the Lord, or who has been his counselor? Or who has given a gift to him that he might
be repaid?”

Romans 12:19...“Never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, ‘Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.’”

Luke 16:25...“Remember that you in your lifetime received your good things, and Lazarus in like manner bad things; but now he is comforted here, and you are in anguish.”

Sermon In A Sentence: Without favoritism or partiality, Sovereign God will right all wrongs with perfect justice in His perfect timing.