Part 3: A Life Where Jesus Rules

COLOSSIANS

PART - 3

Colossians 2:8-3:5

• The Big Idea of Colossians: Reset your life by putting Jesus first.

1. LIVING A LIFE WHERE JESUS RULES:

• Gratitude to God

“Therefore, as you have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, having been firmly rooted and now being built up in Him and established in your faith, just as you were instructed, and overflowing with gratitude.”

Colossians 2:6-7 (NASB)

• Baptism

“Having been buried with Him in baptism, in which you were also raised with Him through your faith in the working of God, who raised Him from the dead.”

Colossians 2:12 (NIV)

“New” church mode: Fears holding anything back from God OR fears commitment.

2. JESUS + NOTHING = EVERYTHING.

“Don’t let anyone capture you with empty philosophies and high-sounding nonsense that come from human thinking and from the spiritual powers of this world, rather than from Christ. For in Christ lives all the fullness of God in a human body. So you also are complete through your union with Christ, who is the head over every ruler and authority.”

Colossians 2:8-10 (NLT)

“You have died with Christ, and He has set you free from the spiritual powers of this world. So why do you keep on following the rules of the world?…”

Colossians 2:20 (NLT)

3. LIVE AS IF ETERNITY IS REAL.

“Since you have been raised to new life with Christ, set your sights on the realities of heaven, where Christ sits in the place of honor at God’s right hand. Think about the things of heaven, not the things of earth. For you died to this life, and your real life is hidden with Christ in God.”

Colossians 3:1-3 (NLT)

MY NEXT STEP TODAY IS TO:

• Do this week’s YouVersion® Bible App Reading Plan: “The Greatness of Christ” (4 days).

• Check out this week’s blog or podcast: “Jesus First - Practice Gratitude”.

• Get more information about our next Baptism Day on December 12th.

• Surrender to Jesus and love Him with all my heart, my obedience, and my priorities.