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Colossians - Our North Star
New Mercy Palisades Church
English - July 05, 2020 04:00 - 46 minutes - 31.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsChristianity Religion & Spirituality sermons church faith christianity jesus religion Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Speaker: Kee Won Huh
Scripture: Colossians 2:1-10
Series: Colossians - Be the Center
We apologize the Scripture was not recorded this week. Here is the text for your reference:
I want you to know how hard I am contending for you and for those at Laodicea, and for all who have not met me personally. 2 My goal is that they may be encouraged in heart and united in love, so that they may have the full riches of complete understanding, in order that they may know the mystery of God, namely, Christ, 3 in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. 4 I tell you this so that no one may deceive you by fine-sounding arguments. 5 For though I am absent from you in body, I am present with you in spirit and delight to see how disciplined you are and how firm your faith in Christ is.
6 So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him,7 rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.
8 See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the elemental spiritual forces[a] of this world rather than on Christ.
9 For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form, 10 and in Christ you have been brought to fullness. He is the head over every power and authority.
Sermon Synopsis:
Jesus and the gospel are the standard for all reality. Given that God is the creator of all that is real, all ideas that claim truth will correspond with the teachings of Christ. To guide us through the maze of ideas and claims that is the modern world, it is essential we train our hearts more deeply in the truth of God. Without God's centering truth, we will more easily succum to the mechainations of a world bent on distorting the truth, reality, and love of God.