Re: Think 08-24-2008
This is our Sunday Re: Think, an opportunity for us to continue to think on the events of last Sunday.
Continuing our study in Colossians we looked at what it means to Be Who we are in Christ. Specifically we looked at Colossians 1:9-14. We noted that being who we are in Christ means: 1) Being Filled with the Knowledge of God; 2) Walking Worthy of the Lord; and 3) Remembering what Happened.
Being filled with the knowledge of God carries with it the idea of overflowing or bursting forth with the knowlege of God. When we come into a relationship with Christ, our desires begin to change. We begin to desire the knowledge of God, to grow in our understanding of who He is; His character and nature, and consequently our lives begin to more accuratley reflect this understanding, which leads to walking worthy of the Lord.
When we walk worthy of the Lord we begin to bear fruit. Yet, this fruit is not bore in order to gain approval from God, but rather because we have already been approved! We need to get away from the false idea that our relationship with God is based on performance. THIS IS NOT GRACE! As I have heard Darrin Patrick so eloquently preach,
Christianity is not spelled D-O, but D-O-N-E.
We don’t work for heaven, but rather in light of it. It is what motivates our mission.
Finally, being who we are means we remember what happend. We were rescued, set free, transfered from the kingdom of darkness, into the Kingdom of Christ with the the payoff being redemption, the forgiveness of sins.
In what ways does this transform our understanding of who we are in Christ? How can we practically walk worthy this week?



