This is our Sunday Re: Think an opportunity for us to continue to think about the events of last Sunday.
This is coming a bit late, it being Friday and all. I’m still trying to find my groove as far as Sermon Prep, blog attention and the like is concerned. Next weeks Re: should come much sooner, hopefully on Monday.
Last Sunday we opened our series on Colossians and discussed in detail; who Paul is, what the Colossian church is facing, and who we are in light of the Gospel.
To begin with we discussed the incredible story of Lopez Lomong. We spoke of how his incredible journey illustrates what it means to be given new life and the difference it makes. For the Apostle Paul new life meant a radical change as the literal scales of unbelief fell from his eyes and he transformed into the missionary church planter extraordinaire, writer of the majority of the New Testament. Such is the unbelievable power of the Gospel of Christ.
In addition we spoke briefly of the Colossian church and their battle against the heresies of adding to the Gospel.
It is important to remember that the Gospel is (Jesus + Nothing). Anytime we heap something else on the Gospel, whether it be rules or experience, as the Colossian church was apt to do, we end up with a freak God we worship and not the God of th Bible.
Finally we began discussing who we are as believers, those who are found, “In Christ”. It is in this vein we will spend the majority of the rest of our time in Colossians coming more and more to understand what it means to be found in Christ.
A couple of questions: How has your life been transformed by the Power of the Gospel? What does it mean to be found in Christ?
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