SECOND TO NONE | What Jesus Kills
It’s easy for us to look at others and see patterns and choices they make that are detrimental to their well-being. We can see how their decisions are bringing ruin to themselves and those around them. We wonder, “Why are they so committed to living in pain and squalor, especially when there is help, hope, and healing right at their fingertips? Why are they unwilling to let go of what is killing them?”
The hard truth is that many of us - perhaps most or even all of us - are equally committed to holding on to things and ways of living that are detrimental to ourselves and our world. It’s hard to see that we cling to the bad and convince ourselves that it’s good … or that we’re justified to hold on, even if others aren’t. But Jesus wants more for us - He wants freedom and life, not prison and death.
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Message Series Description:
What do we do with the reality of Jesus - His life, His teaching, His example, His resurrection, all of it? In the Bible, the book of Colossians is the Apostle Paul's impassioned plea to a fledgling church in the ancient world, calling on these relatively new believers in Colossae to understand who Jesus really is - not just a great teacher or a good man, but the actual divine Son of God who created the entire universe! His big idea is that Jesus is supreme over everything, so we shouldn't get distracted by human traditions and rules when you've got the real truth right in front of you. If we want to grow spiritually, the Apostle claims, we've got to stay rooted in Christ and let Him transform our lives from the inside out - instead of just trying to follow a bunch of dos and don'ts. At the end of the day, living for Christ means putting on qualities like compassion, kindness, and forgiveness - that is, we've got to become more like Jesus each day of our lives.
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