The second of our two talks on the subject 'Is there more to life than staying safe?'
Why is life worth fighting for?
Our response to Covid has shown we believe human life is worth fighting for - but why?
Jesus + nothing = everything
You can't move on from Jesus and you can't add anything to Jesus | Colossians 2:6-10
What does spiritual renewal look like?
A growing awareness of God, sin and grace | Nehemiah 9
Travelling towards the goal
Christian maturity: where we need to go, what it looks like, how we get there and what the road looks like | Colossians 1:24-2:5
The Joy of the Reformed
The joy when a community rediscovers God's word, understands it, and lives in light of it | Nehemiah 8
The Glory of Christ as Creator and Redeemer
Rather than starting by refuting the false teaching the Colossians are hearing, Paul starts with the glory of Jesus Christ | Colossians 1:15-23
The work is finished - or is it?
Returning to the book of Nehemiah after 2 months....the wall is now finished - so can Nehemiah just pack up and go home? | Nehemiah 7
Baptism of Isaiah Steele
"Turn to me and be saved, all the ends of the earth! For I am God, and there is no other" - Isaiah 45:22
God's will for your life
What we need, what it looks like, & how it's possible (Colossians 1:9-14)
1. What we need (vs 9-10a)
‘that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, so as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him’
1 Thess 4:3: ‘For this is the will of God, your sanctification’.
1 Thess 5:16–18: ‘Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you’.
2. What it looks like (vs 10b-12a)
i. Bearing fruit in every good work
ii. Increasing in the knowledge of God
iii. Being strengthened: with all power, according to his glorious might, for all endurance and patience with joy
iv. Giving thanks to the Father
3. How it’s is possible (vs 12b-14)
i. Because of who you are already (vs 13-14)
ii. Because of where you’re going (v12b)