I. The of Our (v. 21)
1. You Were from
Colossians 1:21 (ESV) And you, who once were alienated and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds,
2. You Were an in Your
Jeremiah 17:9 (ESV) The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it?
II. The of Our (v. 22)
1. Through His
Colossians 1:22 (ESV) he has now reconciled in his body of flesh by his death, in order to present you holy and blameless and above reproach before him,
2. Presented , , and
3. Jesus Took and Gave You
III. The of His (v. 22)
1. Anchors You, It Doesn’t Just You
2. You Must – Stable and Steadfast
3. What’s Pulling You Away
Matthew 5:29 (ESV) If your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body be thrown into hell.
4. The of Our (v. 23)
Colossians 1:23 (ESV) if indeed you continue in the faith, stable and steadfast, not shifting from the hope of the gospel that you heard, which has been proclaimed in all creation under heaven, and of which I, Paul, became a minister.
1. Must Be , Not Just
2. You Don’t Drift into – You it
Matthew 7:24-27 (ESV) “Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock. And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it.”
3. The Gospel Requires a , Not Just
V. Closing Application
1. The Cross You
2. Don’t from What You
3. If the Is Secure, You Will Stand