Northeast Christian Church
KEEP IT SIMPLE: Qualified
The Colossians were being taught that Jesus wasn’t enough. They were being distracted with man-made religion. They were drifting with their culture. They were buying into the false hope that the Roman empire would offer them ultimate comfort and security. Although Paul had never been to Colossae he was concerned out of his love for the people of this church. He set out to write a pastoral letter from prison that would remind them that God had already accepted them by way of their connection and identity with Christ alone. What those in the church at Colossae needed to be taught and reminded of then, we need just as much today. In the face of opposition, distractions, and false teaching, we are to stand in Christ and KEEP IT SIMPLE.
Locations & Times
Northeast Christian Church
2751 Patterson Rd, Grand Junction, CO 81506, United States
Sunday 9:00 AM
-Jesus + something else (false teaching) = syncretism
-Because of the cross, you get to ... !
-If human work is EFFECTIVE for salvation, then Christ's work is INEFFECTIVE for salvation.
-Three means Christians are confronted by false teaching:
1. Religious false teaching.
2. Cultural false teaching.
-Jesus was inclusive of all people and EXCLUSIVE in ideology and belief.
-Your belief about God doesn't make it the truth of God; what GOD SAYS about God makes it the truth of God.
3. Personal false teaching.
-Inadequate view of Christ + false teaching = self-justification, masked by Christianity
-Three ways we attach ourselves to Christ:
1. His Word
2. Prayer
3. His church
TAKEAWAY: Evaluate your add-ons.