Northeast Christian Church
KEEP IT SIMPLE: Be Wise
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
-A lot of people want to go to Heaven, but not a lot of people want to get mature in Christ.
"People do not drift toward holiness. Apart from grace-driven effort, people do not gravitate toward godliness, prayer and obedience to Scripture, faith and delight in the Lord. We drift toward compromise and call it tolerance; we drift toward disobedience and call it freedom; we drift toward superstition and call it faith; we cherish the indiscipline of lost self-control and call it relaxation; we slouch toward prayerlessness and delude ourselves into thinking we have escaped legalism; we slide toward godlessness and convince ourselves we have been liberated." -D.A. Carson
FOUR DISCIPLINES TO GROW IN CHRIST:
1. PRAY regularly.
-Pray with your spouse.
-Pray when you worry.
-Pray with persistence.
-Pray for others.
2. Be WISE in your relationships.
3. Speak with GRACE and TRUTH.
-People won't care how much you know until they know how much you care.
4. Run with the RIGHT people.
-People and personalities are contagious.
-Who do you have around you?
TAKEAWAY (COLOSSIANS TO NORTHEAST):
1. Pray regularly.
2. Be generous towards the Kingdom of God with who you are and what you have.
3. Continue to develop a heart for people and a hunger for God's Word.
4. Who are you running with?