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Colossians, Part 1 - Characteristics Of A Healthy Local Church by Pastor Adam Bishop
Pastor Adam’s sermon highlights the challenges of diversity, false teachings, and syncretism in Colossae, drawing parallels to today’s churches and the need to stay rooted in faith, hope, and the gospel.
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NewHope Church
7619 Fayetteville Rd, Durham, NC 27713, USA
Sunday 9:00 AM
Sunday 11:00 AM
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, To the saints and faithful brothers and sisters in Christ who are at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father. We give thanks to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you, since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and the love which you have for all the saints; because of the hope reserved for you in heaven, of which you previously heard in the word of truth, the gospel which has come to you, just as in all the world also it is bearing fruit and increasing, even as it has been doing in you also since the day you heard it and understood the grace of God in truth; just as you learned it from Epaphras, our beloved fellow bond-servant, who is a faithful servant of Christ on our behalf, and he also informed us of your love in the Spirit.
Colossians 1:1-8
Colossians 1:1-8
1. A local church should function like a ______ because of a shared ______ in Christ.
To the saints and faithful brothers and sisters in Christ who are at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father.
Colossians 1:2
Colossians 1:2
2. A local church should be in the ______ of offering ______.
We give thanks to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you, since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and the love which you have for all the saints; because of the hope reserved for you in heaven,
Colossians 1:3-5
Colossians 1:3-5
3. A local church should make proclaiming the ______ its primary ______.
Because of the hope reserved for you in heaven, of which you previously heard in the word of truth, the gospel which has come to you,
Colossians 1:5-6
Colossians 1:5-6
4. A local church that makes proclaiming the gospel its primary purpose should bear ______ and ______.
The gospel which has come to you, just as in all the world also it is bearing fruit and increasing, even as it has been doing in you also since the day you heard it and understood the grace of God in truth;
Colossians 1:5-6
Colossians 1:5-6
5. A local church should be characterized by ______ driven ______ making.
Just as you learned it from Epaphras, our beloved fellow bond-servant, who is a faithful servant of Christ on our behalf, 8 and he also informed us of your love in the Spirit.
Colossians 1:7-8
Colossians 1:7-8
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