Greenville Oaks Church of Christ
Jesus is enough. Jesus is the cosmic Lord, the mystery revealed, the firstborn over all creation, and our reconciler. Any gospel that requires anything beyond Jesus is no gospel at all. May we allow this epidemic to deprive us of our dependence on anything other than Jesus.
Sometimes you have to be deprived of something before you realize how much you depended on it.
Acts 28:16, 30-31 NIV
Colossians 1:24 NIV
Colossians 4:2-6 NIV
Colossians 4:18 NIV
How does your current quarantine situation give you greater insight into Paul's words in the Prison Epistles?
Homework for next Sunday: Read Philemon.
Heresies:
Gospel = Jesus + _______
Gospel = Jesus + Special Knowledge
Gospel = Jesus + Keeping the Law
Gospel = Jesus + Special Experience
Colossians 2:8 NIV
Colossians 2:16 NIV
Colossians 2:18-19 NIV
Any gospel that requires anything other than Jesus is not the gospel.
Colossians 1:15-19 NIV
Colossians 1:20-23 NIV
Colossians 1:25-27 NIV
Colossians 1:28-29 NIV
Colossians 2:13-15 NIV
Jesus + _______ = Heresy
An idol is anything we build our identity on other than God.
3 Modern Heresies:
1) KNOWING more (Head Christian)
2) DOING more (Hands Christian)
3) FEELING more (Heart Christian)
Jesus + Nothing = Everything
How is the deprivation you are experiencing during this pandemic calling you back to Jesus?