Always, All Ways…Christ A Study in Colossians

All To – Colossians 2

Introduction

Last Sunday we began a four-part journey into the Book of Colossians as we head towards the conclusion of the time where our Lead Pastor has been away on a ministry sabbatical. You could say we are on the home stretch, but there is also an aspect of ramping up to a place of readiness.

Here in Colossians, we find that God’s Word provides an incredible challenge and encouragement to the church and to every individual believer. In reality, this is the starting place to carry out in practice and in authenticity the life we need to live that demonstrates we are always and all ways Christ. As we grow closer to and more like Christ, we can more fully live out the life He has called us to and be a light, as we say here at Crosslink, to Impact the Valley and Bless the Nations with the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

There is certainly a clear message for the church, but also to those who need to know Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior.

The theme of this series serves to prepare and challenge us to be ready. As we look forward to our pastor’s return, we look forward to the renewed vision and ministry the Lord has for us within our pastor. And we need to be ready for that! We need to be spiritually ready. We need to missionally ready. We need to be personally ready for the work of the ministry.

Paul’s letter to the Colossian church gives a perfect explanation of a mindset of Always and All Ways Christ and last week we took a look at what it means, what our life needs to look like, to be All In. Last Sunday the key verse we identified from the fire hose of Chapter 1 was -

Colossians 1:29 (NASB) “For this purpose also I labor, striving according to His power, which mightily works within me.”

There must be Evidence of Christ in our life, Christ is Everything for our life, there is Encouragement in Christ, and Christ must ultimately be the ultimate Expression of our life for us to be All In.

We ended our quick study of chapter 1 (some of you probably thought the sermon was long, but it really was short…see it all depends on perspective) with an illustration where you learned that Pastor Michael isn’t athletically inclined. Okay, maybe you did learn that, but what I hope you really walked away with is that we are not going to be All In for Christ in this Christian life on a balance bike, wobbling around in our Christian faith. A bike with training wheels may be more stable, but it is not going to get us the ability we need when things are difficult. We are not going to lead others in their faith either on

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training wheel discipleship. The illustration of the adult mountain bike with a rider who has some skills and is at least on the right kind of bike for the race he is in provides a closer picture. However, that alone will not provide the endurance and lead to the end result of success. The final example of the rider who was geared up and decked out showed he was All In for his experience. Even though he was the most prepared and equipped, doesn’t mean he wouldn’t encounter difficulty. He would still struggle, he may still get injured…in fact I know brother Nathan has been injured despite his extensive preparation, but he was prepared to encounter those difficulties and lead others along the path. His reliance wasn’t upon himself, and he had committed to be All In.

That’s what Colossians 1:29, “For this purpose also I labor, striving according to His power, which mightily works within me” is talking about.

Today, our focus is All To Christ. While we must strive to be All In, the purpose in always, all ways Christ, must be that of All To Christ.

How do we do this? Why? How did Paul instruct and exhort the Colossian church that we can understand and apply for our lives and context today?

Again, as we address the context of an entire chapter, similar to last week, we will not read the whole chapter all at once but rather read two important verses as a launching point for the message today.

If you are physically able, please stand for the reading of God’s Word.

Show Text / Key Verse Colossians 2:6-7 (NASB) “Therefore as you have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, having been firmly rooted and now being built up in Him and established in your faith, just as you were instructed, and overflowing with gratitude.”

A few verses prior, we see Paul continue the thought said in 1:29. This idea of struggle paints us a picture really for the entire chapter. It is true, it is a constant struggle for everything we do and everything we are to be All To Christ. We have a sin nature that wars within us and we have a world that wants to draw us away from Christ. But we are not to be of the world even though we are in it.

When he was praying for and commissioning His disciples, Jesus said clearly what the state of reality would be for those who believe in Him when it comes to living in the world –

John 17:15-19 “I do not ask You to take them out of the world, but to keep them from the evil one. They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. Sanctify them in the truth; Your word is truth. As You sent Me into the world, I also have sent them into the world. For their sakes I sanctify Myself, that they themselves also may be sanctified in truth.”

Life in this world certainly is a struggle, but in the various struggles we encounter we must strive to live in the truth of who Jesus is and what He has done for us.

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Paul says he is in a struggle here for the church. He is not confessing he is fighting temptation or battling some personal issue. He is describing a great conflict within himself. He is so burdened that they remain in the truth – who Jesus Christ is and what He did – that Paul continues his striving athletic imagery because he literally is in a fight on their behalf.

There is a story about a pastor who was concerned about some distasteful business that had opened near a school. His protests finally led to a court case, and the defense attorney did all he could do to embarrass the pastor. “Are you not a pastor?” the lawyer asked. “And doesn’t the word pastor mean ‘shepherd?’ ” To this definition the minister agreed. “Well, if you are a shepherd, why aren’t you out taking care of the sheep?” “Because today I am fighting away the wolves!” was the pastor’s reply. This is what Paul is doing here in this chapter and, just as the Colossian church could overcome the insidious enemies of confusion and deception that come from false teaching, so we too can have confidence and clarity in a life in Christ.

To effectively live a life All To Christ, we need to first…

I. Pursue Spiritual Progress (vs. 2-7)

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At first glance, this may sound like a bit of a double positive. Pursue and Progress. But we know that this isn’t as simple as it sounds. We can pursue a lot of things that don’t lead to progress and that can’t be any truer than in our spiritual life.

In the Christian life, we can never stand still. We must go forward or else we will gradually slip backward. The writer of Hebrews exhorts us in 6:1 to “press on to maturity!” It is a call we must obey as a disciple of Jesus. The believer who is not making spiritual progress becomes an open target for the enemy and is not living a life with the mentality of All To Christ.

Paul addresses two main things here in verses 2-7:

1. The Prerequisite for Spiritual Progress (vs. 2-5) These things Paul describes certainly are progress spirituality, but he brings them up here as essentials to grow towards maturity.

Encouraged Hearts (vs. 2a) Paul address this because he wants to be sure it is happening. He was concerned about the church’s enthusiasm due to the false teachings they were hearing.

The Greek word uses here is the word paraklein which can sometimes mean comfort, sometimes exhort, but always at the core meaning is the idea of being able to meet and withstand a difficult situation with confidence. Paul wanted the Colossian church to remain strong, even heroic in face of the things they were being told. It is kind of

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like when we turn on the news or read critical social media posts diminishing a biblical lifestyle or Christian views. The world would have us compromise and give in, but we need to be encouraged. It is All To Christ.

1 Thessalonians 5:11 “Therefore encourage one another and build up one another, just as you also are doing.”

Deuteronomy 31:8 “The Lord is the one who goes ahead of you; He will be with you. He will not fail you or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed.”

Together in Love / Unity (vs. 2b) Paul addressed this because he was concerned about their unity. Because of the differing messages that had the potential to create strong opinions and beliefs, Paul emphasized the importance of unity in the church family. This unity needs to come from love. We must have unity in place as a prerequisite to spiritual maturity because without it we are not going to be able to effectively express the love of Christ to fellow believers, let alone the world that needs Jesus, without it.

1 Corinthians 1:10 “Now I exhort you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all agree and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be made complete in the same mind and in the same judgment.”

Assurance of Understanding (vs. 2c) A primary goal for Paul was to know the mystery of God, namely Christ in the fellowship of the church. 1 Timothy 3:16 Paul used a similar express, the “mystery of godliness.” In both texts there is something unknown – the mystery. In 1 Timothy, it is the mystery of being godly; here in Colossians 2:2, it is the mystery of God Himself. The hidden God appeared in Christ – God reveals Him; the Son, Jesus, explains the mystery.

The unity Paul is exhorting does not only come from a familial idea of love but from the knowledge of God’s truth.

The true wisdom Paul wanted them and us to know in Jesus would bring the church together instead of dividing them the way that false wisdom was doing.

True wisdom in Christ unites, the false wisdom of the world divides.

Knowledge and Conviction (vs. 3-4) Satan is deceptive. He wants to lead believers astray, and to do this he uses deceptive words and ways. The wisdom of Christ has within it all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge, but the adversary would have us believe otherwise. Spiritual discernment is so important and we can see the application of this need all around us in our culture today.

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We need to be wise in conviction just as Paul wrote to the Colossians so that we can grow in maturity in Christ and not give in to meaningless positions and practices.

The word mystery is the same case as “Christ,” placing it in juxtaposition with it. The mystery is Christ.

The believer must actively study the Word of God to grow in grace and in knowledge of Christ (2 Peter 3:18). The key to the treasure is yielding to Christ and not the temporary earthly treasures which are not hidden.

When Paul said this wisdom is hidden in Christ, he used the ancient Greek word apokruphos. This word is directed at the Gnostic thought infiltrating the church, one of the false teachings of concern. Briefly, Gnostics believed that a great mass of elaborate knowledge was necessary for salvation – above and apart from the church and Jesus Christ.

➢ Stargate / Sci Fi illustration, if time

Paul is reminding that real wisdom was not hidden in secret books, but all available and available to all in Jesus Christ.

False teachers then and today deceive and delude by persuading through speech that entices and distracts. It reminds me of a time Kristin and I were in a situation of being offered the chance to buy a timeshare through a scenario we had innocently won a gift card. I had heard of this type of thing and was interested in what was involved. I was unprepared for the hoops I would jump through just to receive the $250 gift card which is what I really and only wanted. But we had to endure an onslaught of persuasive and enticing eloquence of words and math to buy a timeshare property we couldn’t afford, and had no desire to get involved with. We couldn’t get out of there fast enough. I mean literally, we started wondering how to escape.

That may be a legitimate sales strategy, but the same methods are dangerous and destructive when applied in the context of the church and the truth of Jesus Christ. We can easily start believing something that sounds spiritual, sounds Scriptural, but is in fact secular and even satanic if we are not discerning.

We can know the mystery of God’s loving purpose which is made known through Christ alone. The concern in Scripture here from Paul is that we would come to know this all-surpassing mystery through His presence in our life.

Discipline and Stability (vs. 5) To avoid those deceptions, we must have discipline and stability in our life that comes from God’s Word. This is what Paul was rejoicing in as it was

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evident in the life of the Colossian church, but he was giving a reminder to remain steadfast.

One key point to understand before we move on is the idea of stability conveyed here. Certainly the individual believer needs to be stable, but that is not the reference. It is the church!

It’s the Greek word stereoma. The focus of the word is corporate strength and has a military connotation. This noun is found only here in the New Testament, but its adjective form is used elsewhere (2 Timothy 2:19, Hebrews 5:12, 1 Peter 5:9). The verb form refers to bones being made strong (Acts 3:7, 16) and the establishment of churches in faith (Acts 16:5).

Acts 16:5 “So the churches were being strengthened in the faith, and were increasing in number daily.”

In warfare and in the church, it depicted the strength of a unified front.

One of the scariest realities of the Big C church is the lack of unity in truth and authenticity of the Gospel. It’s why we see so many churches closing their doors and limping along in dysfunction and division.

Crosslink…as a local body of believers, we must be careful, we must be intentional, we must be ready in discipline and stability. For the moment, we can see God’s hand upon Crosslink as we stand upon the Word of God and preach it boldly. May we always be found faithful there, and may we never take this for granted.

When we are all in Christ, everything and every way about our life produces an All To Christ result!

Therefore…

We must continually pursue spiritual progress. Paul mentions several practical yet powerful imagery illustrations that help us connect how our spiritual progress is to be All To Christ. It is not to us or for our sake. It is to be to and towards Christ alone. As we pursue spiritual progress, we need to strive towards these ideas.

2. The Pictures of Spiritual Progress (vs. 6-7)

• A Pilgrim “so walk in Him” The Christian life is often compared to a pilgrimage and believers must learn to walk. This verse always reminds me of the classic and perhaps most popular work of Christian allegory “Pilgrim’s Progress” by John Bunyan. (If time – more on the story of Pilgrim’s Progress.) Paul had already encouraged his readers to “walk worthy of the Lord” (Colossians 1:10) and uses this image again in the next two chapters. In the book of

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Ephesians, the companion letter to the Colossian epistle, Paul used the image seven times.

We are to walk in Christ the same way we originally received Christ – by faith.

In context of the Gnostic influence, Paul is basically saying that as we started in Christ, we must continue in Christ. This way is the only way to truly make spiritual progress.

• A Tree “firmly rooted” Here we have an agricultural word. The tense the Greek word has is “once and for all being rooted.” So much clearer in the original Greek! Christians cannot be tumbleweeds blown here, there, and everywhere by every wind of doctrine (Ephesians 4:14), but rather giant oaks never moving. Deep and strong. We are also not to be transplants that are repeatedly moved from soil to soil. Once we are rooted in Christ, we have all the nourishment we need to grow.

• A Building “built up” This image is an architectural word. This word is in the present tense which means “being built up.” Different than the “rooted” idea where we are planted on a foundation that won’t come undone or change, we need to continually grow up and develop. There are many stages of a building project and those of you in design or construction can understand – it’s the work in progress sign that seems perpetual.

• A School “established…instructed” Ultimately we know that it is the Word of God that builds and strengthens the believer in Jesus Christ. As we saw in chapter 1, Epaphras had faithfully taught the Colossian believers the truth of the Word of God. When believers today engage in Bible study and discipleship (getting equipped with the essentials of the faith as we say in our Crosslink EquipU discipleship class), they become established. The more equipped, the more established. The enemy has a difficult time deceiving the Bible-taught believer.

• A River “overflowing” or abounding This idea is often used by Paul (abounding in grace, abounding in love, overflowing with kindness, etc.). It suggests a picture of a river overflowing its banks. The image of water is not unique to Paul of course. Jesus often used it to describe life in Him.

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John 4:10-14 describes the initial experience of encountering living water where we will never thirst again once we drink of it, and later in John 7 Jesus exclaimed that this living water will flow rivers from the individual who believes in Him.

I found that Warren Wiersbe put it aptly when he said, “Sad to say, many of us are making no progress – our lives are shallow trickles instead of mighty rivers.”

All these illustrations unpack the idea of what our walk should look like in representing the idea, All To Christ.

If you study Paul beyond Colossians, you find a consistent paradigm taught for what being All To Christ looks like in our walk:

• Walk in newness of life – Romans 6:4 • Do not walk according to the flesh – Romans 8:4 • Walk by faith, not by sight – 2 Corinthians 5:7 • Walk by the Spirit – Galatians 5:16 • Walk no longer like the Gentiles (or unbeliever) with futility of mind and dark understanding – Ephesians 4:17 • Walk in love – Ephesians 5:2 • Walk as children of light – Ephesians 5:8 • Walk carefully – Ephesians 5:15 • Walk in a manner worthy of the Lord – Colossians 1:10 • Walk and please God – 1 Thessalonians 4:1

This last verse 1 Thessalonians 4:1, also says that we should “excel still more.”

Certainly we can conclude that the clear idea of pursuing spiritual progression should lead to a walk that is All To Christ.

II. Prevent Spiritual Pitfalls (vs. 8-10)

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At the beginning of verse 8, Paul comes out strong with an imperative. He is not mincing words; he says, “See to it.” We need to be on constant alert for the inroads of error and those who spread false teaching.

Paul, in writing a farewell to Ephesus on his missionary journey towards Jerusalem in Acts 20:29-31, warns against exactly what was happening here in Colossae and again conveys this imperative of being on alert -

“I know that after my departure savage wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock; and from among your own selves men will arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after them. Therefore be on the alert, remembering that night and day for a period of three years I did not cease to admonish each one with tears.”

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Two ideas stand out in these verses that are factors in spiritual pitfalls.

1. The Deficiency Factor

He identifies 4 types of pitfalls we should strive to avoid being that they are fully deficient of Christ and the Word of Truth. • Philosophy • Empty deception • Tradition • Elementary, worldly principles

He concludes his imperative with our message theme for today, “To Christ.” If our beliefs and understandings in these areas do not point to Christ, then we are always off somewhere.

We have the occasion to error in our spiritual progress by succumbing in one of these areas.

Paul continues the military imagery with being carried off as a captive, or held captive. This can occur when we are ignorant in God’s Word. This is what can happen when we grow cold, stagnate, ignorant in God’s Word and are not dwelling in it daily.

So, to summarize, there is a lot Paul is referring to in this verse alone. Culturally, historically, and contextually we are talking about local Judiazers (Jewish Christians who insisted that others follow the Mosaic Law and that Gentile converts to Christianity must first be circumcised), Gnostics, Eastern pagan mysticism, and even genuine Christians who were focusing on an idea of legalism or ascetism that was taking away from Christ and not pointing to Christ.

In today’s context, many of the cultural claims on sexuality, marriage, life, and other identity-related issues begin here. They are sin issues, to be sure, but the enemy clearly uses to distract from the underlying issue and need. These and more take away from Christ and do not point to Him.

We can easily get hung up on these things. I am not at all saying we should not stand up for truth. In fact, just the opposite. The point is why and how we stand for Biblical Truth.

Perhaps we might be strong enough Christians to not buy into some form of pagan mysticism or other humanistic ideology, but how often do we give credit to some opinion or belief based in astrology like a horoscope? Or what about the many different traditions we have represented here at Crosslink? There are so many church backgrounds which bring with them perspectives and positions that we can become captive to when they point to themselves and are not All To Christ.

*Comment: Last week Travis…

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Today, we don’t go around checking people for circumcision. If someone did, well that offense would probably get met with the rapid means of a certain metallic conservative tradition. Yes…I did just imply that in church. I wouldn’t say that circumcision was a current issue, but we might make some other assertion just as distracting from Christ that we link to our belief in Christ. I’m going to leave what those things are to your imagination and the prompting of the Holy Spirit and move on.

Because spending time talking about those things, in my opinion, is wasteful when we need to be talking more about Jesus anyway and the power of life- changing salvation He brings. Jesus holds the supremacy card over all things.

2. The Sufficiency Factor

This is such an important takeaway Paul again emphasizes in a bold and beautiful description a reminder of who Christ is and what He has accomplished for us.

Verses 9 and 10 provide the solution to and answers the scenarios Paul describes before.

Paul makes it clear that God is not some impersonal, universal force, uncaring and distant. God does not rule over the universe through the stars and planets, nor has He sent lowly go-betweens to redeem or help us. God has created and sustains the universe through Christ as we read in chapter 1, in whom the fullness of God dwells. Christ took on our flesh and died on the cross for us. Christ now reigns supreme over all powers and authorities. All were created in Him, and all were stripped of their power through His death. Christ’s death does more than reveal to a sinful world how much God loved it. What is so vital to know is that Christ’s death brings the forgiveness of sins and the defeat of the devil, including demonic evil. On the cross, the debt of our sins was canceled, and all other powers harnessed.

Everything Christ did and everything Christ is, is sufficient for everything we were when lost and separated from Him. Everything we are now in Christ is sufficient for everything we need to have a life that is All In and All To Christ.

Pitfall prevention questions regarding a philosophy or teaching: • Does it rob Christ of His fullness? • Does it deny either His deity or humanity? • Does it affirm that the believer must have some new experience to supplement or replace his experience with Christ?

If yes to any of these, the idea is anti All To Christ and is, therefore, wrong and dangerous.

The Prosperity Gospel, Easy Believism, Unitarianism, Modalism, Egalitarianism…

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Indeed, there are spiritual pitfalls that we as believers need to and can prevent. The fundamental test of any teaching is, “Where does it put Christ – His person and work? Does it glorify God and bring us godliness, or does it diminish God and glorify us and our work?”

If it is not All To Christ, then it is not of Christ.

III. Press On in Your Spiritual Provisions (vs. 11-15)

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These verses address some specific examples of why we can press on with a focus of All To Christ and the means by which we can.

Remember that the false teaching that threatened the Colossian church was made up of several elements. One of them was Jewish legalism that, in context, was forming a spiritual elite in the church. Paul made it clear that the Christian is not subject in any way to the Old Testament legal system, nor can it do us any good spiritually. Jesus Christ alone is sufficient for our every spiritual need. Hang on – we will clarify that in a moment.

The bottom line is that there is no work and nothing we have to do or can do to earn salvation or be righteous. We need the righteousness only Jesus can give.

Paul identifies 4 realties we need to know as we strive to live All To Christ.

1. We Are Circumcised in Him This is, of course, relevant to the original readers of Paul’s letter, but for us it has spiritual significance. We have a spiritual circumcision of the heart.

Romans 3:28 “For we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from works of the Law.”

It is not necessary for a believer to submit to physical circumcision to be set apart, for the one who believes has already been set apart.

2. We Are Alive in Him Paul uses the illustration of baptism to describe this truth. In the New Testament, the word baptize is literal in that the action of the verb is to immerse and to fully dip. This is why we here at Crosslink believe biblical baptism is by immersion only. Yet there is also a figurative meaning we explain when we do baptize, and we celebrate this. The figurative meaning is that of being identified with Christ, having already been saved. Baptism by immersion is the biblical means by which a believer professes his or her faith in the crucified, risen Christ. Water baptism by immersion is a picture or symbol of the spiritual experience of being identified with Christ in His death, burial, and resurrection.

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“In those days Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan. Immediately coming up out of the water, He saw the heavens opening, and the Spirit like a dove descending upon Him.”

3. We Are Free from the Law in Him Jesus not only took our sins to the cross, but He also took the Law to the cross and nailed it there, forever permanently out of the way.

1 Peter 2:24 “And He Himself bore our sins in His body on the cross, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness; for by His wounds you were healed.”

While God’s righteous demands from The Law such as the 10 Commandments are written in our hearts when we believe, as Romans 2:12-26 explains, we are not under the Law, we are under the blood of Christ. When Jesus shed His blood for sinners, Jesus canceled the enormous debt because of our disobedience and sin. Jesus did even more than cancel the debt, He delivered us from The Law. We are therefore now under grace (Romans 6:14). This does not mean we are lawless because the righteousness of the Law is fulfilled in us as we walk in the power of the Spirit, as we walk and live All To Christ, just as we have been talking about earlier in the message today.

4. We Are Victorious in Him At first the death of Christ looked like a great victory to Satan, but it was actually the greatest defeat and one he will never come back from. Believer, you and I share in Christ’s victory over the devil. We need not worry about the elemental powers or satanic influences out there because as we claim victory in Christ, we have at our disposal trust in Him and the spiritual armor we need.

IV. Protect Against Satan’s & Sin’s Pitfalls (vs. 16-23)

Finally, even though we are victorious in Christ our conqueror, we must beware. We must protect against the enemy’s pitfalls. This last point serves as kind of a summary charge, tying together the content of the chapter.

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We can let others judge us in a legalistic way, we can succumb to self-denial, and we can indulge in desires of the flesh. If we do, we will dwell there.

The power of Christ in the life of the believer does more than merely restrain the desires of the flesh, it puts new desires within him.

2 Corinthians 5:17 “Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come.”

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The key to this is found in Colossians 2, verse 20 – “If you have died with Christ…” We should not succumb, submit, or surrender to the secular decrees, satanic powers, and self-made principles.

“I, a guilty sinner, can never work to get right with God - it is impossible. There is only one way by which I can get right with God, and that is through the death of Jesus Christ.” – Oswald Chambers

As previously addressed, the dangers of legalism, secularism, mysticism, and asceticism are all answered with our relationship to Christ and being All To Christ always and in all ways.

Perhaps Satan’s greatest pitfall for us is our own self-imposed religion, which is man trying to reach God. This is impossible. Our walk is not defined by our works but by His work in us. Christianity is God reaching to man in love through Christ. We protect against the pitfalls that surround and assail us by keeping a mindset of All To Christ.

Paul’s message to the Colossians is a warning to us. We are not to be intimidated, indoctrinated, or inoculated, but we must hold fast to Christ by continually laboring and walking in Him, being built up in Christ by His power that works mightily within us.

Life in this world certainly is a struggle, but in the various struggles we encounter we must strive to live in the truth of who Jesus is and what He has done for us.

Conclusion

In just a moment we are going to partake of The Lord’s Supper. Jesus instructed that we do this in remembrance of Him. As we take to heart the message of All To Christ, being All In for Christ Always and All Ways, I can think of no better act of worship than to remember and celebrate Christ’s work for us through the Lord’s Supper. However, first, we need to respond to the work God is doing in our hearts right now.

Invitation

Examine what you are doing. Is your everything All To Christ, or partly to something else? Your priorities, your positions, your preferences all need to point others to Christ always and in all ways or they run the chance of sounding like a false teaching. We do not make spiritual progress when we are building ourselves up in something, anything other than Christ Jesus.

Believers – Inventory

Need Christ – Invitation

The Lord’s Supper

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