Preacher: Jeremy Herbert
Theme: What Will Be New This Year?
Texts:
- Colossians 3:1-17
- Deuteronomy 29:29
Notes:
- What will be new this year?
- How or Why would they be new?
- God doesn’t always reveal what He is doing, or why He is doing it
- But He does give us His truth and His presence to go with us through it
- Let us prepare our hearts for 2021 by focusing on our new life in Christ
- We have a new life in Christ
- Colossians 1-2: What Christ did for us in salvation
- Colossians 3: What Christ is doing for us in sanctification
- Seek Christ every day
- “Whatever masters my meditation masters my heart.”
- Actively seeking Christ keeps us from seeking lesser things–something we are inclined to by nature
- Our hope is not based on us being as good as others are–our hope is based on Christ and His perfections
- Christ still continually intercedes for us
- Set your mind on Christ every day
- Put these off: v5-9
- Put these on: v12-17
- These are all active choices
- Remember that Christ is life
- Remember that Christ is coming back
- Meditating on the truth of Christ’s imminent return will help put the rest of life in its proper perspective
- The time to reach others for Christ is counting down
- We have a new life in Christ
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