{"id":599,"date":"2017-08-23T14:53:37","date_gmt":"2017-08-23T14:53:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brnsermons.com\/scottybackhaus\/?post_type=ctc_sermon&#038;p=599"},"modified":"2017-09-06T14:56:25","modified_gmt":"2017-09-06T14:56:25","slug":"45-colossians-the-preeminence-of-christ","status":"publish","type":"ctc_sermon","link":"https:\/\/brnsermons.com\/scottybackhaus\/sermons\/45-colossians-the-preeminence-of-christ\/","title":{"rendered":"45 Colossians \u2013 The Preeminence of Christ"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><em>Colossians \u2013 The Preeminence of Christ<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Colossians 1:9-21<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Replacing Christ as the Head<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The false teaching the permeated the church was:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPhilosophy\u201d 2:8<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTradition\u201d 2:8 \u2013 for those who reverenced the past<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShow of wisdom\u201d 2:23 \u2013 appeals to the more intellectual tastes<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShow of humility\u201d \u2013 gave it a superior sanctity<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWorship of angels\u201d 2:18<\/p>\n<p>Contempt for the body 2:23<\/p>\n<p>It was a mixture of Jewish mysticism and Greek philosophy<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Christ is the Head of the Body<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>What does it mean that Christ is the Head?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Knowledge of His Will 1:9<\/p>\n<p>Pleasing to God vs. 1:10<\/p>\n<p>Increasing in the Knowledge of God 1:10<\/p>\n<p>Strengthen by His might 1:11<\/p>\n<p>Christ gave us redemption through His blood 1:14<\/p>\n<p>Jesus is the Creator God vs. 15-17<\/p>\n<p>Christ is the head of the Church vs. 18<\/p>\n<p>Christ reconciles all things to Himself, by Him vs. 20<\/p>\n<p>Christ saves us to change us and make us presentable to the Father vs. 21-22<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Christ the Head of Our Lives<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Put off \/ Put on<\/p>\n<p><em>Put Off<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Old Man 3:8-9<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Put On<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The New Man 3:12-15<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The test if Christ is currently the head of your life: Emphasis on the Word of God and Singing 3:16<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If Christ is the head of our lives then every thing we do or say, we should do for the name of Jesus<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Colossians \u2013 The Preeminence of Christ Colossians 1:9-21 Replacing Christ as the Head The false teaching the permeated the church was: \u201cPhilosophy\u201d 2:8 \u201cTradition\u201d 2:8 \u2013 for those who reverenced the past \u201cShow of wisdom\u201d 2:23 \u2013 appeals to the more intellectual tastes \u201cShow of humility\u201d \u2013 gave it a superior sanctity \u201cWorship of angels\u201d 2:18 Contempt for the body 2:23 It was a mixture of Jewish mysticism and Greek philosophy &nbsp; 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