Living Hope: Unity and Transformation in Christ
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"Hallelujah, praise the one who sets us free. Jesus Christ is our living hope, and part of the way we praise him, we say hallelujah, is we listen to how great he is. And one way we do that is by listening to how Christians of the past have praised him." [00:03:50]
"We looked at Paul's family approach to Christianity in Philemon. You know, we had Paul, who was in prison, an apostle, but in chains, appealing to Philemon as his brother to love Onesimus, the useless slave, the slave who ran away, who became useless to Philemon, but useful to Paul when he converted and became a servant of Christ." [00:06:34]
"For Paul, God's people is God's family. God's people is our family. He's an apostle. He's specially appointed by God. He's in a unique category with only 12 others, and yet he calls Timothy his brother. There's no status there. He calls the saints, the people of God, the holy ones, brothers." [00:09:10]
"There can't be two classes of Christians, the ones who are really, really good, really, really holy, really, really disciplined, really, really knowledgeable, and the rest of the family. No, if you're part of the people of God, you are part of God's family, and we are all one and another brothers and sisters." [00:09:42]
"What binds us together as family is not our status, not our race, not our locality, but our union with Christ, having God as our Father. Paul writes to the Colossians, but he expects them to greet the people in Laodicea. You see this in chapter 4. He expects them to go there, greet them and share the letter." [00:13:40]
"How do you behave in the family? The gathered church is a weekly family meal, a family reunion. But why do you attend? Do you just want to get right with God through the communion and then go? Do you just want to hear some good teaching on other weeks and then get back to your family and true friends?" [00:14:39]
"Paul has heard from Epaphras is that the Colossians have a common faith, a common love, and a common hope, and so his evaluation of a young church is remarkably simple and restrained. I think he's an apostle, he's a doctor of theology, he can say whatever he wants, he can teach whatever he wants." [00:16:56]
"Look how content he is with them. Look how content he is with the report that was brought as he thanks God. Yeah, that's what I'm looking for in a healthy church: a common faith in Christ, a common love for each other through a common hope. He repeats this later as well in chapter 2, verse 5." [00:17:57]
"Paul says, again in chapter 3, you have died. Your life is hidden with Christ. Your life and Christ's life are now inextricably intertwined. They're united. So we sing, hallelujah, praise the one who set me free. Hallelujah, death has lost its grip on me too." [00:30:31]
"Our hope is secure because of what Christ has achieved, because Christ is seated at the right hand of God. Now, this is what Paul teaches in this letter. This is what he says in chapter 3. The hope that transforms us is the hope in the thing hoped for, the hope in Christ." [00:29:28]
"This is what the Colossians know. This is what they hope in, and this is why they love each other. This is what they know. This is what they hope in. This is why they love each other. How do they know this? How do they know this? They know this through the gospel." [00:36:59]
"The good news of Jesus is that where humanity failed to bring blessing to the world, Christ brings blessing to the world. He produces fruit throughout the world. He transforms. There is one gospel. There is one gospel. There is one gospel. There is one gospel." [00:38:45]
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"We looked at Paul's family approach to Christianity in Philemon. You know, we had Paul, who was in prison, an apostle, but in chains, appealing to Philemon as his brother to love Onesimus, the useless slave, the slave who ran away, who became useless to Philemon, but useful to Paul when he converted and became a servant of Christ." [00:06:34]
"For Paul, God's people is God's family. God's people is our family. He's an apostle. He's specially appointed by God. He's in a unique category with only 12 others, and yet he calls Timothy his brother. There's no status there. He calls the saints, the people of God, the holy ones, brothers." [00:09:10]
"There can't be two classes of Christians, the ones who are really, really good, really, really holy, really, really disciplined, really, really knowledgeable, and the rest of the family. No, if you're part of the people of God, you are part of God's family, and we are all one and another brothers and sisters." [00:09:42]
"What binds us together as family is not our status, not our race, not our locality, but our union with Christ, having God as our Father. Paul writes to the Colossians, but he expects them to greet the people in Laodicea. You see this in chapter 4. He expects them to go there, greet them and share the letter." [00:13:40]
"How do you behave in the family? The gathered church is a weekly family meal, a family reunion. But why do you attend? Do you just want to get right with God through the communion and then go? Do you just want to hear some good teaching on other weeks and then get back to your family and true friends?" [00:14:39]
"Paul has heard from Epaphras is that the Colossians have a common faith, a common love, and a common hope, and so his evaluation of a young church is remarkably simple and restrained. I think he's an apostle, he's a doctor of theology, he can say whatever he wants, he can teach whatever he wants." [00:16:56]
"Look how content he is with them. Look how content he is with the report that was brought as he thanks God. Yeah, that's what I'm looking for in a healthy church: a common faith in Christ, a common love for each other through a common hope. He repeats this later as well in chapter 2, verse 5." [00:17:57]
"Paul says, again in chapter 3, you have died. Your life is hidden with Christ. Your life and Christ's life are now inextricably intertwined. They're united. So we sing, hallelujah, praise the one who set me free. Hallelujah, death has lost its grip on me too." [00:30:31]
"Our hope is secure because of what Christ has achieved, because Christ is seated at the right hand of God. Now, this is what Paul teaches in this letter. This is what he says in chapter 3. The hope that transforms us is the hope in the thing hoped for, the hope in Christ." [00:29:28]
"This is what the Colossians know. This is what they hope in, and this is why they love each other. This is what they know. This is what they hope in. This is why they love each other. How do they know this? How do they know this? They know this through the gospel." [00:36:59]
"The good news of Jesus is that where humanity failed to bring blessing to the world, Christ brings blessing to the world. He produces fruit throughout the world. He transforms. There is one gospel. There is one gospel. There is one gospel. There is one gospel." [00:38:45]
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