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COLOSSIANS 2
6 As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him:
7 Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.
WALK AS YOU RECEIVED CHRIST
We often wonder, how do we walk as Christians?
Paul says in verse 6, that we should walk, as we received Christ when we first came to faith, so how did we come to faith?
We came in faith, we came as little children and with a humble and contrite heart.
When we came to faith in Christ, we came in repentance, we came completely dependent on Christ and upon him alone for salvation.
Coming to faith in Christ, was amazing to us, we received Him with joy and were praising God.
We should walk in the same joyful manner, that we came to faith, for me, I can remember every moment of that special night, it was and is a joyful memory. Oh to walk in that same freshness of joy.
The famous hymn says:
Where is the blessedness I knew
when first I sought the Lord?
Where is the soul refreshing view
of Jesus and His Word?
Walking with God | Hymnary.org
So we are to walk in the same way, if we walk in faith, and as little children completely dependent on Christ with a humble and contrite heart.
We should walk with a repentant and penitent heart.
We should walk with a heart full of praise.
We should walk with a humble heart.
When we came to know Christ in salvation, we came humbly to the foot of the cross, we came without pride, not trusting in our own works, but crying out to God for salvation.
We came without hope and without anything, we came with nothing.
We only brought our sin.
We need to walk as believers in the same way we came to salvation, we had nothing to offer God, when we came to faith, but he forgave us all our sins and filled us anew.
Believe me, don't I know it. God took a useless sinner such as me and filled me full of his holy spirit.
Pride was completely thrown out of the window at the cross, so it needs to be when walking daily with our Lord.
It is never about us.
If we walk in the same way, as we came to faith, we will be rooted deeply in Christ and we will have stability in our faith.
So often we lose the joy of our first love, just like the church in Ephesus.
Let us seek to keep that freshness of our first love, and to walk with Christ, as we received Christ
God bless you
KK
MARK 14
3 And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured it on his head.
4 And there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said, why was this waste of the ointment made?
5 For it might have been sold for more than three hundred pence, and have been given to the poor. And they murmured against her.
6 And Jesus said, Let her alone; why trouble ye her? she hath wrought a good work on me.
7 For ye have the poor with you always, and whensoever ye will ye may do them good: but me ye have not always.
8 She hath done what she could: she is come aforehand to anoint my body to the burying.
9 Verily I say unto you, wheresoever this gospel shall be preached throughout the whole world, this also that she hath done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her.
10 And Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went unto the chief priests, to betray him unto them.
BREAKING OR CLOSING THE BOX
Look at the contrast here between the woman and Judas, both had boxes or bags.
One used their box to bless and one used it for himself and indeed complained when that box was broken in service to Christ and for Christ.
So often we are like Judas, we see someone giving wholeheartedly to the work of God and we say what a waste, it could be used for such and such a thing.
This woman was commended by Jesus; indeed, his words are so true, this woman is now one who shared with millions around the world as a dynamic example of selfless service.
We have the treasure of Christ in earthen vessels, so can I ask you this question?
Do you break your box of perfume or do close your box?
We have treasures of the perfume of Christ, to share with the world. In another passage the perfume fills the whole house. Remember that the perfume of Christ cannot reach a needy world, if you don't break the box.
We have the good news of Christ, but do we share it or do we hide it?
Let's finish with the passage in 2 Corinthians 4
6 For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
7 But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us
Have you broken the box that you have containing the gospel or are you keeping the perfume of Christ, to yourself?
God bless you
Keith
6 As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him:
7 Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.
WALK AS YOU RECEIVED CHRIST
We often wonder, how do we walk as Christians?
Paul says in verse 6, that we should walk, as we received Christ when we first came to faith, so how did we come to faith?
We came in faith, we came as little children and with a humble and contrite heart.
When we came to faith in Christ, we came in repentance, we came completely dependent on Christ and upon him alone for salvation.
Coming to faith in Christ, was amazing to us, we received Him with joy and were praising God.
We should walk in the same joyful manner, that we came to faith, for me, I can remember every moment of that special night, it was and is a joyful memory. Oh to walk in that same freshness of joy.
The famous hymn says:
Where is the blessedness I knew
when first I sought the Lord?
Where is the soul refreshing view
of Jesus and His Word?
Walking with God | Hymnary.org
So we are to walk in the same way, if we walk in faith, and as little children completely dependent on Christ with a humble and contrite heart.
We should walk with a repentant and penitent heart.
We should walk with a heart full of praise.
We should walk with a humble heart.
When we came to know Christ in salvation, we came humbly to the foot of the cross, we came without pride, not trusting in our own works, but crying out to God for salvation.
We came without hope and without anything, we came with nothing.
We only brought our sin.
We need to walk as believers in the same way we came to salvation, we had nothing to offer God, when we came to faith, but he forgave us all our sins and filled us anew.
Believe me, don't I know it. God took a useless sinner such as me and filled me full of his holy spirit.
Pride was completely thrown out of the window at the cross, so it needs to be when walking daily with our Lord.
It is never about us.
If we walk in the same way, as we came to faith, we will be rooted deeply in Christ and we will have stability in our faith.
So often we lose the joy of our first love, just like the church in Ephesus.
Let us seek to keep that freshness of our first love, and to walk with Christ, as we received Christ
God bless you
KK
MARK 14
3 And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured it on his head.
4 And there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said, why was this waste of the ointment made?
5 For it might have been sold for more than three hundred pence, and have been given to the poor. And they murmured against her.
6 And Jesus said, Let her alone; why trouble ye her? she hath wrought a good work on me.
7 For ye have the poor with you always, and whensoever ye will ye may do them good: but me ye have not always.
8 She hath done what she could: she is come aforehand to anoint my body to the burying.
9 Verily I say unto you, wheresoever this gospel shall be preached throughout the whole world, this also that she hath done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her.
10 And Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went unto the chief priests, to betray him unto them.
BREAKING OR CLOSING THE BOX
Look at the contrast here between the woman and Judas, both had boxes or bags.
One used their box to bless and one used it for himself and indeed complained when that box was broken in service to Christ and for Christ.
So often we are like Judas, we see someone giving wholeheartedly to the work of God and we say what a waste, it could be used for such and such a thing.
This woman was commended by Jesus; indeed, his words are so true, this woman is now one who shared with millions around the world as a dynamic example of selfless service.
We have the treasure of Christ in earthen vessels, so can I ask you this question?
Do you break your box of perfume or do close your box?
We have treasures of the perfume of Christ, to share with the world. In another passage the perfume fills the whole house. Remember that the perfume of Christ cannot reach a needy world, if you don't break the box.
We have the good news of Christ, but do we share it or do we hide it?
Let's finish with the passage in 2 Corinthians 4
6 For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
7 But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us
Have you broken the box that you have containing the gospel or are you keeping the perfume of Christ, to yourself?
God bless you
Keith