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Normally, that's when I would speak, but it's, it's been a long time and it is humbling.

An honor and a privilege to.

Share with you the word of God this morning.

What God has laid on my heart.

Have your Bibles with your turn.

Please to Colossians 3, 1 2 4, Because that's where we're going to be spending our time this morning.

Use your electronic devices to if you so desire.

And let me read these verses.

I'll read them will have a word of prayer and then I'll share with you what God has laid on my heart to share with you this morning.

Colossians 3 verses 1 to 4.

Paul says, since then you have been raised with Christ.

Set your hearts on things above, where Christ is seated, at the right hand of God.

Set your minds on things above.

Not on Earthly things.

For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.

When Christ, who is your life appears?

Then you also will appear with him in glory.

Let's have a word of Prayer.

Father, we thank you so much for this word this morning.

and I pray, Lord, as I share from this word that you would speak in the through me.

please, I want to say the words that you would have for me to share And Lord, if anybody is here, this morning who doesn't know the Lord Jesus Christ.

I pray that no one would leave in that condition and pray these things in Jesus name, amen.

How the name of my messages to results of the resurrection and if you're following your notes, the the first point is reacting to the resurrected life.

And the first thing I want to say, before I get into these versus is praise.

The Lord for Pastor, Mike in the messages that he's been preaching.

Especially in the book of Colossians.

I don't want to embarrass Margo virtual, but she made a comment on face wipes last week and I like to read it if you hadn't seen it, it's, it's a great, great comment.

She said, thank you, Mike for taking time and putting all the work and do our homework every week.

It is such a blessing.

You are a fervent faithful servant of Our Savior and Lord Jesus.

And of our church family.

Amen.

And you and I need to continue to encourage Pastor Mike go up to him after one of his messages and just tell him how you were blessed by his preaching.

And not only Pastor Mike, the other pastors to Pastor Keith and Pastor Micah, I can't believe how much this music relates to what I have to share this morning.

Michael, you did a terrific job of there's always thank you for your dedication and diligence.

This is an encouragement to our pastors and we need to do this.

A before I get into these verses in Colossians chapter 3 I want to introduce what I'm going to say by saying that in chapters 1 and 2 of the Apostle, Paul introduces chapter 3 and 4 because in chapters 1 and 2, Paul sets forth the doctrine.

That is so essential for you and me and then the chapter 3 and 4.

Are the personal applications.

Or application of the doctrines of chapters 1 & 2.

Nepal being The Incredibles teacher that he was set it up just like this.

And we should be concerned about doctoring.

Doctrine is essential.

I know some Christians don't like doctor Doctrine again.

Yes talking again and again and again and again to see Central our faith and Doctrine, it shouldn't scare anybody, it's just a fancy word for teaching.

and in chapter 1, And chapter 2 Paul delineates, the doctrine of who Jesus Christ is and what he came to do.

It's so important.

Our Pastor Mike has been sharing that the gnostics were infiltrating, the church.

These were false teachers that were Promulgating their false doctrines.

And they enticed a lot of these kalajian believers.

And one of the things that the calash or excuse me, the gnostics taught, one of the heresies was that.

God.

Could not come in human flesh.

That God could not become a man because the flash was evil and said, God couldn't have it and evil body soap.

All want to put that to rest right away and he did.

How do you say?

These are some verses that Pastor Mike has already preached on in there.

Going to be a few that he hasn't gotten to yet, but I'm excited and can't wait to hear what he has to say.

Concerning those verses in chapter 2. What is an in Colossians chapter 1? 16 through 18. Paul said, 4 in heaven, I had seen Jesus Christ.

All things were created things in heaven and on Earth, visible and invisible, whether Thrones or powers or rulers or authorities, all things have been created through him and for him, that encompasses everything that there is and only God could create

But then Paul doubles down and I wanted you to see this in the next, verse you miss it, if you don't read it carefully, he says he is before.

All things in him, all things, hold together.

I want to concentrate on there was, he is before all things, maybe might not expect something like that.

You might expect him to say there.

He was before all things, which Jesus Christ was before all things being God.

But probably this intentionally, he use this.

existential third-person intransitive, verb is Enunciate and double down on the deity of Jesus Christ and let me show you how he how he did that when he said that Jesus is before all things, he's referring to the I am of Eternity.

John 858 the Lord.

Jesus Christ claimed to be God because he said before Abraham was I am and he was alluding to The Exodus 3 passage and the Jews knew this, when he said it, when Moses said to, Excuse me.

God said to Moses I am that I am And tell him that I am has sent you.

Back to John 8:58, before Abraham was Eagle Eye.

Me Greek, I am.

And that's exactly who Jesus Christ is.

The I am of Eternity.

but then,

in Colossians.

Let me finish these versus here.

He is the head of the body, the church, he's the beginning in the firstborn from the dead so that in everything he might have the supremacy and its Pastor.

Mike share, don't let the word firstborn steer you in the wrong direction.

Because of Jehovah Witness called.

For example, says that first born needs first created and it doesn't has nothing to do with creation.

the word in the Greek for firstborn is probably tacos and it has to do with preeminence.

That's exactly what Paul is talking about her preeminence or first and ranked first in the sortie OR Supremacy.

And then notice how he ends here.

That never think you might have the supremacy.

Keep scripture in its context these quotes don't do that.

They rip it right?

Out of context.

Paul is talking about the supremacy of Jesus Christ.

Here has nothing to do with being created.

and then, if you turn the Colossians 2:9,

Paul said for in Christ, all the fullness of the deity lives in bodily form.

God.

How anybody could say, I believe the Bible.

And denied the deity of Christ reading.

This verse, stymies, the mind.

And I would have to say that it has to be a satanic blindfold.

As an explanation for anybody denying, the deity of Christ, this is one of the most powerful verses and all the New Testament that we're one of his followers, says that he's got himself and human flesh.

So, there's no question.

10 in verses 13 to 15 Paul changes gears.