Be Wise About The Word Of God

BE WISE ABOUT THE WORD OF GOD
Text: Colossians 3:16

Colossians 3:16
16
Let the message about Christ, in all its
richness, fill your lives. Teach and
counsel each other with all the wisdom
he gives. Sing psalms and hymns and
spiritual songs to God with thankful
hearts.

Matthew 4:4
“People do not live by bread alone, but
by every work that comes from the
mouth of God.”

FACT: If we are going to be spiritually
healthy we must pay attention to our
spiritual nutrition!

“Let the message about Christ, in all its
richness, fill your lives.”

I. APPRECIATE GOD’S WORD
A. Because of its revelation.
Colossians 1:25-26 (NLT)
25
God has given me the responsibility of serving
his church by proclaiming his entire
message to you. 26
This message was kept
secret for centuries and generations past,
but now it has been revealed to God’s
people.

B. Because of its message.
Colossians 1:27 (NLT)
27
For God wanted them to know that the
riches and glory of Christ are for you
Gentiles, too. And this is the secret:
Christ lives in you. This gives you
assurance of sharing his glory.

II. APPROACHING GOD’S WORD
A. We will be perfected
Colossians 1:28 (NLT)
28
So we tell others about Christ, warning
everyone and teaching everyone with all
the wisdom God has given us. We want to
present them to God, perfect in their
relationship to Christ.

B. It will give us strength
6
And now, just as you accepted Christ Jesus as your
Lord, you must continue to follow him. 7
Let your
roots grow down into him, and let your lives be
built on him. Then your faith will grow strong in
the truth you were taught, and you will overflow
with thankfulness.

C. It will protect us
We must be aware
of our internal impulses

5
So put to death the sinful, earthly things
lurking within you. Have nothing to
do with sexual immorality, impurity,
lust, and evil desires...

... Don’t be greedy, for a greedy person is
an idolater, worshiping the things of
this world.6
Because of these sins,
the anger of God is coming…

... 7
You used to do these things when
your life was still part of this world. 8
But now is the time to get rid of
anger, rage, malicious behavior,
slander, and dirty language...

... 9
Don’t lie to each other, for you have
stripped off your old sinful nature
and all its wicked deeds. 10
Put on
your new nature, and be renewed as
you learn to know your Creator and
become like him...

... 11
In this new life, it doesn’t matter if
you are a Jew or a Gentile,
circumcised or uncircumcised,
barbaric, uncivilized, slave, or free.
Christ is all that matters, and he
lives in all of us.

We must be aware
of our external impulses

• How do we learn to evaluate our
society?
• How do we determine standards of
morality?
• How do we arrive at political
conclusions and convictions?

Do we follow the latest fad?
Do we follow the good looking
charismatic speaker OR what God says
in His Word?

Colossians 2:8; 16-23
8
Don’t let anyone capture you with
empty philosophies and high-
sounding nonsense that come from
human thinking and from the
spiritual powers of this world, rather
than from Christ.

16
So don’t let anyone condemn you for what
you eat or drink, or for not celebrating
certain holy days or new moon
ceremonies or Sabbaths. 17
For these
rules are only shadows of the reality
yet to come. And Christ himself is that

...18
Don’t let anyone condemn you by
insisting on pious self-denial or the
worship of angels, saying they have
had visions about these things. Their
sinful minds have made them proud, 19
and they are not connected to Christ,

...For he holds the whole body together
with its joints and ligaments, and it
grows as God nourishes it. 20
You
have died with Christ, and he has set
you free from the spiritual powers of
this world...

... So why do you keep on following the
rules of the world, such as, 21
“Don’t
handle! Don’t taste! Don’t touch!”?
22
Such rules are mere human teachings
about things that deteriorate as we
use them...

... 23
These rules may seem wise because
they require strong devotion, pious
self-denial, and severe bodily
discipline. But they provide no help
in conquering a person’s evil desires.

III. APPLYING THE WORD
Colossians 1:28-29
28
He is the one we proclaim, admonishing
and teaching everyone with all
wisdom, so that we may present
everyone fully mature in Christ...

III. APPLYING THE WORD
Colossians 1:28-29
... 29
To this end I strenuously contend
with all the energy Christ so
powerfully works in me.

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