Rooted Part 3 Colossians 1:15-23

1. ROOTED IN JESUS

2. PANDOThe Trembling Giant
Clonal colony of
a “Quaking
Aspen” tree
One single
living organism
47,000+ clones
over 107 acres
80K to 1M years
old
One massive
root system
Fishlake Nat’l Forest, Utah

3. JESUSJESUS
Followers of Christ

4. STAY ROOTED!
YOU RECEIVED CHRIST JESUS, THE
MASTER; NOW LIVE HIM. YOU’RE
DEEPLY ROOTED IN HIM.
COLOSSIANS 2:6 (MSG)

5. SYNCRETISMthe combination of different forms of belief or practice.
and

6. GNOSTICISM1) “Higher knowledge” beyond what’s in the Bible.
2) Doesn’t matter what we do with our bodies.

7. GNOSTICISM1) Bible: God-inspired, infallible rule of faith and
practice (Jn 17:17; 2Tim 3:15-17; Heb 4:12)
2) Jesus was truly God and truly human and did die
for our sins. (Jn 1:1-5; 14; Heb 2:14-17)

8. WHY WE NEED TO BE ROOTED IN JESUS
COLOSSIANS 1:15-17 (NIVR)
15 The Son is the exact likeness of God, who can’t be seen. The Son
is first, and he is over all creation. 16 All things were created in him.
He created everything in heaven and on earth. He created
everything that can be seen and everything that can’t be seen. He
created kings, powers, rulers and authorities. All things have been
created by him and for him. 17 Before anything was created, he was
already there. He holds everything together.

9. WHY WE NEED TO BE ROOTED IN JESUS
COLOSSIANS 1:18-20 (NIVR)
18 And he is the head of the body, which is the church. He is the
beginning. He is the first to be raised from the dead. That
happened so that he would be far above everything. 19 God was
pleased to have his whole nature living in Christ. 20 God was
pleased to bring all things back to himself. That’s because of what
Christ has done. These things include everything on earth and in
heaven. God made peace through Christ’s blood, by his death on
the cross.

10. WHY WE NEED TO BE ROOTED IN JESUS
COLOSSIANS 1:21-23 (NIVR)
21 At one time you were separated from God. You were enemies in
your minds because of your evil ways. 22 But because Christ died,
God has brought you back to himself. Christ’s death has made you
holy in God’s sight. So now you don’t have any flaw. You are free
from blame. 23 But you must keep your faith steady and firm. You
must not move away from the hope the good news holds out to you.
This is the good news that you heard. It has been preached to
every creature under heaven. I, Paul, now serve the good news.

11. Obey every commandment!
Live like Jesus didn’t
really save you
Be perfect, moral & successful!
Good Bye, Good Riddance
Ungrateful Hypocrites
and

12. JESUS
deeply rooted in His amazing love
For there is no difference between us and them in this. Since we’ve compiled this
long and sorry record as sinners (both us and them) and proved that we are
utterly incapable of living the glorious lives God wills for us, God did it for us.
Out of sheer generosity he put us in right standing with himself. A pure gift. He
got us out of the mess we’re in and restored us to where he always wanted us to
be. And he did it by means of Jesus Christ. Romans 3:22-24