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Essential Practices of Christian Life (Our Witness)

Essential Practices of Christian Life (Our Witness). 1. Why are you a Christian? .

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Essential Practices of Christian Life (Our Witness)

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  1. Essential Practices of Christian Life(Our Witness)

  2. 1. Why are you a Christian? • 1 Peter 3:15-16But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts, and always be ready to give a defense to everyone who asks you a reason for the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear; 16 having a good conscience, that when they defame you as evildoers, those who revile your good conduct in Christ may be ashamed.

  3. 2. Who is Christ that we acknowledge as Lord? • Colossians 1:15-20. • A. CHRIST THE IMAGE OF GOD • “He is the image of the invisible God” ‐ Colossians 1:15a • B. CHRIST THE FIRSTBORN OF ALL CREATION • “the first-born of all creation” ‐ Colossians 1:15b

  4. C. CHRIST THE CREATOR • Colossians 1:16 • “For by Him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whetherthrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things have been created through Him and for Him.” ‐ • D. CHRIST THE SUSTAINER • “He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.” ‐ Colossians 1:17

  5. E. CHRIST THE HEAD OF THE CHURCH • “He is also head of the body, the church“‐ Colossians 1:18a • F. CHRIST THE CONQUEROR OF DEATH • “the firstborn from the dead” ‐ Colossians 1:18 • G. CHRIST THE RECONCILER • “through Him to reconcile all things to Himself” ‐ Colossians 1:19-20

  6. 3. Why do you proclaim the Lordship of Christ? • 1. Reaction to the love of God. • 1 Corinthians 9:16 For when I preach the gospel, I cannot boast, since I am compelled to preach. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel! • 2. Realization about the judgment of God: • Realization of the power of Gospel. • Romans 1:16For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Gentile.

  7. Realization of the destiny of people outside Christ • Romans 2:16. This will take place on the day when God judges people’s secrets through Jesus Christ, as my gospel declares. • Realization of there is no other way for salvation. • Acts 4:12 – Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved. • John 14:6 6 Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

  8. 3. Response to the majesty of God • Isaiah 6:8Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?” And I said, “Here am I. Send me!”

  9. 4. A true witness of the gospel of Jesus Christ. • Acts 20:17-22. • How he lived? - serving the Lord with all humility. • How he preached? – Preached the whole counsel of God. • I kept back nothing that was helpful, but proclaimed it to you. • How he taught? – in all context to all people. • Taught you publicly and from house to house, 21 testifying to Jews, and also to Greeks, repentance toward God and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ. • How he was led? - And see; now I go bound in the spirit • How he trusted the Lord? -

  10. How he taught? – in all context to all people. • Taught you publicly and from house to house, 21 testifying to Jews, and also to Greeks, repentance toward God and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ. • How he was led? - And see; now I go bound in the spirit. • How he trusted the Lord? -

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