LOCKED UP BUT STILL LEADING THE WAY
Colossians 4:7-18
I. INTRODUCTION:
A. The church’s future resting on leadership training:
(See II Tim. 2:2)
B. The healthy response, traveling back to our roots:
“We lay aside our perceived rights and join a journey
already underway. We help out where we can, not for
things to go my way but for things to go more smoothly in
the way already spelled out.” F. Tillapaugh
II. HOW THE DISCIPLER WRAPS UP THE EPISTLE:
A. Celebration: vv. 7-9
1. For the man with a “servant’s” heart: vv. 7-8
(See Acts 20:4; Tit. 3:12; II Tim. 4:12; Eph. 6:21)
2. For the man with a “sinful” past: v. 8
(See the Book of Philemon)
B. Recognition: vv. 10-15
1. From the man with a “sympathetic” heart: v. 10a
(See Acts 19:29; 20:4; 27:2, 4)
2. From the man with a “surprising” future: v. 10b
(See Acts 13:13; I Pet. 5:13; II Tim. 4:11)
3. From the man with a “strong” commitment: v. 11
4. From the man with a “single” passion: vv. 12-13
a. Praying constantly:
b. Praying fervently:
c. Praying personally:
d. Praying definitively:
5. From the man with a “specialized” talent: v. 14a
(See Philem. 24; II Tim. 4:11)
- From the man with a “sad” future: v. 14b
(See II Tim. 4:9-10)
C. Exhortation: vv. 16-17
1. For the Colossian church: v. 16a
2. For the Laodicean church: v. 16b
3. For Archippus: v. 17
D. Benediction: v.18
1. “Write this greeting in my own hand”:
2. “Remember my chains”:
3. “Grace be unto you”:
III. PRINCIPLES TO PERSONALLY APPLY:
(Together becoming “people of the Word” in principle AND in practice)
A. There are no “little” people, “little” churches, or “little”
places with the Lord. (Col. 4:7-17)
B. Conflict is a continual reminder to both parties, to keep
first things first on a daily basis, in order for spiritual
growth to individually take place. (Col. 3:1-4)
C. Navigating our way through the game of life rests
entirely on our attentiveness to respond to the
“referee’s whistle”. (Col. 3:15-16)
Sinners Prayer
Dear Heavenly Father, I was made by you and I was made for
you, but I have been living for myself. I am sorry for that self-
rule you call sin. I believe that Jesus Christ being my creator
God, died, was buried, and rose again to pay the
insurmountable debt that my sin has created. So right now, I
am turning from a life of going my own way, to by faith, place
my trust in Jesus Christ, to pay the debt of all my sin, and to
get me to heaven, when I breath my last breath. Lord Jesus,
from today on, I am yours. Thanks for saving me, this very
moment, in Jesus name, Amen.
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