
BiG Idea: Only Jesus can (truly) complete us
Colossians 2:8–10
8 Be careful that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deceit based on human tradition, based on the elements of the world, rather than Christ. 9 For the entire fullness of God’s nature dwells bodily in Christ, 10 and you have been filled by him, who is the head over every ruler and authority.
(How) Am I looking to others to complete me?
Just because we don’t “complete” one another, doesn’t mean we don’t need one another
Loving one another should be our
1 John 4:7
7 Dear friends, let us love one another, because love is from God, and everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.
1 John 4:8
8 The one who does not love does not know God, because God is love.
Love is
1 John 3:18
18 Little children, let us not love in word or speech, but in action and in truth.
Sin distorted the image of God in us and created our
1 John 4:9
9 God’s love was revealed among us in this way: God sent his one and only Son into the world so that we might live through him.
1 John 4:10
10 Love consists in this: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the atoning sacrifice, for our sins.
Philippians 2:5b–8
5…Christ Jesus, 6 who, existing in the form of God, did not consider equality with God as something to be exploited. 7 Instead he emptied himself by assuming the form of a servant, taking on the likeness of humanity. And when he had come as a man, 8 he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death— even to death on a cross.
1 John 4:11
11 Dear friends, if God loved us in this way, we also must love one another.
1 John 4:12
12 No one has ever seen God. If we love one another, God remains in us and his love is made complete in us.
Even though a watching world cannot physically see God, they can recognize the reality of God when they see his love perfected in us as we love one another. - Ray Van Neste (Theologian)
Am I willing to
Who do I need to
This Week I Will:
Pursue Jesus By:
Point to Jesus By:
Memorize:
Next Sunday: 1 Timothy 4