Sermons About Humility
Jesus Changes Everything (pt.2)
Paul Shows us because of the gospel we now can "put on" characteristics of Jesus. The gospel changes who we are from the inside out. This week in the life of 1.21church, we are asking the God of Colossians 3:12-17 to teach us and help us “put on” then new man that we are in Jesus. Paul has just given a list of what we are to “kill” or put off” because of the gospel. Now he is showing us the characteristics that we can now ‘put on’ because we are God’s chosen people. Paul goes through a small list and explains how each of the characteristics comes from Jesus and also how each should be natural affects from what Jesus has accomplished in his gospel. We can now be: holy, compassionate, kind, humble, meek, patient, forgiving, and full of love (the one that holds all together.) This is an extremely difficult text for most because we do not make the cut when it comes to these characteristics. A lot of time our actions do not back what we say or even show how good we think we are. The good news that Paul gives us is for us to look to and trust in the One person that had all of these characteristics, Jesus. We can now allow that Jesus to change us. In the text we see Jesus as… -the true Holy one whose life was always consecrated to God and His will. Even to the point of death, he refused to compromise his calling from God or the standards God had laid down for his life. -Jesus is the true Compassionate one who not only looked past the ways people had wronged him, but instead helped them and prayed for them even as he was nailed to the cross. -Jesus is the true Kind one who always took the time to help people with their problems and needs, whether they were great or small. -Jesus is the true Humble one who, though he existed as God, rather than holding on to his privilege, took on the form of a servant and came to earth, where he gave up his life in shame for prideful people like you and me. -Jesus is the true Patient one who dealt with his foolish, bickering disciples day and night for three years. And he is so patient with us daily. -Jesus is the true Forgiver who wipes our slate clean at great cost to himself and then casts our sin behind his back, never thinking of it again. -Jesus is the one that Displays Love, Is love, and Gives love. At the cross, we see love in its purest form: sacrifice and service. And because he has first loved us, now we too are able to love. We can only be this kind of person when we dwell deep on who he is and what he’s done, and then let that transform us. We can’t force it. We can’t try to accomplish it. Instead, it happens through us as we come to know Jesus. Paul is not telling us to be a better person. He is saying look to Jesus. Jesus personifies all of these qualities and his obedience is imputed in place of our failure. We are to put on these characteristics. We put on the new man, Jesus. It’s credited to us in justification, now we become it in progressive sanctification. He is our model, our motive, our source, and our security in all of this. Now as Christians we are allowed and commanded to go around and encourage our brothers and sisters by reminding them often of the gospel. How has the Gospel changed your life? Which characteristic that Paul listed do you struggle with the most and how does the gospel speak into your struggle?
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Experience God from the Down-Up
In this message, we explore the gap that exists between God and man and try to offer a helpful plan on the best way to connect, view, and experience the awesomeness of God in our daily lives!
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Confronting Counterfeit Christianity
Jesus, though completely God, was rarely alone. He was completely set apart from every other human being who has ever walked this earth, yet he chose to live his earthly life in community. He showed us how to live in harmony with each other even though we come from different backgrounds and have different viewpoints. But he also taught us something else: the needs of people outside our community are greater than the needs of those inside our community. The hurting and desolate souls who have lost all hope are more important to him than the throngs of happy souls on their way to heaven. Jesus cares about your sorrows, your pain, and your loneliness, and he did something about it; he gave you his Church. The Body of Christ (the Church) is meant to be his hands and feet to a world in need of a Savior. Join us as we explore what it means to "Confront Counterfeit Christianity."
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Complete My Joy
Paul encourages unity, love, and humility within the body of Christ; while Jesus himself exemplifies these qualities.
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God and the Hardened Heart
No one likes to be humbled – but we all need to be from time to time. And those who need humbled the most are those with a hardened heart. A hard heart is the opposite of humility and it is a heart that resists God. There is a pathway to a soft heart we can learn from the Exodus of Egypt – here’s a heads up – humility is going to be a big part of it.
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The Good Life -- marked by gentleness
Gentleness or meekness continues the marks of a person who has God's favor. This message will explore the meaning of being gentle as defined in the scriptures and how to live meekness out in our lives.
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Love
While Colossians 3 doesn't talk specifically about marriage, it does describe the kind of love that needs to be at the foundation of every marriage. But it's not enough to know what love should be like, we also need to understand how Jesus gives us that love: by living and breathing and believing that we are chosen of God, that we are made holy by God, and that we are loved by God.
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When Every Curse is a Sneeze (I Peter 3 8-12) 5-17-09
The call of Jesus Christ is a call to live as a blessing, as those blessed, by blessing all people, even those who hurt us.
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Declaration of (in) Dependence Part 5
"Bad News for Bad People" study in the Book of Romans Part 5. Big Picture Question: How deeply are you willing to pursue humility so that God will be glorified?
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