Sunday 27 March 2011

Sunday 27 March 2011

 What’s wrong?

Sunday 27 March 2011

 The thief comes only
to steal and kill and
destroy; I have come
that they may have life,
and have it to the full.

Sunday 27 March 2011

 Make Christ the
centre.

Sunday 27 March 2011

 Make Christ the
centre.
Make him the
circumference.

Sunday 27 March 2011

 Make Christ the
centre.
Make him the
circumference.
And fill in the
difference with him as
well.
Sunday 27 March 2011
 Don’t be stupid!

Sunday 27 March 2011

 Colossians 2:6-19
6-8 So then, just as you received Christ
Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in
him, rooted and built up in him,
strengthened in the faith as you were
taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.
See to it that no one takes you captive
through hollow and deceptive philosophy,
which depends on human tradition and
the elemental spiritual forces of this world
rather than on Christ.
Sunday 27 March 2011
 9-12 For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity
lives in bodily form, and in Christ you have
been brought to fullness. He is the head over
every power and authority. In him you were
also circumcised with a circumcision not
performed by human hands. Your whole self
ruled by the flesh was put off when you were
circumcised by Christ, having been buried with
him in baptism, in which you were also raised
with him through your faith in the working of
God, who raised him from the dead.
Sunday 27 March 2011
 13-15 When you were dead in your sins
and in the uncircumcision of your flesh,
God made you alive with Christ. He
forgave us all our sins, having canceled the
charge of our legal indebtedness, which
stood against us and condemned us; he
has taken it away, nailing it to the cross.
And having disarmed the powers and
authorities, he made a public spectacle of
them, triumphing over them by the cross.

Sunday 27 March 2011

 16-18  Therefore do not let anyone judge
you by what you eat or drink, or with
regard to a religious festival, a New Moon
celebration or a Sabbath day. These are a
shadow of the things that were to come; the
reality, however, is found in Christ. Do not
let anyone who delights in false humility and
the worship of angels disqualify you. Such a
person also goes into great detail about
what they have seen; they are puffed up with
idle notions by their unspiritual mind.
Sunday 27 March 2011
 19 They have lost connection with the
head, from whom the whole body,
supported and held together by its
ligaments and sinews, grows as God causes
it to grow.

Sunday 27 March 2011

 Colossians 2:8

See to it that no one takes you captive by

philosophy and empty deceit, according
to human tradition, according to the
elemental spirits of the world, and not
according to Christ.

Sunday 27 March 2011

 Colossians 2:8

See to it that no one takes you captive by

philosophy and empty deceit, according
to human tradition, according to the
elemental spirits of the world, and not
according to Christ.

Sunday 27 March 2011

 Colossians 2:8

See to it that no one takes you captive by

philosophy and empty deceit, according
to human tradition, according to the
elemental spirits of the world, and not
according to Christ.

Sunday 27 March 2011

 Colossians 2:8

See to it that no one takes you captive by

philosophy and empty deceit, according
to human tradition, according to the
elemental spirits of the world, and not
according to Christ.

Sunday 27 March 2011

 Colossians 2:8

See to it that no one takes you captive by

philosophy and empty deceit, according
to human tradition, according to the
elemental spirits of the world, and not
according to Christ.

Sunday 27 March 2011

 Colossians 2:8

See to it that no one takes you captive by

philosophy and empty deceit, according
to human tradition, according to the
elemental spirits of the world, and not
according to Christ.

Sunday 27 March 2011

 Colossians 2:8

See to it that no one takes you captive by

philosophy and empty deceit, according
to human tradition, according to the
elemental spirits of the world, and not
according to Christ.

Sunday 27 March 2011

 Colossians 2:8
Thielicke,
Whenever [Christ] the
See to it that no one takes you captive by
Creator is deposed as
philosophy and empty deceit, according the
absolute and according
to human tradition, sovereign to theLord
of the world
elemental spirits ofand our and
the world, life,
notthe
according'gods'
to Christ.
take over.

Sunday 27 March 2011

 Colossians 2:8

See to it that no one takes you captive by

philosophy and empty deceit, according
to human tradition, according to the
elemental spirits of the world, and not
according to Christ.

Sunday 27 March 2011

 Colossians 2:16-18  
Therefore let no one pass judgment on
you in questions of food and drink, or with
regard to a festival or a new moon or a
Sabbath. These are a shadow of the things
to come, but the substance belongs to
Christ. Let no one disqualify you, insisting
on asceticism and worship of angels...

Sunday 27 March 2011

 Colossians 2:16-18  
Therefore let no one pass judgment on
you in questions of food and drink, or with
regard to a festival or a new moon or a
Christ is not enough!
Sabbath. These are a shadow of the things
to come, but the substance belongs to
Christ. Let no one disqualify you, insisting
on asceticism and worship of angels...

Sunday 27 March 2011

 What have you
substituted
for Christ?

Sunday 27 March 2011

 Food & Drink:
John 6:35 “ Jesus
said to them, "I am
the bread of
life;whoever comes
to me shall not
hunger, and
whoever believes
in me shall never
thirst.”
Jn 4:14

Sunday 27 March 2011

 Festival, New Moon:
John 8:12 “I am the light
of the world. Whoever
follows me will not walk
in darkness, but will
have the light of life.”
1 Corinthians 5:7 Cleanse
out the old leaven that
you may be a new
lump...For Christ, our
Passover lamb, has
been sacrificed
Sunday 27 March 2011
 Asceticism:
Martin Luther -
would lie naked in his
cell all night long in the
bitter cold and he beat
his body and tortured
himself, trying to find
peace of heart.

Sunday 27 March 2011

 Sabbath:
Matthew 11:28 “Come
to me, all who
labor and are
heavy laden, and I
will give you rest.”

Sunday 27 March 2011

 Is Jesus Christ
...enough for you?
...supreme in your life?
...your treasure above all?

Sunday 27 March 2011

 Dr Lockridge
7 Way King

Sunday 27 March 2011

 This is taken from
The Jesus Manifesto
by Sweet and Viola

Sunday 27 March 2011

 the mystery of God is this...
that the one who is the invisible
image of God;
the one in whom all the fulness of
the Godhead dwells;
the one who is the living residence
of the Trinity;

Sunday 27 March 2011

 the one in whom eternity lives,
breathes and has its being;
the one who is before time;
the A to Z, alpha and omega,
beginning and end;
the firstborn of the created
universe, who rose from the dead
never to die again;

Sunday 27 March 2011

 the conqueror of death, sin and
the grave;
the creator, redeemer, saviour and
forgiver;
the one who holds all creation
together in himself;
the one who is the power of glory
and might;

Sunday 27 March 2011

 the head, authority and source of
the church;
the one through whom and for
whom all things were created;
the one in whom all things find
their meaning and reality;
the one who reconciled all things
in heaven and earth to God;

Sunday 27 March 2011

 the one who nailed to his bloody
cross every law, every rule, and
every regulation that would
condemn the beloved people of
God;
the one who is supreme in every
realm and holds the first place in all
things - the Son of the Fathers love;

Sunday 27 March 2011

 the one whose significance is
unmatched in human history;
the one who holds the title deed
to the universe...

Sunday 27 March 2011

 this glorious, limitless, amazing,
incredible, expansive,
incomparable, marvelous,
stunning, staggering, majestic,
mighty, matchless, spectacular,
outstanding, tremendous, infinite...

Sunday 27 March 2011

 ...vast, grand, triumphant,
victorious, precious, radiant,
peerless, wonderful, magnificent
Christ has chosen to place all of
his fullness where?

Sunday 27 March 2011

 Inside of you!

Sunday 27 March 2011

Sunday 27 March 2011
 Spurgeon on Christ
All the attributes of Christ, as God and
man...he has made...subservient to our
salvation. His omnipotence, omniscience,
omnipresence, immutability and infallibility, are
all combined for our defence. Arise, believer,
and behold the Lord Jesus yoking the whole of
his divine Godhead to the chariot of salvation!
How vast his grace, how firm his faithfulness,
how unswerving his immutability, how infinite
his power, how limitless his knowledge!

Sunday 27 March 2011

 All these are by the Lord Jesus made the
pillars of the temple of salvation...The
fathomless love of the Saviour's heart is every
drop of it ours; every sinew in the arm of
might, every jewel in the crown of majesty, the
immensity of divine knowledge, and the
sternness of divine justice, all are ours, and
shall be employed for us. The whole of Christ,
in his adorable character as the Son of God, is
by himself made over to us most richly to
enjoy.

Sunday 27 March 2011

 His wisdom is our direction, his knowledge
our instruction, his power our protection, his
justice our surety, his love our comfort, his
mercy our solace, and his immutability our
trust...Oh! how sweet thus to behold Jesus,
and to call upon him with the certain
confidence that in seeking the interposition of
his love or power, we are but asking for that
which he has already faithfully promised.

Sunday 27 March 2011

Sunday 27 March 2011
Sunday 27 March 2011
 Lie!
God accepts us as we are, and
there are many ways to him
[All religions lead to God - it does
not matter which route you
choose we will all get there in the
end]

Sunday 27 March 2011

 Lie!
We have the freedom of choice to
be who we want and to do what
we want
[you were made by and for God - honour
him, know him, and will answer to him -
he gives you life in all its fulness -
morality, direction, purpose all go astray
without God as the reference point]

Sunday 27 March 2011

 Lie!
Marriage can be between any two
people, and it lasts only as long as
both are happy
[Marriage is a lifelong covenant
between a man and a woman -
Christians should not marry non-
Christians]

Sunday 27 March 2011

 Lie!
We’ll live in harmony if we
tolerate the beliefs of others
[]

Sunday 27 March 2011

 Lie!
Christian beliefs are a private
matter
[The Christian faith should remain private
and internal; it should not be applied to
culture because of its absolutist,
intolerant message and its history of
oppressing those who disagree]

Sunday 27 March 2011

 Lie!
Entertainment is a vehicle to help
us fulfill personal desires
[We need larger doses of entertainment
that break useless taboos, accompanied
by advertising of products that stimulate
our primary desire for self-fulfillment in
the pleasures in life—sex, possessions,
and power]

Sunday 27 March 2011

 Lie! Entertainment...
[The media are the primary conduits of the
destructive messages about the person, the
family, and society. They mold and dictate our
views of what is acceptable in popular
culture, and they shape reality to fit a
Darwinist-postmodern worldview. They
manipulate us by emphasizing image over
authenticity and self-indulgence over self-
sacrifice, and they desensitize us to
exploitative sex and violence.]

Sunday 27 March 2011

 Lie! Entertainment...
Mark Harris comments “the majority of studio
movies are aimed” at men under 25, whom,
evidence suggests, will watch anything “as long
as it’s spiked with the proper set of
stimulants.” If you’re not an immature male,
there’s increasingly little for you to see at the
movies.

Sunday 27 March 2011