Morning Worship

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.

If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God.

Rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith, as you have been taught, abounding in it with thanksgiving.

To them God willed to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory. Him we preach, warning every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus.

If indeed you continue in the faith, grounded and steadfast, and are not moved away from the hope of the gospel which you heard, which was preached to every creature under heaven, of which I Paul, became a minister.

In the body of His flesh through death, to present you holy, and blameless, and above reproach in His sight.

1. The death of Jesus

a) Great Significance

b) Through His dying for us many things were achieved

2. Things achieved

a) We are presented as “holy” before God

b) And “blameless”

c) And “above reproach”

And you, who once were alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now He has reconciled.

1. Before faith in Christ Jesus the Lord

a) Alienated

b) Enemies

c) Wicked works

2. Faith in Christ Jesus the Lord

a) Reconciled to God

b) Sins forgiven

c) Restored fully

And He is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things He might have the pre-eminence.

1. Who Christ is

a) The Head of the Body, the Church

b) The Beginning

c) The firstborn from the dead

2. What He deserves

a) Pre-eminence

b) Let us ever exalt the Lord Jesus Christ

And you are complete in Him, who is the head of all principality and power.

1. Complete in Him

a) Nothing needs to be added

b) Everything for our salvation is found in Christ

2. Who Christ is

a) He is the Head

b) Of all principality and power