Sunday Sermon


O To Be Like Thee

Dave Shaner

July 15, 2001

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Introduction:  Who would you like to be like more than anybody in the world?

Text:  Colossians 1:24-29

I.  The goal is for you to become ____________________. - Colossians 1:24

A.  Telios (Perfect) - to become complete or mature -
B.  Maturity means looking more and more like Jesus.
C.  Romans 8:29
D.  Maturity is submitting to the work of God.
E.  II Corinthians 3:18

II.  This process is a ___________________. - Colossians 4:3

A.  The mystery of Christ ____________ every person. - Ephesians 3:2-6

B.  The mystery means that Christ ____________________ every believer. - Galatians 2:20; I John 4:4; John 14:23; Galatians 4:19

III.  To choose Jesus, means:

A.  That we must ____________________ with Him who suffered for us.

1.  No one ever heard the gospel without it costing somebody.
2.  Acts 9:15-16

B.  You must ____________________ on him who dwells in you.

1.  Colossians 3:15-17
2.  You must be increasingly obsessed with Christ if you want to be increasingly possessed by Christ.

C.  You must ____________________ for Him who works in you.

1.  When you work for Jesus, you feel his energy in you.
2.  Philippians 3:12-15

Conclusion:  What did Jesus look like?  No one knows, He died for your freedom.  Jesus wants you to represent Him so that people will know what He looks like.