Approved Workmen episodes:

• June 26, 2018Protecting Parents from Discouragement

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• June 11, 2018A Word to Kids & Their Parents

  An Exposition of Colossians 3:20-21

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• June 04, 2018The Calling of a Husband

  An Exposition of Colossians 3:19

  Grab your Bibles and turn with me to Colossians 3. We will make it through

  one verse again today. I heard last week that it provided some

  entertainment value for some of you that we are moving so slowly. Don’t get

  too used to a verse per week. But these are important topics.

  As we said last week instead of looking at an entire paragraph of

  Scripture, which is our normal practice, we are doing here topical

  expositions. So we are explaining one verse, one main truth, and examining

  that topic in detail from multiple texts in their context.

  Last week we examined the role of a wife and her biblical priority. We saw

  that a wife worships Christ in her marriage through her joyful, willing

  submission to her husband. A godly woman finds freedom and liberty in

  trusting the Lord and not herself, being willing to let God bring about his

  plan in her life through her husband. We discussed what submission is and

  what it is not.

  Heard comments from many non-wives in the body about how a message not

  specifically addressing them was convicting. Joyful submission challenges

  each of us. For husbands it raises the bar on our leadership to be godly.

  I’m praising God at how his word works as we seek to strengthen and shore

  up our body in the fundamentals of the Christian life as he is rooting out

  wrong thinking and replacing it with truth and conviction.

  Now this week we will see that a husband worships Christ in his biblical

  leadership within the marriage relationship.

  4-Part Overview of a Husband’s Leadership

  1. The husband’s burden of biblical leadership

  2. The husband’s blueprint for biblical leadership

  3. The husband’s barriers to biblical leadership

  4. The husband’s blessing through biblical leadership

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• May 28, 2018The Privileged Position of a Wife

  An Exposition of Colossians 3:18

  Take your Bible and turn with me to Colossians 3. We are going to continue

  our series this morning entitled, “Christ in the Common.” This study is a

  practical look at how Jesus intersects with everyday living. The goal of

  this study is to shore up our Christian living by going back to the

  fundamentals of how we are to live the Christ life.

  Our passage today is one verse, Colossians 3:18 and it is written to wives

  about the privileged duty of submission in marriage.

  My sisters, I know that you want to honor Jesus and I want you to leave

  this morning greatly encouraged with clarity and conviction and joy as you

  embrace your God-given calling. There is so much working against your

  ability to trust God in this area.

  And so, we need to be fortified in embracing God’s wisdom on this matter.

  So, in our time together we are going to reorient our thinking about a

  wife’s role back to the simple truth contained in Scripture. We will be

  washed together in the Word.

  This week we start off with wives. Husbands, parents and children… you will

  get yours next, but for now its “ladies first.”

  Today’s message will be slightly different in that we are really doing a

  topical exposition. This entire sermon is about one short topic from one

  verse. My goal is to bring the components you need to understand how to

  live for Christ in the area of submission.

  5 Truths for Understanding a Wife’s Privilege of Submission (Colossians

  3:18)

  1. The unfashionable principle of submission

  2. The unmistakable priority of submission

  3. The universal problem with submission

  4. The unnatural power for submission

  5. The unexpected payoff from submission

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• May 21, 2018Putting on Christ

  An Exposition of Colossians 3:12-17

  We are called to serve the body with our spiritual gifts. We are called to

  give generously to the Lord in our offerings. We are called to disciple and

  witness to unbelievers and many other responsibilities.

  But a passage like this is so essential because it is possible to do all

  the things I listed and be immature in the faith. Certainly they will all

  be present in the life of a believer, but even unbelievers do those things.

  Unbelievers serve and give and study.

  So, the mere presence of spiritual activity and sacrifice in your life

  isn’t an evidence of maturity. What is an evidence of maturity is

  Christlike character. The evidence that you are mature is godliness that

  comes from the Lord.

  Paul calls it the fruit of the Spirit in Galatians 5. By that he means the

  product of the Spirit being at work in the life of a person. And so, this

  week as we move from

  1. One who treasures Christ above all else (1-4)

  2. One who mortifies sin upon seeing it for what it is (5-11)

  3. One who models Christ magnifying him on earth (12-17)

  When you belong to Christ and know him, it shapes your attitude and then

  your behavior. 

  4 Critical Areas We Must Model the Lord Jesus Christ

  1. Let the character of Christ define your demeanor (12-14)

  2. Let the peace of Christ be the umpire in your strife (15)

  3. Let the word of Christ permeate your life (16)

  4. Let the person of Christ impact all that you do (17)

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• May 14, 2018It's Time to Part with Your Sin

  An Exposition of Colossians 3:5-11

  If you want to be an instrument in the hands of the Lord Jesus Christ to

  have influence and impact in the kingdom, then this is where it’s all at.

  Fundamentals. The basics. Christianity 101. Treasure Christ. Kill sin.

  Model Christ.

  Romans 8:13—if by the Spirit you are putting to death the deeds of the body

  you will live. That means that this is not an optional pursuit.

  Whatever you have heard about a Spirit-filled, Spirit-led life, this is a

  Spirit-empowered life. It isn’t in your ability to hear from God special

  messages, or heal people, or sense special things in prayer. A person who

  is full of the Spirit is a person who experiences the victory over sin that

  God has promised. That is a Spirit-filled person.

  You must be willing to make a violent divorce with your old life.

  3 Characteristics of a Thriving Christian (Be Who You Are)

  1. One who treasures Christ above all else (1-4)

  2. One who mortifies sin upon seeing it for what it is (5-11)

  3. One who models Christ magnifying him on earth (12-17)

  Colossians 3:1-11 (ESV)—1 If then you have been raised with Christ, seek

  the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of

  God. 2 Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on

  earth. 3 For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. 4

  When Christ who is your life appears, then you also will appear with him in

  glory. 

  (5) Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality,

  impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. 6 On

  account of these the wrath of God is coming. 7 In these you too once

  walked, when you were living in them. 8 But now you must put them all away:

  anger, wrath, malice, slander, and obscene talk from your mouth. 9 Do not

  lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old self with its

  practices 10 and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in

  knowledge after the image of its creator. 11 Here there is not Greek and

  Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, free; but

  Christ is all, and in all.

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• May 07, 2018Treasure Christ Above All Else

  An Exposition of Colossians 3:1-4

  Our obedience flows out of the relationship we have with God, which is

  based upon his grace alone. But we can live below our calling. That’s why

  we titled this Be who you are… it is a call to live in light of who the

  Bible says you are, namely a saint, a child, a friend, an heir, a dearly

  beloved one of God.

  3 Characteristics of a Thriving Christian (Be Who You Are)

  1. One who treasures Christ above all else (1-4)

  2. One who mortifies sin upon seeing it for what it is (5-11)

  3. One who models Christ magnifying him on earth (12-17)

  Colossians 3:1–4 (ESV)—1 If then you have been raised with Christ,

  seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right

  hand of God. 2 Set your minds on things that are above, not on things

  that are on earth. 3 For you have died, and your life is hidden with

  Christ in God. 4 When Christ who is your life appears, then you also

  will appear with him in glory.

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• April 23, 2018Jesus Saves the Least

  An Exposition of Mark 10:46-52

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• April 16, 2018Lagging Behind the Servant Savior, Round 3

  An Exposition of Mark 10:32-45

  Allow me to set before today the paradigm that is to govern your thinking:

  humble sacrifice is the path to glory. Not some cheap version of

  servant-leadership, but a personal lowliness that serves eagerly,

  cheerfully, and without personal expectations.

  The disciples disregard Jesus as he promotes servanthood and they promote

  themselves.

  Three Scenes As The DisciplesDisregard Jesus’ Plan of Suffering (Again)

  1. Jesus reviews how his earthly mission will end (32-34)

  2. Jesus regulates the disciples’ desire for prominence (35-41)

  3. Jesus repeats a vision of true greatness through service (42-45)

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• April 09, 2018The Man Who Needs Nothing, Not Even Jesus

  An Exposition of Mark 10:17-31

  Today in our passage, Jesus is going to break common misconceptions about

  salvation. Namely, that God helps those who help themselves, or God saves

  good people. God only saves bad people. Period.

  Salvation is by God’s power and grace to those who embrace Jesus as their

  only hope, not to those feel good about their own achievements. And to be

  saved means submitting to Jesus Christ as Lord of all.

  Mark 10:17–31—17 As He was setting out on a journey, a man ran up to Him

  and knelt before Him, and asked Him, “Good Teacher, what shall I do to

  inherit eternal life?” 18 And Jesus said to him, “Why do you call Me good?

  No one is good except God alone. 19 “You know the commandments, ‘DO NOT

  MURDER, DO NOT COMMIT ADULTERY, DO NOT STEAL, DO NOT BEAR FALSE WITNESS, Do

  not defraud, HONOR YOUR FATHER AND MOTHER.’ ” 20 And he said to Him,

  “Teacher, I have kept all these things from my youth up.” 21 Looking at

  him, Jesus felt a love for him and said to him, “One thing you lack: go and

  sell all you possess and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in

  heaven; and come, follow Me.” 22 But at these words he was saddened, and he

  went away grieving, for he was one who owned much property.

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