we can live on mission because of the confidence we have in the work of Christ on the Cross and the work of the Holy Spirit in our lives.

We are not just called to be an audience. God calls the church to be an army.

Our mission is to join with our heavenly father in the ministry of reconciliation, we ought to approach that purpose with confidence and boldness not in what we have done but what Jesus Christ has done for us on the cross and what the HE is doing in our lives.

The question is not if God is speaking – but if we are listening.

Jesus is my authority, and his Kingdom is my priority.

Are you hearing his voice, listening, knowing, and obeying all that he commanded. Jesus was a prophet powerful and word and deed. A holistic Gospel. We don’t want the Great commission to become the Great OMISSION.

Isaiah 6:8a; John 10:27; Matthew 28:18-10, 4:17,19,23

Church… I believe this first week is a moment of decision. Isaiah didn’t just see the

Lord, he responded. When he saw the glory of God, it broke him, it changed him, and it

sent him.

It’s about a commitment to See God on Purpose.

We started this chapter talking about the big implications of being united with Christ.

When you belong to Him, it changes everything. When Christ becomes your life, He changes what you look at, what you live for, and how you love others.

The false teachers in Colossae said, Jesus plus something. Paul says, Jesus plus nothing equals everything.

Know who Jesus is | Know what He’s done | Know who you are | Know what to do

In the first 3 verses, Paul is saying here is what I want for you. I want you to know that in Christ alone there is wisdom and knowledge.

Paul is warning them of the add-on trap that Satan is setting. Let me show you some of these add-ons that may be affecting your life even today.

Where are you looking for "fullness" outside of Christ? (Career, relationships, hobbies,

religious performance?).

Live from your new identity...holy, blameless, loved. Stop seeing yourself as an enemy

or an outsider...embrace the reconciliation

Find Meaning in Your Suffering. How can your struggles, when offered to God, serve to

build up others in the body of Christ?

"Christ in you" is your hope. Your spiritual life is about relying on His presence and

power, not your own willpower.

Unless we put Jesus first in everything, He’s not truly first at all.

Making Jesus “Lord” of your life means that He must have the first and last word in all

things that concern you. It means you are called to walk with Him, to prove yourself

valuable to Him, to please Him and do what He wants, when He wants it, and in the way

He wants it done.

When you truly...once and for all surrender and make Him Lord over it all. It’s the most

freeing experience in life.

Paul is saying...I want you to know the will of God and the reason I want you to know

the will of God is...

Colossians 2:10 - so that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him: bearing fruit in

every good work and growing in the knowledge of God, 11 being strengthened with

all power, according to his glorious might, so that you may have great endurance

and patience, joyfully 12 giving thanks to the Father, who has enabled you to share

in the saints’ inheritance in the light.

The question that jumps out is...How do I discern Gods Will?

By default we are Children of Darkness – by choice we become Children of Light.

Jesus said in John 8.12 | I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will never

walk in darkness but will have the light of life.