Mechanicsville Church of Christ Audio

Today as we continue our series in Colossians we come to a passage we typically look at in superficial ways. The reality is many of us treat faith as superficial. We tend to think, as long as faith doesn't make me too uncomfortable or require too much from me then I'm good. But today Will challenge's us to go a little deeper and really let the Spirit of God into those aspects of faith we hesitate to give up. 

This week as we continue our look into the letter to the Church in Colossae, retired minister Mark Coffey shares with us how things and systems designed to bring us to the throne often become the very things we worship. We start chasing shadows of Christ rather than Christ himself. 

As we continue our study in Colossians we look at the implications Paul describes from the mystery revealed. The implications of Christ in us. Because we have recieved Christ Jesus, we are to walk in Him, be rooted in him, being built up in him, established in the faith, and abounding in gratitude. 

This week we look at the thesis of Paul's letter to the Church in Colossae. Everything else comes back to this one big idea and point. That Christ is supreme. Christ is over all. 

This week we look at the thesis of Paul's letter to the Church in Colossae. Everything else comes back to this one big idea and point. That Christ is supreme. Christ is over all. 

This week we begin a new series in the book of Colossians. We look at what Paul wants to tell the Church in Colossae when it comes to their faith and the false teaching they face. Paul begins by emphasizing the knowledge of the will of God in spiritual wisdom and understanding. 

This morning we continue our series as we look at the 3rd Chair. This chir is all about the suffering, servanthood, and sacrifice Christ calls his disciples to. It is not that we suffer, serve, and sacrifice in meaningless ways, but that our pursuit of becoming more like Jesus leads us to those things. This journey of following Jesus is a hard one, and for that reason many do not move beyond the 2nd chair. What about you? 

This week worship looked a bit different. This week we did not cancel church, we went to be the Church in our community! Our life groups met elsewhere and served our community in different ways. We are also blessed to participate with other churches as we united as the Church for our community in the name of Jesus! It was awesome!! 

This week, Josh Smith brings the word as he talks about the 2nd Chair. 

This week we continue our discipleship series by looking at where we all start our discipleship journey, the first chair. What we have to understand as disciples is what our role is with those in the first chair. Those in the first chair need followers of Christ willing to enter their world, ready and prepared to answer questions and talk about faith, and willing to be inconvienced. It sounds like a lot. It is. But this is what Christ calls us to. All from a motivation of love! Let us never miss the motivation of love.