Expository Scriptures
Christ, The Center of Christianity – Part 8
Colossians 4:2-6; 7-18 Scripture Reference Colossians 4:2-6, 7-18 Introduction We conclude our series “Christ, The Center of Christianity” by finishing Colossians chapter 4. Dr. Terry LeQuieu brings practical, pastoral instruction that shows how a Christ-centered life looks in prayer, speech, conduct toward the lost, and in the fellowship of the local church. Paul’s closing remarks in Colossians show us both what the Christian’s life should emphasize and the kinds of Christians we become by practice. We will follow Paul’s sequence:…
Christ the Center of Christianity – Part 5
This week take concrete steps to allow Christ to be central in your life. The following are practical, measurable actions to help you mortify the flesh and put on the new man. Daily Bible Intake Action: Read Colossians 3 each morning this week. Underline the “put off” and “put on” items. Goal: Know at least three items to put off and three virtues to put on by the end of the week. Confess and Remove One Stronghold Action: Identify one…
Christ is the Center of Christianity – Part 4
Colossians, chapter number three. Scripture Reference Colossians 3:1-4 If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory. Introduction Christ is the Center of Christianity —…
Christ Is The Center of Christianity-Part 3
Colossians 1:22-29 Scripture Reference Colossians 1:22-29 — “In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight: If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister. Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that…
Christ Is The Center of Christianity – Part 2
Colossians, Chapter number one. We started our study on Sunday night in the Book of Colossians. And again, the theme of the Book of Colossians is this, that Christ is the center of Christianity. Christ is the center of Christianity. Everything that we do in this Christian life ought to revolve around the Lord Jesus Christ. We don’t live our Christian lives for notoriety. We don’t live our Christian lives so that our name can be put on a sign.…
Understanding the Will of God – Part 7
Ephesians, chapter number five. Ephesians, chapter number five. Everybody else gets a Sunday afternoon nap. I get a Sunday afternoon candy snack. Amen. Scripture Reference Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God. Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body. Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ,…
Understanding the Will of God- Part 5
Scripture Reference Ephesians 4:17-24; 25-32; Ephesians 5:1-14 KJV Introduction Title: “Understanding the Will of God – Part 5” preached by Dr. Terry LeQuieu. In this message from Ephesians 4 and the opening of chapter 5, the preacher leads us through the idea of the illuminated person of God. As we seek to understand God’s will—His plan and purpose—we must allow God to illuminate Himself to us. That illumination is both inward (renewal of mind and heart) and outward (our words,…