Northside Notes February 1-2, 2020 The Indwelling Christ

Christ in You, The Hope of Glory To them God chose to make known how great among the Gentiles are the riches of the
Series: Jesus is Enough glory of this mystery, which is Christ in you the hope of Glory. (v. 27)
Scripture: Colossians 1:24-29
Made known to the nations
Suffering
Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am filling up what is The riches of the glory of this mystery
lacking in Christ’s afflictions for the sake of his body, that is the church. (v. 24) Christ in you

Rejoice in my sufferings – for the sake of the gospel. The hope of glory

Get the gospel out to all Proclaim Him!

‘It wouldn’t matter if Jesus died 1000 times if nobody ever Him we proclaim, warning everyone and teaching everyone with all wisdom, that we
may present everyone mature in Christ. (v. 28)
heard about it.’ - Martin Luther

‘Christ’s cross was for propitiation, ours for propagation. *Warning Everyone
Christ suffered to accomplish salvation. We suffer to spread *Teaching Everyone
salvation.’ – A Romanian pastor
*Present Everyone
How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And
how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And Work Hard – Put Your All In It
how are they to hear without someone preaching? And how are they
to preach unless they are sent? Romans 10:14-15a For this I toil, struggling with all his energy that he powerfully works within me.
(v. 29)
Serve the Lord through His church
Toiling
The stewardship of the ministry Struggling
Of which I became a minister according to the stewardship from God that was given to With His energy
me for you, to make the word of God fully known. (v. 25)
Powerfully working in believers
From God
Given to his servants The key to the Christian life is Christ in your life.
Make the word of God fully known. 1. You will be able to face suffering.
2. You will steward well the ministry God gives you.
From Mystery to Revelation
3. You will declare the gospel.
The mystery hidden for ages and generations but now revealed to his saints. (v. 26)
4. You will live with hope because of Christ.
It was a mystery. 5. You will proclaim him to everyone with intentionality.
Now it’s clear. 6. You will labor faithfully, in the power of the Lord.
Revealed to his saints
All scripture from the English Standard Version unless otherwise noted