In this sermon, Pastor Joe Babij examines Colossians 2:20-23 and the warning the apostle Paul presents there against being lured away into false religion—even false Christianity. Paul gives three reasons to resist false religion: 1. Because their false religious practices are transitory (v. 22) 2. Because their false religious practices are merely human (v. 23a)…
In this sermon, Pastor Joe Babij examines Colossians 2:16-19 and the two warnings Paul gives Christians against false teachers demanding legalism, ascetism, or cult-like submission. 1. Sever yourself from any deformed pattern of Christian living and practice (vv. 16-17) 2. Sever yourself from those who have a diminished view of Christ (vv. 18-19)
In this sermon, Pastor Joe Babij examines Colossians 2:13-15 and Paul’s explanation of Christ’s salvation work made personal to believers so that they need no supplement to or substitute for Christ. Specifically, Paul presents three wondrous aspects of Christ’s salvific work: 1. Christ’s complete forgiveness of all our sins (v. 13b) 2. Christ’s complete obliteration…
In this sermon, Pastor Joe Babij examines Colossians 2:11-13 and the three pictures of believers’ completeness of salvation in Christ so that believers need no addition or substitute. 1. We are in union with Christ in his death (v. 11) 2. We are in union with Christ in his burial (v. 12a) 3. We are…
In this sermon, Pastor Joe Babij examines Colossians 2:8-10 and explains how believers are to walk faithfully based on whom they have received. Pastor Babij walks through the passage using three headings: 1. The Command (2:8a) 2. The Warning (2:8b) 3. The Completeness (2:9-10)
In this sermon, Pastor Joe Babij examines and preaches through Colossians 2:4-7.
In this sermon, Pastor Joe Babij examines and preaches through Colossians 2:1-5.
In this sermon, Pastor Joe Babij examines Colossians 1:29-2:5 and the believer’s need to strive for maturity in Christ and contend against false teaching. Full Transcript: There are certain words that have been spoken that have actually shaken the world. ‘What hath God wrought’ was the first long-distance message by morse code or by morse…
In this sermon, Pastor Joe Babij examines and explains the apostle Paul’s teaching in Colossians 1:24-29. Having clearly established the supremacy of Christ and Christ’s gospel, Paul next teaches how Christians should respond by laboring for Christ. Paul gives four requirements in order to labor for Christ’s supremacy: 1. Laboring for Christ’s Supremacy Requires Suffering…
In this sermon, Pastor Joe Babij examines Colossians 1:23 and Paul’s exhortation for believers to persist in the true gospel. Pastor Babij first outlines reasons given in the passage to persist in the gospel, then explains what the hope of the gospel is, and finally outlines some main ways to guard against being moved away…