Christian Life is a Life of Adoption (Matthew 3:16-17)

Message: Mat. 3:16-17   

16 When He had been baptized, Jesus came up immediately from the water; and behold, the heavens were opened to Him, and He[a] saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting upon Him. 17 And suddenly a voice came from heaven, saying, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”

Sunday September 17, 2017

“Christian Life is a Life of Adoption”

Pastor Enoch Hanokh

 

“Adoption is an act of God by which He publicly announces the sonship of His children, thereby declaring their adulthood encoded with every due privileges and responsibilities as members of His family.” 

Enoch Hanokh

 

Colossians 1:15-20 15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist. 18 And He is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things He may have the preeminence. 19 For it pleased the Father that in Him all the fullness should dwell, 20 and by Him to reconcile all things to Himself, by Him, whether things on earth or things in heaven, having made peace through the blood of His cross.

1. The image of the invisible God.  

Colossians 2:9-10 9 For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily; 10 and you are complete in Him, who is the head of all principality and power.

2. The First Born of all creation

Col. 1:15-18 15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist. 18 And He is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things He may have the preeminence.

3. In Him I am well pleased

Col. 1: .19-20 19 For it pleased the Father that in Him all the fullness should dwell, 20 and by Him to reconcile all things to Himself, by Him, whether things on earth or things in heaven, having made peace through the blood of His cross.

 

Questions:

1.  Why do you believe that Jesus is not a created being? Name some religious organizations which claim that He not God.

2. How do you understand the expression First Born in Col. 1:15?

3. What was God doing when He declared, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”?

4. What is adoption?

  

 

PUTTING ON THE NEW MAN IN CHRIST! [Colossians 3:8-11]

 

Looking unto Christ! [Colossians 3:1-7]

THE PASSAGE: COLOSSIAN 3:1-7

1If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God. 2Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth. 3dFor you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. 4 When Christ who is our life appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory. 5Therefore put to death your members which are on the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. 6 Because of these things the wrath of God is coming upon the sons of disobedience, 7 in which you yourselves once walked when you lived in them.

 

Sunday December 11, 2016

 

“LOOKING UNTO CHRIST!”

Pastor Enoch Hanokh

Scripture: Col. 3:1-7

 

1.     Raised in Christ-vv. 1-2;  Rom. 14

1If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God. 2 Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth.

§  Seeking those things which above-v. 1

§  Setting our minds on things above-v. 2

2.     What is our hope?-vv.4-5

4 When Christ who is our life appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory. 5Therefore put to death your members which are on the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.

§  When Christ shall appear-v. 4 

§  Mortifying the members of our bodies-v.5

3. The wrath of God-vv. 5-6

6 Because of these things the wrath of God is coming upon the sons of disobedience, 7 in which you yourselves once walked when you lived in them.

§  Sons of disobedience-v. 5

§  Considering where we were-v. 6

 

 

 

Based on today’s message, let us consider the following questions in sharing with one another the understanding and insight we have received from the Word of God. We are also encouraged to share with others how we want to apply the meaning of today’s message in our personal Christian life.

1. What are some of the spiritual principle that we have learned from today's message?
2. How can you apply these principles in your spiritual journey with God? 

 

The substance is of Christ [Colossians 2:16-23]

 

THE PASSAGE: COLOSSIAN 2:16-23

16So let no one judge you in food or in drink, or regarding a festival or a new moon or sabbaths, 17which are a shadow of things to come, but the substance is of Christ. 18Let no one cheat you of your reward, taking delight in false humility and worship of angels, intruding into those things which he has not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind, 19and not holding fast to the Head, from whom all the body, nourished and knit together by joints and ligaments, grows with the increase that is from God. 20Therefore, if you died with Christ from the basic principles of the world, why, as though living in the world, do you subject yourselves to regulations— 21“ Do not touch, do not taste, do not handle,” 22which all concern things which perish with the using— according to the commandments and doctrines of men? 23These things indeed have an appearance of wisdom in self-imposed religion, false humility, and 14neglect of the body, but are of no value against the indulgence of the flesh.

Sunday December 4, 2016

 

“THE SUBSTANCE IS OF CHRIST!”

Pastor Enoch Hanokh

Scripture: Col. 2:16-23

 

1.     The substance is of Christ-v. 16-17;  Rom. 14

§  Do we have a kind of Judaizers in the Church today?-v. 16; Rom. 14

§  Shadows of Christ and gospel-v. 17

 

2.      Holding fast to the Head-vv.18-19. 3:13

§  Disregarding thinks of the fleshly mind-v. 18

§  Holding fast to the Head-v.19

§  A growing body-v.19

§  Not under regulations-v.20

 

3.     Not walking in false humility-vv. 18; 20-23;

§  Pride is the root of false humility-v.18

§  Walking by the doctrine of God-v.22

§  How is flesh is overcome?-v.23

 

 

Based on today’s message, let us consider the following questions in sharing with one another the understanding and insight we have received from the Word of God. We are also encouraged to share with others how we want to apply the meaning of today’s message in our personal Christian life.

1. What are some of the spiritual principle that we have learned from today's message?
2. How can you apply these principles in your spiritual journey with God?

Triumphing in Chirst [Colossians 2:13-15]

 

Toward maturity in Christ [Colossians 2:6-12]

 

The Danger of Living in a Crowd [Colossians 1:3-8]

 

Walk in Him [Colossians 2:1-10]

 Passage:

Colossians 2:1-10

Not Philosophy but Christ

1For I want you to know what a great aconflict1 I have for you and those in Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh, 2that their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, and attaining to all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the knowledge of the mystery of God, 2both of the Father and of Christ, 3in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

4Now this I say lest anyone should deceive you with persuasive words.

5For though I am absent in the flesh, yet I am with you in spirit, rejoicing 3to see your good order and the steadfastness of your faith in Christ. 6As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, 7rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith, as you have been taught, abounding in it with thanksgiving.

8Beware lest anyone 5cheat you through philosophy and empty deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the basic principles of the world, and not according to Christ.

9For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead 6bodily; 10and you are complete in Him, who is the head of all 7principality and power. Col. 2:1-10

 

Speaker: Pastor Enoch Hanokh                                                      Sunday August 21, 2016

 

MESSAGE:

“WALK IN HIM”

 

Colossians 2:1-10

1. The riches of understanding the mystery of God-vs. 1-3
2. The deceit of persuasive words-v.4 (Weigh every human word by the Scripture)
3. Walk in Him (according as He has ordained)-vs.5-7
4. It is in Him that we are complete and not any human philosophy or traditions of men-vs.8-9

 

 

Daejeon Onnuri English Ministry:                                                   Sunday August 21, 2016

SMALL GROUP STUDY ON THE MESSAGE:

“WALK IN HIM”

 

Based on today’s message, let us consider the following questions in sharing with one another the understanding and insight we have received from the Word of God. We are also encouraged to share with others how we want to apply the meaning of today’s message in our personal Christian life.

1. What are some of the riches of the mystery of God in today’s passage?
2. What should be our attitude toward words?
3. The Scripture says we are complete. How is that?