ONE MASTER: LORD JESUS Colossians 1:13-29

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ONE MASTER LORD JESUSColossians 113-29
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Introduction Worship is to the Lord God only

• Mat 48 Again, the devil took Him to a very high
  mountain and showed Him all the kingdoms of the
  world and their glory 9 and he said to Him, All
  these things I will give You, if You fall down
  and worship me. 10 Then Jesus said to him, Go,
  Satan! For it is written, You shall worship the
  Lord your God, and serve Him only.

• Isa 5522 And there is no other God besides Me, a
  righteous God and a Savior There is none except
  Me.

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How come many people and churches, including us,
are worshipping Jesus in our day?
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Majesty Jack Hayford, 1978

• Majesty, worship His majesty?Unto Jesus, be all
  glory,
• honor and praise
• Majesty, Kingdom authority?Flows from His
  throne?Unto His own, His anthem raise
• Chorus
• So exalt, lift up on high
• the Name of Jesus?Magnify, come glorify
• Christ Jesus the King?Majesty, worship His
  majesty?Jesus who died, now glorified? King of
  all kings

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How come people during Jesus time worshiped Him?

• Mat 211 After coming into the house they saw the
  Child with Mary His mother and they fell to the
  ground and worshiped Him.
• Mat 1432 When they got into the boat, the wind
  stopped. 33 And those who were in the boat
  worshiped Him, saying, You are certainly Gods
  Son!
• Mat 289 And behold, Jesus met them and greeted
  them. And they came up and took hold of His feet
  and worshiped Him.
• Luke 2451 While He was blessing them, He parted
  from them and was carried up into heaven. 52 And
  they, after worshiping Him, returned to Jerusalem
  with great joy, 53 and were continually in the
  temple praising God.

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How come, even in Heaven, Jesus our Master will
be honored and glorified?

• Rev 511 Then I looked, and I heard the voice of
  many angels around the throne and the living
  creatures and the elders and the number of them
  was myriads of myriads, and thousands of
  thousands, 12 saying with a loud voice, Worthy
  is the Lamb that was slain to receive power and
  riches and wisdom and might and honor and glory
  and blessing.

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How come Paul declared that Jesus is the
Lord/Master God highly honors and all will
worship?
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I. JESUS IS OUR LOVING MASTER

• Col 113 For He rescued us from the domain of
  darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of
  His beloved Son.

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I. JESUS IS OUR LOVING MASTER

• Jesus is loved by God from before time - John
  1724 Father, I desire that they also, whom You
  have given Me, be with Me where I am, so that
  they may see My glory which You have given Me,
  for You loved Me before the foundation of the
  world.
• The Love Jesus shared with His Father, He wants
  to share with us - John 1726 and I have made
  Your name known to them, and will make it known,
  so that the love with which You loved Me may be
  in them, and I in them. Cf. John 115 (Lazarus),
  His disciples (John 131), John 1323 1926
  202 217,20)

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C. Jesus love in us and our love for one another
identify us as the Masters followers

• John 1334 A new commandment I give to you, that
  you love one another, even as I have loved you .
  . . 35 By this all men will know that you are My
  disciples, if you have love for one another. Cf.
  John 1512
• John 159 Just as the Father has loved Me, I have
  also loved you abide in My love. 10 If you keep
  My commandments, you will abide in My love just
  as I have kept My Fathers commandments and abide
  in His love. 11 These things I have spoken to you
  so that My joy may be in you, and that your joy
  may be made full.

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The Importance of Obeying our Masters to Love
One another, even our enemies

• 1Cor 131 If I speak with the tongues of men and
  of angels, but do not have love, I have become a
  noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 If I have the
  gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all
  knowledge and if I have all faith, so as to
  remove mountains, but do not have love, I am
  nothing. 3 And if I give all my possessions to
  feed the poor, and if I surrender my body to be
  burned, but do not have love, it profits me
  nothing.

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II. JESUS IS OUR REDEEMING MASTER

• In the Old Testament, the Lord God Himself is
  presented as the Redeemer
• Deuteronomy 926 I prayed to the Lord and said,
  O Lord God, do not destroy Your people, even
  Your inheritance, whom You have redeemed through
  Your greatness, whom You have brought out of
  Egypt with a mighty hand. Cf. Neh 110
• Exodus 1513 In Your lovingkindness You have led
  the people whom You have redeemed In Your
  strength You have guided them to Your holy
  habitation. Cf. Deut 78 Isaiah 401-3
• In the NT, God accomplished Redemption, through
  His Beloved Son, Jesus our Master . . .

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II. JESUS IS OUR REDEEMING MASTER

• Jesus redeemed us by paying a terrible price
• Col 113 For He rescued us from the domain of
  darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of
  His beloved Son 14 in whom we have redemption . .
  . 20 and through Him to reconcile all things to
  Himself, having made peace through the blood of
  His cross . . .
• 1Pet 118 knowing that you were not redeemed with
  perishable things like silver or gold from your
  futile way of life inherited from your
  forefathers, 19 but with precious blood, as of a
  lamb unblemished and spotless, the blood of
  Christ.

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II. JESUS IS OUR REDEEMING MASTER

• B. Jesus redeemed us for blessings - Col 114 in
  whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.
  . . 20 and through Him to reconcile all things to
  Himself . . . 21 And although you were formerly
  alienated and hostile in mind, engaged in evil
  deeds, 22 yet He has now reconciled you in His
  fleshly body through death, in order to present
  you before Him holy and blameless and beyond
  reproach. . .
• Gal 313 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the
  Law, having become a curse for usfor it is
  written, Cursed is everyone who hangs on a
  tree 14 in order that in Christ Jesus the
  blessing of Abraham might come to the Gentiles,
  so that we would receive the promise of the
  Spirit through faith.

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 III. JESUS IS OUR SUSTAINING MASTER

• A. Jesus is the Pre-Eminent Master of All
  Creation - Col 115 He is the image of the
  invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.
  16 For by Him all things were created, both in
  the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible,
  whether thrones or dominions or rulers or
  authoritiesall things have been created through
  Him and for Him.

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 III. JESUS IS OUR SUSTAINING MASTER

• B. Jesus is the Pre-Eminent Sustainer of All
  Creation - Col 117 Gods Son was before all
  else, and by Him everything is held together. CEV
•      And all things continue because of him. ERV,
  ICB
• holds it all together right up to this moment.
  MSG
• Heb 12 in these last days has spoken to us in
  His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things,
  through whom also He made the world. 3 And He is
  the radiance of His glory and the exact
  representation of His nature, and upholds all
  things by the word of His power.

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IV. JESUS IS OUR GLORIOUS MASTER OF THE CHURCH

• Jesus is the Lord of the Church - Col 118 He is
  also head of the body, the church. He is the
  beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that
  He Himself will come to have first place in
  everything.
• Is Jesus truly Lord, Master, or No. 1 in
  churches today? Have we not replaced Him with
  moralism, personalities, denominational
  distinctive, strategies and methods, and other
  things? What is the pre-occupation of churches
  today?

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IV. JESUS IS OUR GLORIOUS MASTER IN THE CHURCH

• B. Jesus is the Hope of the Church and Creation
  - Col 119 For it was the Fathers good pleasure
  for all the fullness to dwell in Him, 20 and
  through Him to reconcile all things to Himself .
  . . whether things on earth or things in heaven.
  . . 25 Of this church I was made a minister
  according to the stewardship from God bestowed on
  me for your benefit, so that I might fully carry
  out the preaching of the word of God, 26 that is,
  the mystery which has been hidden from the past
  ages and generations, but has now been manifested
  to His saints, 27 to whom God willed to make
  known what is the riches of the glory of this
  mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in
  you, the hope of glory

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B. Jesus is the Hope of the Church and Creation

• Rom 828 And we know that God causes all things
  to work together for good to those who love God,
  to those who are called according to His purpose.
  29 For those whom He foreknew, He also
  predestined to become conformed to the image of
  His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among
  many brethren 30 and these whom He predestined,
  He also called and these whom He called, He also
  justified and these whom He justified, He also
  glorified.

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CONCLUDING APPLICATION

• Col 128 We proclaim Him, admonishing every man
  and teaching every man with all wisdom, so that
  we may present every man complete in Christ.
  29 For this purpose also I labor, striving
  according to His power, which mightily works
  within me.

1. Jesus is our LOVING Master 2. Jesus is our
REDEEMING Master 3. Jesus is our
SOVEREIGN Master 4. Jesus is our GLORIOUS
Master
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If Jesus is this Kind of Master, how then should
we and the church respond?

• A. Let us proclaim Christ Acts 542 And every
  day, in the temple and from house to house, they
  kept right on teaching and preaching Jesus as the
  Christ.
• 1cor 22 And when I came to you, brethren, I did
  not come with superiority of speech or of wisdom,
  proclaiming to you the testimony of God. 2 For I
  determined to know nothing among you except Jesus
  Christ, and Him crucified. Cf. 1Cor 123
• 2 Corinthians 44 The god of this age has blinded
  the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see
  the light of the gospel that displays the glory
  of Christ, who is the image of God.

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If Jesus is this Kind of Master, how then should
we and the church respond?

• B. Let us be Purposive in our Ministries Col
  128 We proclaim Him, admonishing every man and
  teaching every man with all wisdom, so that we
  may present every man complete in Christ.
• Illustration 1Cor 1031

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If Jesus is this Kind of Master, how then should
we and the church respond?

• C. Let us persevere in accordance to Gods Power
  made available to us in Christ Col 129 For
  this purpose also I labor, striving according to
  His power, which mightily works within me. Cf.
  Phil 413

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Majesty Jack Hayford, 1978

• Majesty, worship His majesty?Unto Jesus, be all
  glory, honor and praise
• Majesty, Kingdom authority Flows from His
  throne?Unto His own, His anthem raise
• Chorus
• So exalt, lift up on high the Name of
  Jesus?Magnify, come glorify Christ Jesus the
  King?Majesty, worship His majesty?Jesus who died,
  now glorified King of all kings

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QUESTIONS FOR TABLE DISCUSSION

• 1. How do we preserve and especially promote the
  Christ-centeredness in our preaching/teaching and
  ministries in our churches and denominations?
• 2. How do we promote the Lordship of Christ in
  PCEC constituencies and in our country.

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