CHBC Connect for April 26, 2024
God’s Vision for CHBC: 3 Piers, 3 Pillars, and 3 Purposes
3 Purposes: Equipping Believers, Exalting Christ, and Extending the Gospel
“Therefore, as you have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, 7 having been firmly rooted and now being built up in Him and established in your faith, just as you were instructed, and overflowing with gratitude.” (Col. 2:6-7). Exalting Christ is a Christian lifestyle, not a church activity.
Christians gather to worship Jesus Christ as Lord because we are commanded to do so, because we need one another, and because we desire to express our worship of God with our brothers and sisters in Christ. But that gathering is an overflow of our personal treasuring of Christ. A Christian values Christ above all things, and desires to live in such a way that others see that lifestyle and are moved to decide for themselves what they will do with Christ.
Paul uses the phrase “overflowing with gratitude,” at the end of v. 7. To exalt Christ is to live with gratitude toward God for providing Christ as our substitute, and as our sympathetic High Priest. Our gratitude should be what motivates a lifestyle of worship, obedience to God’s Word, the sharing of our faith with unbelievers, and the desire to serve the body with our spiritual gifts.
By His Grace and For His Glory,
Pastor Mark
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