Discover the theology of Christ in the book of Colossians – where Jesus is the ultimate solution to every question and challenge. He reigns supreme, fulfills every need, and gives us new life. We pray that this series on Jesus will lead to an overflow of obedience that ripples through our hearts, homes, community, and, ultimately, the world, all for the glory of Christ.
The Gospel Mosaic
Speakers
Josh Blount
Lead Pastor
Notes
Colossians 3:1 If 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. 3 For 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.
Hebrews 10:12 But this Man, after He had offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down at the right hand of God.
1 Peter 3:22 Has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels and authorities and powers subject to Him.
Ephesians 2:6 God raised us up with Christ and seated us with Him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus.
We have been lifted into a life beyond ourselves, not because of what we’ve done, but because of what He has done. God has placed us in Christ, giving us access to all that He has won—so that we may live and walk as victors through His finished work. — Smith Wigglesworth
Colossians 3:2 Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth.
All the Goods are above.
James 1:17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning.
Every single good thing in our lives, it’s all from God from above!
Because your seated above, don’t think below.
Some people are so heavenly-minded that they are no earthly good.— Oliver Wendell Holmes
People who are Heavenly minded love better. They care more about people. They’re more passionate about justice. They treat the world around them with respect.
The real danger isn’t in thinking too much about heaven; it’s in forgetting it altogether.
Colossians 3:5 Therefore put to death your members which are on the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.
If it has no place beside Jesus in Heaven, it should have no place in partnership with me on earth.
Paul is calling us to recognize that our membership status has changed and live according to who we belong to.
Colossians 3:6 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. 8 But now you yourselves are to put off all these: anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy language out of your mouth. 9 Do not lie to one another, since you have put off the old man with his deeds, 10 and have put on the new man who is renewed in knowledge according to the image of Him who created him, 11 where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcised nor uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave nor free, but Christ is all and in all. 12 Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on tender mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering; 13 bearing with one another, and forgiving one another, if anyone has a complaint against another; even as Christ forgave you, so you also must do. 14 But above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfection.
We need to actively take off anything that doesn’t line up with who we are now in Jesus—old habits, old mindsets, old behaviors— and put on this new life, a life that actually shows who we’ve become.
Following Jesus doesn’t mean we’re suddenly perfect.
It’s not just about taking off the old; it’s about stepping into the new.
Colossians 3:10 and have put on the new man who is renewed in knowledge
renewed - a deep, transformative change.
By knowledge.
Isaiah 55:8-9 “For My thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways My ways,” says the Lord. 9 “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways, And My thoughts than your thoughts.
2 Peter 1:20-21 No prophecy of Scripture is of any private interpretation, 21 for prophecy never came by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit.
God’s word is full of God’s higher thoughts, so if you want God’s higher thoughts, if you want “above” thoughts to set your mind to, you have to get into God’s word.
Colossians 3:15 And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body; and be thankful.
rule = brabeuō - to be an umpire.
If you don’t have peace, don’t move forward.
Colossians 3:16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
The word of Christ is the gospel—the truth that Jesus has come to redeem, restore, and make us whole.
To “dwell richly” means that Jesus’ words get so deeply rooted in us that they change the way we think, feel, and act. It’s His truth becoming part of us so that it overflows into everything we do.
Colossians 3:12 Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on tender mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering; 13 bearing with one another, and forgiving one another, if anyone has a complaint against another; even as Christ forgave you, so you also must do. 14 But above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfection.
Colossians 3:12 Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved,
Put On:
Tender Mercies (Compassion)
Compassion sees beyond the situation and connects with the persons behind it.
Put On:
Kindness
Kindness is what turns our compassion into something tangible.
Compassion allows us to feel another’s burden; kindness calls us to lift it. Compassion sees, kindness responds. One cannot truly have kindness without first having compassion—it is the foundation of all true acts of love. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Put On:
Humility
Humility is not thinking less of yourself, but thinking of yourself less. It is the freedom to stop being preoccupied with yourself and start serving others in love. — C.S. Lewis
Humility that doesn’t seek attention but freely gives it.
Put On:
Meekness
Meekness is strength under control.
The meekness of Jesus was not weakness. He who made the world and governs the heavens was content to live as a servant and suffer as a Savior. Christ’s gentleness was the fullness of power restrained and offered up in love—His was a strength that drew people close rather than drove them away. — A.W. Tozer
Put On:
Longsuffering or patience.
patience - makrothumia.
makro—for a long time
thumia—heat.
Patience means we’re willing to endure, willing to keep showing up, willing to bear with someone’s growth even when it’s slow.
Put On:
Forbearance and Forgiveness
Forbearance isn’t just putting up with people; it’s a commitment to love them in their imperfections, to stay even when it’s easier to walk away. Paul’s call to ‘bear with one another’ is a call to unity in the body of Christ, a unity that is only possible when we forgive as Jesus forgave us—freely, fully, without holding on to past hurts. —Jack Hayford
Put On:
Love
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Sermon Series || Colossians Series - The Gospel Mosaic || Colossians 3:1-4 “If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God. Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth. For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ who is our life appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory.”
Every single good thing in our lives, it’s all from God from above! What are some of those good things?
We talked about how we are seated above, and because of that we should not be thinking below. People who are Heavenly minded love better. They care more about people. They’re more passionate about justice. They treat the world around them with respect. Are there areas in your life where you are not thinking above, but are thinking below?
Paul calls us to recognize that our membership status has changed and live according to who we belong to. We need to actively take off anything that doesn’t line up with who we are now in Jesus—old habits, old mindsets, old behaviors— and put on this new life, a life that actually shows who we’ve become. And how do we do that? Through knowledge. How do we gain that knowledge? Through the Word of God. Are you getting into the Word daily? If not, what is a first step to getting into it?
Paul tells us we need to take off the old, and put on the new. Colossians 3:12-14 describes the new we are to put on daily. Put on:
Tender Mercies (Compassion)
Kindness
Humility
Meekness
Long suffering or Patience
Forbearance or Forgiveness
Love
What do you need to put on? What is the Holy Spirit saying to you?
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November Series: Staring Contest
Power Verse: Fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. Hebrews 12:2 NIV
Week 2 Lesson: Eye to Eye (Zacchaeus)
What was Zacchaeus’ job? A tax collector
Who did Zacchaeus want to see? Jesus
What was different about Zacchaeus? He was short
What did he do to see Jesus? Climbed a tree
What did Jesus do? Invited himself to dinner at Zacchaeus’ house
What happened? Zacchaeus gave his heart to Jesus and returned all the stolen money
What does it mean to be intentional?
How can we see Jesus eye to eye? -
November Series: Staring Contest
Power Verse: Fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. Hebrews 12:2 NIV
Week 2 Lesson: Eye to Eye (Zacchaeus)
What was Zacchaeus’ job? A tax collector
Who did Zacchaeus want to see? Jesus
What was different about Zacchaeus? He was short
What did he do to see Jesus? Climbed a tree
What did Jesus do? Invited himself to dinner at Zacchaeus’ house
What happened? Zacchaeus gave his heart to Jesus and returned all the stolen money
What does it mean to be intentional?
How can we see Jesus eye to eye? -
November Series: Honor
Pre-K Power Verse: "Give and it will be given to you. Good measure pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap." Luke 6:38
Learn the Luke 6:38 hand motions here!
Week 2 Lesson: Tithe
1. What does it mean to tithe?
2. How much money do we give to God? 3. What does it mean to honor God?
4. Are just parents supposed to tithe?
5. Who is the most generous?
6. Who is in charge of our money?
7. What does God do when we tithe?
8. Should you tithe if you’re just a kid?answers
1| give some of our money to God 2| the first part/10% 3| to respect & worship God 4| no 5| God 6| God 7| gives more back to us 8| yes!
NEW!! Pick up a November parent resource page from your child’s class! -
Twos Power Verse: “Give thanks with a grateful heart.” Psalm 9:1
Learn the Psalm 9:1 power verse here!
Threes Power Verse: “Give and it will be given to you. Good measure pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap.” Luke 6:38
Learn the Luke 6:38 hand motions here!
Lesson all month in both classrooms: Jehoshaphat
1. Who was Jehoshephat?
2. Was he a man of God?
3. When the enemy approached, what did Jehoshephat do? 4. What happened to the enemy?
5. What are ways we honor God?
6. What is your favorite worship song?
7. Can you say Jehoshephat 3 times fast? :)answers
1| a general in the army 2| yes 3| He put the best worshippers at the front of the battle to worship Gpd instead of killing Jehoshephat’s army 4| they got confused and killed each other instead of Jehosphephat’s army 5| tithe, worship, serve
NEW!! Pick up an November parent resource page from your child’s class!