Elder Installation

July 10, 2016

Elder Installation

Preacher: Bill Bottger

Series: Topical Teachings

Service Type: Sunday Morning

Topics: Calvary Chapel

Colossians 2:20-3:17
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Colossians 2:8-23
Bill Bottger, January 16, 2022
Colossians 2:1-10
Bill Bottger, January 9, 2022
Colossians 1:19-29
Bill Bottger, January 2, 2022
Colossians 1:13-20
Bill Bottger, December 26, 2021

Apart from Christ the human race is at war with God. As Christians we are God’s ambassadors to “reconcile to God” those of this world through Christ’s message of redemption (2 Cor. 5:20-21). The message of the Gospel is this: “that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures” (1 Cor. 15:3-4) and that if they “Believe in the Lord Jesus” they will be saved (Acts 16:31). The message is not ours but God’s, so if rejected, it is not we who are rejected but God. No matter its reception we must be faithful and not be discouraged when it falls on deaf ears. We are to plant and water the seeds of the Gospel but it is God who will make it grow in their hearts. Something to think about…