Johnny Cash was down and almost out in Nickajack cave when God came to him personally. Saul was headed to Damascus to persecute Christians when God came to him personally. This tells us something. In the words of an old saying, “God meets you where you’re at, not where you should be at.”
It was true for the Man in Black, for Saul, for the Colossians, and it’s true for you as well. That, my friends, is very good news for imperfect people.
This sermon explores Colossians 1:24 – 2:5. This young church had it’s share of problems. They were drifting. Even still, Paul shared with them a mystery that had been hidden for generations: “Christ in you, the hope of glory.” Really? Even with their mixed-up thinking and relative immaturity? Yes. He meets us in our sin, shame, mistakes, weaknesses and questions.
Below is the YouTube video version. Under that is the audio-only download. You can also access a link to the “growing deeper” background content as a part of The Pulse Podcast with Matthew Ruttan.
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As mentioned, you can access the extra “growing deeper” background content as a part of The Pulse Podcast with Matthew Ruttan (by clicking here) or by finding it wherever you subscribe to podcasts — Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Audible, Amazon Music, or TuneIn. It’s called “Christ in you, the hope of glory.”
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