Superior Savior: Legalism and License

Colossians
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Superior Savior: Legalism and License
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Legalism compels us to earn God’s grace through rules that other humans put on us.  License gives people freedom to sin without repercussion.  Often times, we want to put more rules on people who live in license and free legalists up to sin, but that is not the antidote! We must all have faith that God has done enough for us to not only save us, but also fulfill us in this life and give us liberty to live according to God’s plan.

Sermons in this Series

A Superior Savior: Instructions for Christian Living

By Dave Warner December 9, 2018

In our final installment from the book of Colossians we find instructions for living the Christian life.  These instructions do not dictate our relationship with God but rather when we follow them we are responding to God’s love and grace to us. These are goals to strive for as people on a journey to Christlikeness…

A Superior Savior: If Not For Christ

By Dave Warner December 2, 2018

Where would you be without Jesus? If not for Jesus where would your life be? Who would you be? How would you behave? If you believe in Jesus, then you have been raised to new life in Him, that fact demands a response. The Apostle Paul, in his letter to the Colossians gives us a…

Superior Savior: Legalism and License

By Dave Warner November 25, 2018

Legalism compels us to earn God’s grace through rules that other humans put on us.  License gives people freedom to sin without repercussion.  Often times, we want to put more rules on people who live in license and free legalists up to sin, but that is not the antidote! We must all have faith that…

A Superior Savior: A Philosophy of Grace

By Dave Warner November 18, 2018

Christians all too often slip into easy judgmentalism rather than doing the hard work of grace.  Paul, in his letter to the Colossians corrects the heresy of Gnosticism and encourages them to walk, be rooted and built up in the way in which they came to know Jesus Christ as Lord – in the Way…

A Superior Savior: A Preeminent Jesus

By Dave Warner November 11, 2018

In the letter to the Colossians Church, Paul lays out a case that Jesus is better, stronger and more powerful than any other option with which we could find to try and substitute him. There is no substitute for Jesus, he is the ONLY way to have a relationship with God and besides, there is…

A Superior Savior: Qualified for the Kingdom

By Dave Warner November 4, 2018

The Apostle Paul had a well-documented history of persecuting Christians throughout Jerusalem and surrounding areas, until Jesus broke through in his life and delivered him from the domain of darkness and transferred him into the Kingdom of Jesus by redeeming him and forgiving.  This is the work that qualified Paul for the kingdom and the…