2020-02-23 Shadows and Substance

2020-02-23 Shadows and Substance
by Pastor Eric McNeil

Scripture Reference: Colossians 2:16-19

16 Therefore no one is to act as your judge in regard to food or drink or in respect to a
festival or a new moon or a Sabbath day- 17 things which are a mere shadow of what is to come;
but the substance belongs to Christ. 18 Let no one keep defrauding you of your prize by
delighting in self-abasement and the worship of the angels, taking his stand on visions he has
seen, inflated without cause by his fleshly mind, 19 and not holding fast to the head, from
whom the entire body, being supplied and held together by the joints and ligaments, grows with
a growth which is from God.

2020-02-16 Complete In Christ, Part 3

2020-02-16 Complete In Christ, Part 3
by Pastor Eric McNeil

Scripture Reference: Colossians 2:13-15

13 When you were dead in your transgressions and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He made you alive together with Him, having forgiven us all our transgressions, 14 having canceled out the certificate of debt consisting of decrees against us, which was hostile to us; and He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross. 15 When He had disarmed the rulers and authorities, He made a public display of them, having triumphed over them through Him.

2020-02-09 Complete In Christ, Part 2

2020-02-09 Complete In Christ, Part 2

by Pastor Eric McNeil

Scripture Reference: Colossians 2:11-15

11 and in Him you were also circumcised with a circumcision made without hands, in the
removal of the body of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ; 12 having been buried
with Him in baptism, in which you were also raised up with Him through faith in the
working of God, who raised Him from the dead. 13 When you were dead in your
transgressions and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He made you alive together with
Him, having forgiven us all our transgressions, 14 having canceled out the certificate
of debt consisting of decrees against us, which was hostile to us; and He has taken it
out of the way, having nailed it to the cross. 15 When He had disarmed the rulers and
authorities, He made a public display of them, having triumphed over them through Him. 

2020-02-02 Complete in Christ

2020-02-02 Complete in Christ

by Pastor Eric McNeil

Scripture Reference: Colossians 2:8-10

8 See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, 

according to the tradition of men, according to the elementary principles of the world, 

rather than  according to Christ. 9 For in Him all the fullness of Deity dwells in 

bodily form, 10 and in Him you have been made complete, and He is the head over all rule 

and authority;

2020-01-26 Rooted and Built Up In Christ

2020-01-26 Rooted and Built Up In Christ

by Pastor Eric McNeil

Scripture Reference: Colossians 2:1-7

1 For I want you to know how great a struggle I have on your behalf and for those who are at Laodicea, and for all those who have not personally seen my face, 2 that their hearts may be encouraged, having been knit together in love, and attaining to all the wealth that comes from the full assurance of understanding, resulting in a true knowledge of God's mystery, that is, Christ Himself, 3 in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. 4 I say this so that no one will delude you with persuasive argument. 5 For even though I am absent in body, nevertheless I am with you in spirit, rejoicing to see your good discipline and the stability of your faith in Christ. 6 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.

2020-01-19 A Prayer for the Church

2020-01-19 A Prayer for the Church
by Pastor Eric McNeil

Scripture Reference: Colossians 1:9-14

9 For this reason also, since the day we heard of it, we have not ceased to pray for you and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, 10 so that you will walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, to please Him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God; 11 strengthened with all power, according to His glorious might, for the attaining of all steadfastness and patience; joyously 12 giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified us to share in the inheritance of the saints in Light. 13 For He rescued us from the domain of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son, 14 in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

2020-01-12 Don't Limp In 2020

2020-01-12  Don't Limp In 2020
by Hollis McGehee

Scripture Reference: Matthew 16:24-25 and more

24 Then Jesus said to his disciples, "Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. 25 For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will find it.