Christ Above All: Living Out Colossians In Everyday Life

Christ Above All:

Living Out Colossians in Everyday Life

This Sunday we begin a five-week journey through Paul’s letter to the Colossians titled Christ Above All: Living Out Colossians in Everyday Life.

In the mid-60s AD, a young church in the small city of Colossae faced a subtle but dangerous threat. False teachers were blending Greek philosophy, Jewish rituals, mystical experiences, and ascetic practices, quietly suggesting that Jesus was good—but not enough. To be truly spiritual, they said, you needed secret knowledge, stricter rules, or angelic visions. Paul, writing from a Roman prison, responded with one of the most powerful declarations in all Scripture: Jesus Christ is supreme over everything—creation, redemption, the church, and every competing power. In Him “are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge” (Colossians 2:3). He is not one option among many; He is all in all.

Colossians is a clarion call for our time. Today we encounter similar pressures: self-help gurus promising fulfillment apart from Christ, cultural voices redefining truth, progressive theologies adding requirements to grace, and everyday distractions that quietly dethrone Jesus from first place. This letter reminds us that the gospel is sufficient, Christ is preeminent, and every area of life—our thoughts, relationships, work, and witness—must flow from that reality.

Over the next five weeks we will unpack five major themes, each sermon building on the last:

1. The Supremacy of Christ – Our Foundation for Faith
2. Beware of False Teachings – Guarding the True Gospel
3. The New Life in Christ – Putting Off the Old Self
4. Christ-Centered Relationships – Honoring God at Home and Work
5. Devoted to Prayer and Witness – Advancing the Gospel

We begin this Sunday with The Supremacy of Christ – Our Foundation for Faith (Colossians 1:1-23).

Paul opens with thanksgiving for the Colossians’ faith, love, and hope, then explodes into one of the Bible’s most majestic hymns exalting Jesus as the image of the invisible God, the Creator and Sustainer of all things, the Head of the church, the firstborn from the dead, and the reconciler of sinners through His cross. We were once alienated enemies—yet Christ has made us holy and blameless. The message is clear: because Jesus is supreme, we have a solid foundation for joyful, enduring faith no matter what pressures we face.

Come ready to have your eyes lifted to the One who holds everything together.