Teaching by Travis Allen (Page 3)
Dying Decrees of Dead Men
Colossians 2:20-23 We return to Colossians Chapter 2, and we are at the end of the chapter, this great chapter, and looking at the final verses, Colossians 2:20 through 23, so you can find your way there in your Bibles. And at this point in the letter, Paul has become quite direct in his confrontation of these false teachers. And as we’ve seen, he is less interested to sift through the errors of their doctrine and more interested instead, more…
The Features of False Teachers
Colossians 2:16-19 Well, as we come to our study of God’s Word this morning, like to invite you to turn in your Bibles to Colossians 2:16. Colossians 2:16. And this is where Paul gets direct and confronts the false teachers who have come to trouble the Colossian church. As we have been going through ever since chapter 1 all the way to this very moment, Paul has been preparing the Colossians for exactly this point in the epistle. He’s been…
The Fullness of Christ’s Salvation
Colossians 2:12-15 We return to Colossians 2 this morning, which has been such a rich study in the ground of Christian assurance and the ground of Christian assurance is outside of ourself. It’s in Christ and Christ alone, and that’s what Paul is rejoicing in, in Colossians chapter 2. The occasion for Paul writing to the Colossians, as we have repeated throughout our study, is the threat of false teaching. False teachers were troubling the church. They intended to draw…
Christ Serves His People
Hebrews 2:16-18 I want to welcome you back this evening and invite you to open your Bibles to Hebrews chapter 2. We’re looking at Hebrews 2:14 to 18, on the fullness of Christ’s work to save and serve and sanctify. And let me read these verses to you as we begin this evening. Hebrews 2:14 through 18. “Therefore, since the children share in flesh and blood, He Himself likewise also partook of the same, that through death He might render…
A Brand-New Heart in Christ
Colossians 2:11 Please turn in your Bibles to Colossians chapter 2. Colossians chapter 2 and we are coming to some rich doctrines of salvation formerly studied under the heading of Soteriology, soteria referring to salvation and ology, the study of; so it’s the study of the doctrines of salvation, the teaching of the Bible on salvation. Paul has, as we saw last time, he has warned against Christless philosophy, Colossians 2:8, and that leads to a profound and rather dense…
Christ Saves His People
Hebrews 2:14-15 Well, good evening. Tonight will be part one of, it’s a single sermon needs to go together, but I don’t have that kind of time tonight. So you get the first part today, second part next week. Turn to Hebrews chapter 2, end of the chapter, Hebrews 2:14 through 18. I have in my past had people come up to me, students come up to me, younger Christians come up to me and ask why it is that…
Christless Philosophy
Colossians 2:8-10 Turn in your Bibles to Colossians 2:8. Colossians 2:8, here in this text, Paul is really kind of turning a corner as he issues a warning and he expresses a serious concern, but even after he issues this warning, expresses a serious concern, he goes right back to Christ, his glory, his greatest treasure and that is what we want to see in the text before us today. Paul has reminded the Colossians of their confession, Christ Jesus…
Our Pioneer Through Suffering to Glory
Hebrews 2:10-13 Well, good evening, turn in your Bibles to Hebrews chapter 2 as we are continuing our study of a pastor’s exhortation to his church. And as we have seen, obviously this is not just any pastor, not just any exhortation. It’s not a typical sermon for a Sunday morning. This pastor is making use of a prophetic gift to write this word of exhortation, and this one is superintended by the Holy Spirit to guarantee its inerrancy, its…
A Deepening Walk in Christ
Colossians 2:6-7 Grab your Bibles, please, and turn to Paul’s letter to the Colossians. We’ve come to the heart of the letter in Colossians 2:6 and 7. Colossians 2:6 and 7, that’ll be our text for today. And in our study of Colossians so far, we’ve worked our way through Paul’s rather long introduction. It started in chapter 1, verse 1, and has gone all the way to chapter 2, verse 5. He’s addressing this church, in his introduction with…
A Ministry of Love to the Heart
Colossians 2:1-5 Well, you can open your Bibles this morning to Colossians, and we’re looking at the first five verses of Colossians 2. Find your way to Colossians 2:1-5, as we know from our previous study, over the past few weeks Paul has been explaining to the Colossians his apostolic ministry, his calling to be the Apostle of Christ, to the Gentiles in particular. And in the text before us today, he is transitioning to speak of his ministry in…