Sermon Sketch for Sunday, May 11

Jesus Christ is Lord
Our beliefs about God, the Cross, the Church, and the World.

Readings:
OT - Deuteronomy 6:4-9
NT – Colossians 1:15-23

Philippians 2:5-11
5 Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus: 6 Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, 7 but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. 8 And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient to death—even death on a cross! 9 Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, 10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11 and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Intro:
Pastoral Context
- Christ himself demonstrates the life and attitude we are called to live
- encouragement, tenderness, compassion, selflessness, regard for needs of others
Creedal Context
- Quotes a creedal hymn / well-known by 61 A.D.
- The deity, messianic role, and resurrection of Jesus did not develop over a long time
Cultural Context
- Pliny the Younger (c. 62 - c.113 AD) Roman Governor of Bithynia (present-day NW Turkey)
- Around 111 or 112 AD, he wrote a letter to Emperor for advice on how to deal with Christians.
- “…they sang in alternate verses a hymn to Christ, as to a god…”

JESUS IS GOD
Phil. 2:6-7
6 Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, 7 but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness.
John 1:1,14 / Col. 1:15-17

JESUS IS SAVIOR
Phil. 2:8
8 And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient to death—even death on a cross!
Acts 4:12

JESUS IS LORD
Phil. 2:9-11
9 Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, 10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11 and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. Acts 2:22-24, 32-33, 36

OUR RESPONSE

Believe – Jesus is God
John 3:16-17

Repent – Jesus is Savior
Acts 3:19

Confess – Jesus is Lord
Romans 10:9-10

Baptism – The Witness of Our Faith
Acts 2:37-41