{"id":1114,"date":"2010-10-28T16:09:20","date_gmt":"2010-10-28T22:09:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/?p=1114"},"modified":"2010-10-28T16:09:20","modified_gmt":"2010-10-28T22:09:20","slug":"follow-up-to-sundays-sermon-how-redemption-fuels-the-christian-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/2010\/10\/follow-up-to-sundays-sermon-how-redemption-fuels-the-christian-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Follow-up to Sunday’s Sermon: How Redemption Fuels the Christian Life"},"content":{"rendered":"

In Sunday’s message, How Redemption Fuels the\u00c2\u00a0Christian\u00c2\u00a0Life<\/a><\/em>, Ryan showed us from Colossians 1:11-14<\/a> how gratefulness for our redemption in Christ fuels the strength, patience and joy that Paul prays for God to give them. Martin Lloyd-Jones expands on this text and warns us against forgetting the centrality of Chris’s work in beginning and sustaining the Christian life:<\/p>\n

The gospel\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6, in the first instance, does not ask us to do anything – it is primarily an announcement of what God has done for us\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6. The work of the devil is to twist it, to pervert it\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6to prevent us from seeing it\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6, [to tell us] that the message of Christianity is a call to us to do something to put ourselves right, to put the world right, to stop this, to stop that! <\/span>But the very first principle of Christianity denies that completely; it is the exact opposite. Christianity is an announcement and a proclamation of what God has done. Yet people still persist in thinking that Christianity is a call to them to do something. That is why they do not sing and praise God; that is why their hearts are not on fire and full of rejoicing. It is because they think Christianity is a code of ethics, a way of life and of living. No, says Paul,\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 he [has qualified] us; he has done it all.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Love So Amazing: Expositions on Colossians 1<\/a><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Since this concludes three sermons on Paul’s prayer in Colossians, this is a good time to link to resources on the subject, so that we would more faithfully pray and in a way that is faithful to the gospel.<\/p>\n

Books:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Heart of Prayer<\/a><\/em>, Jerram Barrs<\/p>\n

A Call to Spiritual Reformation: Priorities from Paul and His Prayers<\/a><\/em>, D.A. Carson<\/p>\n

A Praying Life: Connecting With God in a Distracting World<\/a><\/em>, Paul Miller<\/p>\n

Praying Backwards: Transforming Your Prayer Life by Beginning in Jesus’ Name<\/a><\/em>, Bryan Chapel<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

DSC Audio:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Prizing the\u00c2\u00a0Privilege\u00c2\u00a0of Prayer<\/a><\/em>, Jerram Barrs<\/p>\n

Saturday Seminar: Prayer<\/a><\/em>, Ryan Kelly<\/p>\n

Learning Prayer from Paul<\/a><\/em>, Ryan Kelly<\/p>\n

Brokenness Unto Joy: Confession<\/a><\/em>, Tim Ragsdale<\/p>\n

Pursuing the Pleasure of His Presence in Prayer<\/a><\/em>, Ryan Kelly<\/p>\n

What to Pray for the Saints in Christ<\/a><\/em>, Ryan Kelly<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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