ROOTED IN JESUS

PANDOThe Trembling Giant

Clonal colony of a “Quaking Aspen” tree

One single living organism

47,000+ clones over 107 acres

80K to 1M years old

One massive root systemFishlake Nat’l Forest, Utah

JESUSJESUSFollowers of Christ

STAY ROOTED!

YOU RECEIVED CHRIST JESUS, THE MASTER; NOW LIVE HIM. YOU’RE DEEPLY ROOTED IN HIM. COLOSSIANS 2:6 (MSG)

SYNCRETISMthe combination of different forms of belief or practice.

and

GNOSTICISM1) “Higher knowledge” beyond what’s in the Bible. 2) Doesn’t matter what we do with our bodies.

GNOSTICISM1) Bible: God-inspired, infallible rule of faith and

practice (Jn 17:17; 2Tim 3:15-17; Heb 4:12) 2) Jesus was truly God and truly human and did die

for our sins. (Jn 1:1-5; 14; Heb 2:14-17)

WHY WE NEED TO BE ROOTED IN JESUS

COLOSSIANS 1:15-17 (NIVR)15 The Son is the exact likeness of God, who can’t be seen. The Son is first, and he is over all creation. 16 All things were created in him. He created everything in heaven and on earth. He created everything that can be seen and everything that can’t be seen. He created kings, powers, rulers and authorities. All things have been created by him and for him. 17 Before anything was created, he was already there. He holds everything together.

WHY WE NEED TO BE ROOTED IN JESUS

COLOSSIANS 1:18-20 (NIVR)18 And he is the head of the body, which is the church. He is the beginning. He is the first to be raised from the dead. That happened so that he would be far above everything. 19 God was pleased to have his whole nature living in Christ. 20 God was pleased to bring all things back to himself. That’s because of what Christ has done. These things include everything on earth and in heaven. God made peace through Christ’s blood, by his death on the cross.

WHY WE NEED TO BE ROOTED IN JESUS

COLOSSIANS 1:21-23 (NIVR)21 At one time you were separated from God. You were enemies in your minds because of your evil ways. 22 But because Christ died, God has brought you back to himself. Christ’s death has made you holy in God’s sight. So now you don’t have any flaw. You are free from blame. 23 But you must keep your faith steady and firm. You must not move away from the hope the good news holds out to you. This is the good news that you heard. It has been preached to every creature under heaven. I, Paul, now serve the good news.

Obey every commandment!

Live like Jesus didn’t really save you

Be perfect, moral & successful!

Good Bye, Good Riddance

Ungrateful Hypocrites

and

JESUSdeeply rooted in His amazing love

For there is no difference between us and them in this. Since we’ve compiled this long and sorry record as sinners (both us and them) and proved that we are utterly incapable of living the glorious lives God wills for us, God did it for us. Out of sheer generosity he put us in right standing with himself. A pure gift. He got us out of the mess we’re in and restored us to where he always wanted us to be. And he did it by means of Jesus Christ. Romans 3:22-24