Sermon
Characteristics of a Healthy Church
Center Church
Speaker: Josh Miller
April 16, 2023 · 50 min
Summary
Paul opens Colossians by expressing gratitude for the church's faith in Christ and love for one another, then prays they would walk in a manner pleasing to God. He establishes that healthy churches love each other well and seek to please God—motivations rooted in Christ's redemption, transfer from darkness to light, and the qualification for inheritance through grace rather than works.
Highlights
Healthy churches love each other well. Healthy churches seek to please God.
Love feels, but love also does.
When you walk in a manner that is pleasing to Him, you will feel rich communion. When you walk in a manner that's not pleasing to Him, it will feel thin and shallow.