Text: Colossians 1:21-23
Truth: The Gospel is the only truth worth living for and dying for.
Thrust: We must not allow anything or anyone to replace it as the central focus of our lives.
Thesis: Since the Gospel is the only truth worth living for and dying for, we must not allow anything or anyone to replace it as the central focus of our lives.
Turning Point: What is worth living for must also be worth dying for.
Theme: The Focus of our Lives
Topic: What the focus of our lives should be
Title: What to Live and Die For
Tagline: Choose your focus.
Thoughts:
- We are all focused on something.
- Our focus in life dictates how we live our lives.
- We must examine our focus in life.
- Our focus must not just be something worth living for, it must also be something worth dying for.
- The Gospel is the only thing worth living for and dying for in this world. (Col 1:21-23)
- But some Christians allow themselves to be sidetracked by other things worth living for.
- Sadly, any other thing worth living for, in the end, is not really worth dying for.
- Since the Gospel is the only truth worth living for and dying for, we must not allow anything or anyone to replace it as the central focus of our lives.
- Remember this: What is worth living for must also be worth dying for.
- Live and die for the Gospel. It’s worth it. Choose your focus.