Category Archives: Ryan Martin

All Things for Christ (Colossians 1:16-17)

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Title: All Things for Christ

Passage: Colossians 1:16-17

Speaker: Pastor Ryan Martin

Service: Sunday Morning Worship Service

Date: August 25, 2019

This morning we look at verses 16 & 17, where Paul develops the last phrase of v 15. We see here the supremacy of our Lord Christ over the whole created world. He is over all created things. This is a high and lofty claim. Why is Christ supreme over all things?

The Image of the Invisible God (Colossians 1:15)

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Title: The Image of the Invisible God

Passage: Colossians 1:15

Speaker: Pastor Ryan Martin

Service: Sunday Morning Worship Service

Date: August 18, 2019

Two big overarching ideas are in Colossians 1:15-20: Christ is supreme over creation, and he is supreme over new creation. He is Lord of creation, and Lord of the church. We must remember why we are followers of Jesus Christ. Being a Christian sounds quaint unless we know the glory of Christ. Col 1:15-20 is more than fancy theological speculation. We are dealing with intense spiritual truth here. Paul speaks of Christ, for the best remedy for false teaching is to know Christ and to know him well.

Walk Worthy, Part 2 (Colossians 1:9-14)

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Title: Walk Worthy, Part 2

Passage: Colossians 1:9-14

Speaker: Pastor Ryan Martin

Service: Sunday Morning Worship Service

Date: August 4, 2019

The core of Paul’s prayer is in v 10a: so as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him. We must walk in a way that shows the worth of Jesus Christ. We could never merit or repay the grace that has been shown to us in Christ. But having received such grace, our lives should magnify the worth of our Lord. Paul wants the Colossians is to live worthy of the grace of Jesus.

Pauline Epistles: Colossians & Philemon

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Series: Survey of the Pauline Epistles

Topic: Colossians & Philemon

Speaker: Ryan Martin

Service: Sunday School

Date: July 28, 2019

Walk Worthy, Part 1 (Colossians 1:9-14)

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Title: Walk Worthy, Part 1

Passage: Colossians 1:9-14

Speaker: Pastor Ryan Martin

Service: Sunday Morning Worship Service

Date: July 28, 2019

Beginning in v 9, Paul shifts gears. when he prayed for the Colossians, his prayers were filled with thanksgivings. he also filled his prayers with petitions for the Colossians. Col 1:9-14 are Paul’s prayer requests. The central idea is found in the first part of v 10; so as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him. At the core of Paul’s prayer is that the church members in Colossae live lives worthy of the grace of Jesus. This is a prayer for their sanctification. Paul desires that believers live lives worthy of the grace of Jesus.

Thankful for the Gospel (Colossians 1:5-8)

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Title: Thankful for the Gospel

Passage: Colossians 1:5-8

Speaker: Pastor Ryan Martin

Service: Sunday Morning Worship Service

Date: July 21, 2019

Our text is Paul’s joyous thanksgiving to God. Verses 3-8 are one sentence in the original. The whole passage is an interconnected rhapsodic expression of gratitude of God.

Pauline Epistles: Philippians

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Series: Survey of the Pauline Epistles

Topic: Philippians

Speaker: Ryan Martin

Service: Sunday School

Date: July 14, 2019

Credit Where It’s Due (Colossians 1:3-5)

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Title: Credit Where It’s Due

Passage: Colossians 1:3-5

Speaker: Pastor Ryan Martin

Service: Sunday Morning Worship Service

Date: July 14, 2019

Paul was a thankful person. This passage commends thanksgiving to God for the spiritual gifts he gives. We must give thanks to God for all his gifts. This text, however, teaches that Christians give thanks to God for his spiritual gifts. Why should Christians thank God?

Rage Against or Refuge in Christ, Part 2 (Psalm 2)

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Title: Rage Against, or Refuge in, Christ

Passage: Psalm 2

Speaker: Pastor Ryan Martin

Service: Sunday Morning Worship Service

Date: June 23, 2019

There are two ways to live. We are either in the way of the righteous or in the way of the wicked. Psalm 2 urges us to take refuge in Christ negatively, from the perspective of the wicked who defy God. There are four reasons here to take refuge in Christ.

Rage Against or Refuge in Christ, Part 1 (Psalm 2)

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Title: Rage Against, or Refuge in, Christ

Passage: Psalm 2

Speaker: Pastor Ryan Martin

Service: Sunday Morning Worship Service

Date: June 16, 2019

In Psalm 1, the Holy Spirit presents the substance of life very simply. There are two ways to live. The same choice is before us in Psalm 2. In Psalm 2, the two ways are presented with emphasis on the wicked and their foolish rejection of God. We either rage against Christ or take refuge in Christ. We either oppose God with the nations and perish, or trust in God and enjoy divine blessing. This Psalm presents several reasons to take refuge in Christ.