Faith Sermons and Studies

About Faith Sermons and Studies

Enjoy weekly sermons from Faith Baptist Church in Sauk Centre, MN. Featuring past sermons from our previous pastor, Joe DiVietro, and current sermons from Pastor Jared Matthew. Pastor Jared holds a Masters of Divinity Degree from Central Seminary, is a certified Revitalization Consultant with Church Answers, holds a certificate in Christian Apologetics from BIOLA University, and is currently working on the final phase of certification in Biblical Counseling with ACBC. You can find sermon manuscripts, book reviews, and other helpful articles at his website: www.jaredmichaelmatthew.org

Publisher

Faith Baptist Church

Category

religion & spirituality

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

19 Sept 2021

Latest episode

16 Nov 2025

Latest episodes

191 episodes in the feed.

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   16 Nov 2025

   Colossians 1:15-20: Fall theology Series 2025--Christology Week 4

   I used to be an avid archer.  During my high school years I participated in an archery program and was involved in a number of competitive matches with a recurve bow.  As I competed in these matches, my goal was to get first place.  Most of the time my goal wasn’t close to achievable, but there was one time.  I was at the peak of my archery skills and I knew that I was having a good day.  As the match neared to a close I was on track for my best score yet.  I finished with my highest score—270 out of 300.  But as the awards were handed out I came to the realization that I wasn’t going to get first place.  In fact, I came in second.  I lost to another archer who was a natural with the bow and eventually participated on the USA Olympic archery team.  I learned that day that first place was not for me; I wasn’t good enough for first, first was reserved for the elite archers who could out do me. Only those who deserved first place received first it.  The Christian life is similar.  Just as those who are the best at an athletic event deserve first place, Jesus deserves first place in our own lives.  Followers of Jesus ought to give Him first place in their lives.  God desires that we give His Son, Jesus Christ priority in lives.  In a world that is consumed with lust, money, fame, and pleasure, God desires that we fill our lives with Christ.  Our text this morning is Colossians 1:15-20 (https://ref.ly/logosref/bible$2Bnasb95.72.1.15-72.1.20).  Colossians 1 (https://ref.ly/logosref/bible$2Bnasb95.72.1) displays to us the greatness of Christ. This passage has been called the “Colossian hymn” because in the original language of the New Testament it appears that these verses were written in hymnic format.  In fact, if you have a newer translation of Scripture, it sets this section off from the other paragraphs, signifying the poetic nature of the text. This comes even more into play if you know Greek, as there are two specific stanzas to this hymn set apart by two “he is” phrases, one in verse 15 and the other in verse 18.  This hymn sings praises to Jesus Christ, presenting Him as true Deity and exalting Him for His matchless worth.  In hymnic format we see a portrayal of the glory of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.  But it’s not only that. As we read through this hymn we get insight into the worship of the early church. We get a vision into how the early church expressed worship to God. A correct understanding of Christ’s matchless worth should compel us to give Him first place in our lives.  We ought to give Christ first place in our lives.  Let’s read this passage . . . Big Idea: God wants us to embrace the fullness of Jesus Christ

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   9 Nov 2025

   Colossians 1:21-23: Fall theology Series 2025--Christology Week 3

   Genesis 25 (https://ref.ly/logosref/bible$2Bnasb95.1.25) records for us the story of Jacob and Esau.  I’m sure most of you are familiar with the plot.  Esau was the firstborn and thus in line for the birthright from His father Isaac.  His younger brother Jacob plotted to steal the birthright and their Father’s blessing, and tricked Isaac into bestowing it on Himself rather than his brother Esau.  After this, Jacob fled for his life and from his brother, spending several years away from his brother Esau, whom he had wronged greatly.  As he left, Esau swore to kill Jacob upon their father’s death.  After a period of at least 14 years, Jacob decided to return to his family once more.  Boys and girls, you can draw Jacob coming back to meet Esau.  As he neared, he received word that Esau was coming to meet him with 400 soldiers—imagine what was going through his head!  As Jacob finally reached the place where Esau waited, an unexpected event took place.  Rather than beginning a deadly battle, Esau raced to Jacob and embraced him, welcoming him home.  The two had parted as heartless enemies.  Now they embraced as loving brothers.  What we have here is an example of reconciliation.  Two people who were once enemies are now friends. Today we’re going to focus on reconciliation.  I just have one goal for you today—I want you to be so impressed with Jesus and the work that He’s done for you, that you learn to love Him even more than you do already.  Often times when men preach we focus on a desired action.  We must . . . we should . . . we can . . .  Today I’m not going to focus on an action, as much as I am on a feeling, or a way of thinking.  I want you to love Jesus.  I want you to be completely inspired by and satisfied with the work of our savior Jesus Christ that you walk away thinking of Him differently than you did when you walked in this morning.  I want you to understand the work of Christ in reconciliation and praise Him for it.  So let’s read our passage today—it’s just 3 simple verses, Colossians 1:21-23 (https://ref.ly/logosref/bible$2Bnasb95.72.1.21-72.1.23) . . . Big Idea: through Jesus, God has made you his friend!

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   2 Nov 2025

   Colossians 1:18b-20: Fall theology Series 2025--Christology Week 2

   The story is told of a little boy who built a sailboat. He built the sail and had it all fixed up, tarred and painted. He took it to the lake and pushed it in hoping it would sail. Sure enough a wisp of breeze filled the little sail and it billowed and went rippling along the waves. Suddenly before the little boy knew it, the boat was out of his reach, even though he waded in fast and tried to grab it. As he watched it float away, he hoped maybe the breeze would shift and it would sail back to him. Instead he watched it go farther and farther until it was gone. When he went home crying, his mother asked, "What's wrong, didn't it work?" He said, "It worked too well." Sometime later, the little boy was downtown and walked past a second hand store. There in the window he saw the boat. It was unmistakably his, so he went in and said to the owner, "That's my boat." He walked to the window, picked it up and started to leave with it. The owner of the shop said, "Wait a minute, sonny. That's my boat. I bought it from someone." The boy said, "No, it's my boat. I made it. See." And he showed him the little scratches and the marks where he hammered and filed. The man said, "I'm sorry, boy. If you want it, you have to buy it." The poor little guy didn't have any money, but he worked hard and saved his pennies. Finally, one day he had enough money. He went in and bought the little boat. As he left the store holding the boat close to him, he was heard saying, "You're my boat. You're twice my boat. First you're my boat because I made you, and second you're my boat because I bought you!" Such a simple and relatable illustration, yet is represents a profound theological truth. Just like the little boy made his boat and bought his boat, so Jesus Christ made us, and bought us with his blood. This simple yet complex reality is wrapped up in what the Bible calls redemption. Redemption is what made it possible for dirty sinners to become part of the family of God. Paul makes this idea of redemption his focus in our text today, Colossians 1:18b-20. In this text, Paul considers the role that Jesus plays in providing and offering salvation to sinful humans, and he makes the case that Jesus is the only one who could truly provide salvation for mankind. That’s the main thrust of our text this morning—that salvation and all it entails is only possible through the work of Jesus, and the result therefore is that we need to live our lives in service to Jesus. That’s the main point we see as we come to our text this morning, and I hope that’s what you will take home with you today: Big Idea: Jesus settled our redemption, and deserves our allegiance

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