Harris Creek Baptist Church Your Life: By Jesus for Jesus
Feb 22, 2026
A sermon exploring Jesus' rule over everything: creation, the church, and individual lives. Topics include surrender versus autonomy, Christ's headship and reconciliation, and using gifts in local worship. Personal stories and a mission tale illustrate the cost and freedom of living bought for Jesus. Practical questions invite listeners to rethink habits, relationships, and service.
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Agency Without Autonomy
- Christians have agency but not autonomy, meaning you can choose actions yet you no longer self-govern because you're betrothed to Christ.
- John Elmore contrasts single mentality in marriage with being wed to Jesus to show surrender replaces self-rule in everyday decisions.
Christ Preeminent Over Creation
- Colossians 1:15–17 presents Jesus as the image of the invisible God and the preeminent firstborn over all creation.
- Elmore explains 'firstborn' denotes preeminence, not temporal origination, countering Arian ideas that the Son was made.
All Things Created Through And For Christ
- Paul repeats 'all things' to stress Jesus created, sustains, and is the purpose of everything: invisible and visible realms included.
- Elmore points to 'in him all things hold together' as theological and practical claim about Jesus' rule.