For I want you to know how great a struggle I have for you and for those at Laodicea and for all who have not seen me face to face, that their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love… Colossians 2:1-3 ESV As Paul closed out what we know as Colossians chapter 1, […]
“Him we proclaim, warning everyone and teaching everyone with all wisdom, that we may present everyone mature in Christ. For this I toil, struggling with all his energy that he powerfully works within me.” – Colossians 1:28-29 ESV As Paul closes out chapter one of his letter to the Colossians, he reminds us of the […]
In Colossians 1:24, the apostle Paul speaks of his suffering for the body of Christ, which is the Church. He continues in verse 25: “Of which I became a minister according to the stewardship from God that was given to me for you, to make the word of God fully known, the mystery hidden for […]
And you, who once were alienated and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds, he has now reconciled in his body of flesh by his death, in order to present you holy and blameless and above reproach before him, if indeed you continue in the faith, stable and steadfast, not shifting from the hope of the […]
And he is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent. For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace […]
Because there’s been a bit of a lapse in our study, I thought it best to review what we’ve learned so far before moving forward. I would encourage you to follow along in your bible. In Colossians 1:1-2 we saw how Paul, the author of this letter, represented himself as “an apostle of Christ Jesus.” […]
As we saw last time, there is simply no scriptural argument against the divinity of Christ. The bible makes it clear that Jesus is unique in all the universe as being the one and only Son of God, and today we see even more of His exclusive power and position. For by him all things […]
He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. Colossians 1:15 ESV If anyone claims that Jesus Christ was only human, or simply a gifted teacher or a great prophet sent by God, yet not truly divine in nature, our passage today crushes that argument. As Paul continues a rather lengthy […]
As believers, we have so much to be thankful for that it’s sometimes easy to take these gifts for granted. It’s human nature for appreciation to wane over time as blessings become normality. This is why it is so important for us to take some time each day to consider just how much we have […]
Last time we saw how Paul continuously prayed that the Colossians would be filled with the knowledge of God’s will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding (Col. 1:9), and today we continue looking at the apostle’s encouraging passage in this letter. Paul wrote in Colossians 1:10-11: “…so as to walk in a manner worthy of […]