Becoming Blessed - Psalm 1
The sweet life of the blessed is formed by a fixed delight upon the words of God mulled over throughout our days.
The Sweetest & Rarest Work - Colossians 4:12-13
Prayer is the highest but hardest spiritual tool we have been given to wield.
Kingdom Investment - Colossians 4:7-18
As Paul closes out the letter to the Colossians we see a snapshot into the people that he has invested in and have invested in him, and we look at the ways that God calls each of us to invest in the health and growth of our brothers and sisters in the body of Christ.
The Shared Mission of Christ - Colossians 4:2-6
We share the mission of Christ by praying to our Father together for this mission and carefully engaging each outside soul God has given us.
Christ & The Bondservant - Colossians 3:22-4:1
Paul continues in Colossians 3 to give instructions to the family and the household within God’d kingdom. Here we look at God’s call to bondservants and masters and what we can learn about how to live under authority structures that God has placed over us.
Kingdom Parenting - Colossians 3:20-21
As we head towards the end of Colossians, Paul begins to give instructions on how God intends the family to function within the household of God. How should children relate to parents, and how should parents relate to children?
Kingdom Spouses - Colossians 3:18-19
Human marriages are designed to brilliantly transmit the love between Christ and his Church Bride. Christ created that marriage and its nature and the human marriages must mirror it in order to yield the joyful life and light of the gospel it was designed for.
The Colossians Enlightenment - Colossians 1-2
Having covered Colossians 1-3 over the past 6 months, we have found an astonishing amount of things taught to us by Christ through this book. It is time to regain our bearing after all we have heard before we move into the specific applications found in this book.
Christ In Word & Deed - Colossians 3:16-17
Every piece of life is the Lord’s and we are called to do all of it as Christ would, in his honor, in his name, as an extension of Him as if you were Him… because He is in you.. and you are being changed into his image. This happens as we ensure that the message of Christ dwells richly in and between us and we respond in singing together to our great God.
Striving For Oneness - Colossians 3:14-15
The new man rightfully places his mind on things above, which includes a loving and peace seeking heart for God’s children here who are hidden with him in Christ. And together they carefully watch for Christ in all and all He does with thanksgiving.
Donning Gentleness - Colossians 3:10-14
Regardless or our natural inclination with God’s faulty and failing children, God has asked, called each of us to specifically deal with his Children with gentleness and patience and compassion. And when they fail and sin against you, do to them what your amazing Christ has done to you time and again… forgive them.
Putting Off What Kills - Colossians 3:5-9
Here Paul calls believers to put off that which will kill us; the things that Christ came to die for and the things that God says he will punish. By God’s grace and his Spirit we are able to put these things away as we walk with him.
Some Might Worship You - Colossians 3:1-4
You have a true life. It is not in your physical possession right now, but Christ promises it soon will be and worth investing any and everything. And my brothers and sisters, when He appears again, the true you will be seen… and the world has never seen anything like it…. Has never seen anything like you in your full glory. This is where we are called to set our minds rather than this world and the flesh that fills it.
Are We Free Enough? Part 2 - Colossians 2:16-23
As we close out chapter 2, Paul comes against the false teachers in the Colossian church, and reminds us all to stay vigilant to not fall prey to their false, anti-gospel teaching. Anything added to the gospel takes away from the gospel.
Are We Free Enough? - Colossians 2:16-19
Are we free enough? Christ makes his people free and wants us to walk in that freedom. The false teachers were aiming to rob the believers of the freedom that Christ had purchased for them. But the pure gospel sustains and frees the people of God.
The Present Christ who Leads - Colossians 2:11-15
Because Christ has brought about the end of the internal rule of our sin nature and the external rule of spiritual authorities of darkness in our lives, we can live fully for him and with him through this life and beyond.
Not Resurrected Alone - Colossians 2:12-14
Before each of us stands an offer of a new spiritual life joyfully given by the Father with the same power He joyfully raised Jesus from the dead. How? Through giving us a permanent separation from our spiritual death and guilt--- full, complete, irreversible forgiveness. A forgiveness so complete he says our spiritual debt and sentence is blotted out and nailed it to cross, where it stays. We are free to love him because he is with us and our sin penalty is not--- it is blotted out and will never leave the cross.
Christ: Our Love, Lens, & Lord - Colossians 2:6-10
The indwelling Christ is our developed and protected lens by which to know and value all things and the supreme Lord over all.
The Treasure of Knowledge & Wisdom - Colossians 2:1-5
Paul reminds the Colossians that they were once enemies and aliens of the Father, but Christ has brought them home. And because of that, he is the only source we need for life and freedom.
Christ Completes Each- Colossians 1:28-29
It is the heart of the Father that each of us be brought to maturity in Christ through teaching and shepherding so that we might do the same to many other children of God.