Text: Colossians 4:12-18 Theme: Fulfill the work of the ministry and be faithful to the end. Intro: We have been able to study the entire book of Colossians over the last few months, and I’ve found it a blessing and a challenge. This evening, we draw our study to a close as we look at […]
Text: Colossians 4:7-11 Theme: We need to have love for one another and demonstrate concern when others are struggling. Intro: This evening, we will be looking at the people Paul mentions by name as being his helpers, fellow workers, and a comfort to him in the work of the ministry. These men had all been […]
Text: Colossians 4:5-6 Theme: Our lives should be characterised by godly wisdom Intro: This evening, we are going to address the believer’s conversation toward the lost around us. We will start by considering how having godly wisdom should impact out behaviour, and then finally how wisdom and grace should govern our conversations. I. Walk […]
Text: Colossians 4:1-4 Theme: The Christians actions and attitudes toward fellow Christian’s ought to testify of Christ. Intro: In the previous chapter we were looking at Paul’s command for Christian living. We noted some general principles governing our lives and then look at the specifics of certain relationships like marriage and parenthood. Chapter 4 continues […]
Text: Colossians 3:18-25 Theme: Service for Christ ought to be the goal in every human relationship. Intro: Last week, we looked at the first 2 of our 4 main points for this passage, drawing thoughts from Ephesians 5:22 – 6:9 which is the sister passage to Colossians 3:18-25, and which gives us some further details […]
Text: Colossians 3:18-25 Theme: Service for Christ ought to be the goal in every human relationship. Intro: Previously in this chapter we covered the lifestyle of the Old Man that we have put off, the godly lifestyle of the new man that we have put on, and now we come to the way we ought […]
Text: Colossians 3:12-17 Theme: The new man has new lifestyle which honours Christ. Intro: We dealt previously with the fact that we are a new man in Christ, and last week we looked at the habitual lifestyle of the old man, and our death to that lifestyle. Today, we are going to look at a […]
Text: Colossians 3:5-11 Theme: The sins of the old man are supposed to be forsaken, and the new life in Christ embraced. Intro: The first 4 verses of this chapter were an exhortation to set our focus on the things which are above, on things of eternal value rather than on the temporal. In the […]
Text: Colossians 3:1-4 Theme: Lift your gaze off the temporal and fix it on the eternal. Intro: Chapter 2 outlined for us our identification with Christ in his death, burial, and resurrection which brought us separation from sin, freedom from the Law, and liberty in Christ. As we enter chapter 3, the Apostle Paul builds […]
Text: Colossians 2:16-23 Theme: Since we have been freed from the bondage of the Law, we need to stand confident in that freedom. Intro: The Apostle Paul has just given us a warning against being spoiled by the philosophies and traditions of men. This was followed by his description of our identification with Christ in […]