We pick up in our text immediately following the birth of Joseph. In our last message on the life of Jacob we looked at how Jacob laboured for Laban for 14yrs for his two wives Leah and Rachel. This polygamous relationship resulted in a family feud that pitted Leah and Rachel against each other in […]
This week, we are continuing with our exposition of Colossians 1:12-22, picking up where we left off last week at Vs 17. I. Praise for Our Sustainer (Vs 17-19) Christ is before all things. He preceded all created things. To be “before all things” actually contains two ideas in the one thought. He is before […]
Jacob Labours for Laban Jacob’s experiences with Laban illustrate themes of deception, rivalry, and the complexities of love and service in a lost world. I. Jacob’s Wages Negotiated 29:15 – 24 Jacob negotiates his wages with Laban, requesting Rachel in exchange for seven years of labour. (Vs 15-18) Laban agrees, seeing profit in the arrangement, […]
Text: Colossians 1:12-22 Theme: The Preeminence of Christ in all things. Intro: Last week, we looked at verses 3-11 of Colossians chapter 1, as we considered Paul’s Prayer for the Colossians. We noted that Paul’s prayer was that the Colossians would go on in their faith and love toward one another and that they would […]
Last time we were studying the life of Jacob we looked at all the problems that had arisen in Jacob’s life due to the deceitfulness and selfishness of the family. Today we are going to see how God is able to catch Jacobs’s attention while he’s on the run from Esau and bring him to […]
~ Paul’s Prayer for the Colossians ~ Text: Colossians 1:3-11 Theme: Paul’s continual prayer was that the Colossians would go on in faith and love Intro: Last week, we looked at the introduction to the book of Colossians. We noted that, this book was written by the Apostle Paul, while imprisoned in Rome, to […]
Text: Genesis 25:19-34 & Genesis 27:1-46 Theme: The error of attempting to earn God’s blessing The life of Jacob began on difficult grounds. God had chosen Jacob to be the next of Abrahams sons to continue the line of the Messiah. Jacobs older brother Esau had been rejected by God because he despised spiritual things […]
This sermon is an introductory message to the book of Colossians.
Colossians is one of the Pauline Prison Epistles and is a short letter to a church which was struggling with heresy making it’s way into the church.
In this introductory message, we will look at the background to the book of Colossians and also consider the opening remarks of the book.
For our study we will take the following points:
I. The Background to the Book
II. The Background of Colosse
III. Paul’s Salutation to the Colossians
Romans chapter 4 opens up for us the blessing of having the righteousness of Christ imputed to our account, by faith and without works.
The Apostle Paul gives us the examples of Abraham and David as Old Testament examples of men who were justified by faith.
When the principles in these two accounts are applied to the New Testament Christian we find that, like a man drowning in a rip tide can only reach out to the lifeguard, trusting the lifeguard to rescue him, the sinner can only hold out the arms of faith and receive the gift of salvation, trusting Christ to save him.
I. In the early part of I Samuel 15, Saul was commanded to utterly destroy the Amalekites and everything that belonged to them; however, Saul and the children of Israel spared the best of the sheep and cattle, and spared the life of Agag, the king of the Amalekites. II. In the Exodus 32, Israel […]