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Rejoice In Suffering
“Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am filling up what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions for the sake of his body, that is, the church,” Colossians 1:24 ESV Throughout the New Testament, the apostles reminded believers to be joyful. Paul included these reminders in many of his
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Holy and Blameless
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
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Reconciled To God
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
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In Him All Things Hold Together
And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together. Colossians 1:17 ESV Here in the middle of chapter 1 of Paul’s letter to the church in Colossae, we find a multi-verse discourse on the glory, majesty, and power of our Lord Jesus. As we saw in verses 15 and 16, Paul
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Recap of Colossians 1:1-16
Here’s a quick review of what we’ve learned in the first 16 verses of our expository study of Paul’s letter to the church in Colossae: In Colossians 1:1-2 we saw how Paul, the author of this letter, represented himself as “an apostle of Christ Jesus.” This was important because apostles had very specific biblical qualifications,
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Image of the Invisible God
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
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Giving Thanks To The Father
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
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Walk In A Manner Worthy
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
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Spiritual Wisdom & Understanding
It’s been a little while since we last studied Colossians together, so before picking up let’s do a quick recap of some of the things we learned in the opening verses of Paul’s letter to the church in Colossae. In verse 1 we saw how Paul recognized that he was an apostle of Christ and
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Our Beloved Fellow Servant
“…just as you learned it from Epaphras our beloved fellow servant. He is a faithful minister of Christ on your behalf and has made known to us your love in the Spirit.” Colossians 1:7-8 ESV We last saw the importance of bearing fruit for Christ (Col. 1:5-6), and how it is evidence of a saving
Walking With Christ was born from an informal devotional series launched in 2019 with a simple purpose: to encourage believers to let Scripture shape their daily lives. Written in an expository style (verse by verse, chapter by chapter) we aim not only to understand God’s Word more deeply, but also to apply it faithfully, allowing it to transform how we live, think, and walk with Christ each day.
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- Colossians (33)
- Peter's Epistles (5)
- Philemon (6)
- Topical (1)