Colossians 3:18-21 Paul is addressing how the Christian are to walk in Christ (Col 2:6-7). He has addressed how the Christian sets their heart, mind and focus on heaven and not on earth (Col 3:1-4). The Christian puts off the old sinful self (Col...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Colossians 3:15-17- Eat your Bible Throughout the book of Colossians Paul has been pointing the Christians to the person of Christ, not a human philosophy or thought. Christ is not an abstract thought but in him the whole fullness of deity dwells...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
II. Eight Virtues the Christian wears The Christian not only has new names to bear but also, they have new clothes to put on. Soldiers or sports teams have a uniform to be able to identify whose side they are on. In our house, we...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Colossians 3:12-14- Your New Self The previous sections of the letter to the Colossians have dealt with the simple idea that a Christian does not live like they are in the world because they have died with Christ. The Christian has also been...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Colossians 3:5-11- Killing Sin Paul previously explained that we should have our minds on Christ in heaven rather than the concerns of the earth. Many of Paul’s epistles follow a similar outline. Generally speaking, Paul’s epistles can...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Colossians 3:1-4 Paul has spent a large section of this letter addressing specific errors and false teaching which was presented in Colossae. He has addressed errors of adding to the Bible in requiring diets and days. He has also addressed errors...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Colossians 2:20-23- Can’t touch this Paul is addressing the false teaching in the Colossian church. Today’s section addresses more of the false teaching, specifically human tradition and elementary principles (Col 2:8). Paul addresses...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Colossians 2:18-19- True or False The section of Colossians 2:8-23 addresses the false teaching occurring in Colossae. We have mentioned before that although we might not know precisely what the Colossian Heresy was, we do know clearly what...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Colossians 2:16-17 We begin the next section (2:16-23) of the letter to the Colossian church. This section Paul addresses the Colossian Heresy. Previously Paul has made the case that Christ is supreme and sufficient. As you have received Christ,...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
b. Canceled our debt (Vs. 14) To understand how verse 9 and 14 connect, we must turn back to Colossians 1:19-20, “For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
