Sunday Morning

Colossians 4:11-18 Epaphras was a big-hearted leader of a tiny house church in Colosse. This church had been overflowing with the joy of the fullness of Christ — but a desolating philosophy endangered to beguile them away from their fullness. Paul sums up his letter with a reminder that everything flows from the fact that Christ is the One who fills everything in every way — and that we, too, can know this fullness in our own hearts.

Matthew 18:15-20 If we have benefited from God’s willingness to reconcile us, and if we have experienced His gracious work in our heart to seek to reconcile to Him — then it is only right that we would seek to reconcile with another brother who has also benefited from the cross of Christ.

Colossians 4:10- Another biblical doctrine surfaces because of something that transpired in the life of Mark: the doctrine of reconciliation. There is a need for reconciliation both by God to man, and between men.

Colossians 4:9- Onesimus is a prime example of what happens to a person when God saves him: he is converted, revolutionized by God’s grace! Repentance from dead work is the first principle of the doctrine of Christ, and the focus of this conversion.

Colossians 4:7-8 God has given Tychicus to us as an example of what a true Christian looks like, of what a person becomes because of the Master’s touch. Specifically, we find some mindsets that Christ develops in those He saves.

Colossians 4:5-6 Paul is now concerned that what the Colossians are to further by their consistent prayer not be hindered by inconsistent conduct in daily life. He outlines what is necessary in order to impact “outsiders” for Christ.

Colossians 4:2-4 Prayer is a crucial activity for the Christian — it is the means of obtaining the meeting of needs for ourselves and others, both physical and spiritual. It is a spiritual weapon. It is a vehicle for the confession of sin. And it is the instrument of Divine adoration.

Colossians 3:22-4:1 As Paul discusses the master/slave relationship in his time, he gives us timeless principles that go beyond just that. We find a reminder of what our entire purpose in life is. Are you driven by a passionate desire to glorify Jesus Christ in all areas of your life?

Colossians 3:18-21 The Apostle Paul is putting forth the radical balance in familial relationships that is required to experience God-intended blessing and fullness in the home. The first two are the husband-wife and parent-child relationships.

Colossians 3:17- What is the New Testament approach to living for the Lord? It gives us basic principles of Christian living which may be applied to all situations of life as they arise.