To articulate the supremacy and sufficiency of Christ in response to Epaphras’ report that false teachers were attempting to dilute the gospel of Christ with Greek philosophy, Jewish legalism, pagan superstitions, and other pre-Gnostic trends.
Colossians 1:9-14
Colossians 1:24-2:7 Let’s take a moment and open in a word of prayer this morning. Our Father, we thank you for your holiness, and we thank you for this great gospel, that we have heard the proclamation of so faithfully through this weekend. We thank you for the gospel that saves us. We thank you for the Christ whom you sent to…
Colossians 3:1-4 Turn in your bibles to Colossians chapter 3, Colossians 3. I’d like to take you, you to a text that’s really been on my heart lately. One that I have found particularly helpful throughout my Christian life. And it’s a message that I think we all need to hear this morning. It’s found in Colossians 3:1-4. This is Paul’s exhortation…
Colossians 4:2-4
Colossians 1:15-20 The Bible clearly represents the birth of Jesus Christ as a momentous event, one of unparalleled importance of cosmic even significance as we see the angels break through the heavens. So important was the birth of this baby that on the night that he was born an angelic host opened up the sky in the night. They violated the barrier…
Colossians 3:5 As we come to our time in God’s Word this morning, obviously, we’re mindful of the communion table prepared before us. The Lord’s table is a very good way, I think, to end the calendar year 2014. We celebrated the birth of our Lord and Savior this last Sunday in anticipation of Christmas, and then this Sunday we want to…