Teaching (Page 3)

Teaching (Page 3)

Christless Philosophy

Colossians 2:8-10 Turn in your Bibles to Colossians 2:8. Colossians 2:8, here in this text, Paul is really kind of turning a corner as he issues a warning and he expresses a serious concern, but even after he issues this warning, expresses a serious concern, he goes right back to Christ, his glory, his greatest treasure and that is what we want to see in the text before us today. Paul has reminded the Colossians of their confession, Christ Jesus…

A Deepening Walk in Christ

Colossians 2:6-7 Grab your Bibles, please, and turn to Paul’s letter to the Colossians. We’ve come to the heart of the letter in Colossians 2:6 and 7. Colossians 2:6 and 7, that’ll be our text for today. And in our study of Colossians so far, we’ve worked our way through Paul’s rather long introduction. It started in chapter 1, verse 1, and has gone all the way to chapter 2, verse 5. He’s addressing this church, in his introduction with…

Yahweh’s Law of Love

Deuteronomy 6:4-6 As we come to our text this morning, you can turn in your Bibles to Deuteronomy chapter 6. And as we come to this very familiar passage, it actually is very helpful to interpret the our own days that we are living in. As you know, these are some very interesting days that we live in. The entire world seems to be losing its mind. The world that I grew up with, much less those of you who…

Guarded by God

Jude 24-25 If you happen to close your Bibles, you can open them back up to Jude in just a very brief introduction to the book of Jude. It was written in a time really not too dissimilar to our own time. As Reuben read it, you could probably pick out many cultural things that seem to align with the times that we are living in. The gospel had great success for decades, but then false teachers infiltrated and began…

A Ministry of Love to the Heart

Colossians 2:1-5 Well, you can open your Bibles this morning to Colossians, and we’re looking at the first five verses of Colossians 2. Find  your way to Colossians 2:1-5, as we know from our previous study, over the past few weeks Paul has been explaining to the Colossians his apostolic ministry, his calling to be the Apostle of Christ, to the Gentiles in particular. And in the text before us today, he is transitioning to speak of his ministry in…

The Model of Paul’s Ministry

Colossians 1:24-29 Well, we return to Colossians this morning, and I invite you to turn in your Bibles to Colossians 1:24. Colossians 1:24 starts this amazing section on Christ’s gift of Paul as the apostle to the Gentiles. And that makes Paul our apostle. And as our apostle, he has a lot to teach us about having joy in Christ even amidst trials and suffering. A lot to teach us about how to live a faithful life for God’s glory…