The Letter of Paul to the Colossians
His Lordship in Your Station
Colossians 3:18-4:1 Turn in your Bibles to Colossians chapter 3 in a very, very important, very practical section we’re coming into, Colossians 3 verse 18 through chapter 4 verse 1. I do marvel at the versification spread, here. Why chapter 4 verse 1 wasn’t included as verse 26 of chapter 3, I don’t understand that. But nonetheless, we have a versification issue that I’m not going to solve today, but we are going to do an overview sermon for the…
Living for the Lord Jesus
Colossians 3:17 Open your Bibles to Colossians chapter 3 this morning, Colossians chapter 3, and we’re going to focus our attention on verse 17, Colossians 3:17, where Paul summarizes everything in the grand design for our lives, grand design for your life and for my life. He summarizes it all in a single verse, Colossians 3:17. He writes this, “And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God…
The Gracious Governance of Christ’s Peace
Colossians 3:15 Well, we are returning to the study of Paul’s letter to the Colossians, so you can turn to Colossians chapter 3, as today we consider a single verse, Colossians 3:15, “And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body, and be thankful.” Consideration of that single verse is going to occupy us for the next hour, and it’s also going to take us into our time of communion…
How God Dresses His Elect, Part 2
Colossians 3:13-14 It is a joy to return to our study of Colossians, especially as this week we get to finish what we started last week. So Colossians 3:12, we’ll start there, read, review, and carry on. Colossians 3:12, “So as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on a heart of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience, bearing with one another and graciously forgiving each other. Whoever has a complaint against anyone, just as the Lord graciously forgave…
How God Dresses His Elect, Part 1
Colossians 3:12 Well, we are working our way through Paul’s letter to the Colossians in our study of God’s Word and we are in the third chapter, Colossians 3, verse 12, and you’ll want to turn there in your Bibles, Colossians 3:12. The past two weeks that we’ve been in the study of Colossians, I would just say admittedly, I think they have been unpleasant. Unpleasant two weeks in the text as we’ve studied two vice lists and we’ve seen…
Shedding Bad Behavior
Colossians 3:8-11 I want to ask you to turn your Bibles to Colossians Chapter 3. We are looking at another vice list this morning, and we’re taking another important step in sanctification. Colossians Chapter 3, the section we’re in is Colossians 3:5 through 11, and last week we saw in Colossians 3:5 what sins we need to put to death, what sins we need to mortify and then verses 6 and 7 gave several reasons why we’re eager to target…
Sin in the Crosshairs
Colossians 3:5-7 We are in Colossians chapter 3. Colossians chapter 3, and it’s a most practical portion on the subject of sanctification. We’re looking at Colossians 3:5 through 11. I’m going to read the text for us as we get started this morning. The whole section goes from Colossians 3:5 to 4:6, but we’re going to focus our attention on this first section, verses 5 through 11, which is about dealing with remaining and indwelling sin in the life of…
The Way of the True Christian
Colossians 3:1-4 Well, please turn your Bibles to Colossians Chapter 3. Paul is turning a corner, here, and preparing us for some practical application. So we’re going to get into some very practical things in the weeks to come in Colossians 3 and following. But he’s turning a corner. This is a hinge point in the letter. And in Colossians 2, the section we just finished, Paul, as you know, was confronting the false teachers that were troubling the Colossian…
Dying Decrees of Dead Men
Colossians 2:20-23 We return to Colossians Chapter 2, and we are at the end of the chapter, this great chapter, and looking at the final verses, Colossians 2:20 through 23, so you can find your way there in your Bibles. And at this point in the letter, Paul has become quite direct in his confrontation of these false teachers. And as we’ve seen, he is less interested to sift through the errors of their doctrine and more interested instead, more…
The Features of False Teachers
Colossians 2:16-19 Well, as we come to our study of God’s Word this morning, like to invite you to turn in your Bibles to Colossians 2:16. Colossians 2:16. And this is where Paul gets direct and confronts the false teachers who have come to trouble the Colossian church. As we have been going through ever since chapter 1 all the way to this very moment, Paul has been preparing the Colossians for exactly this point in the epistle. He’s been…