The Letter of Paul to the Colossians
How God Dresses His Elect, Part 1
Colossians 3:12
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…
The Fullness of Christ’s Salvation
Colossians 2:12-15 We return to Colossians 2 this morning, which has been such a rich study in the ground of Christian assurance and the ground of Christian assurance is outside of ourself. It’s in Christ and Christ alone, and that’s what Paul is rejoicing in, in Colossians chapter 2. The occasion for Paul writing to the Colossians, as we have repeated throughout our study, is the threat of false teaching. False teachers were troubling the church. They intended to draw…
A Brand-New Heart in Christ
Colossians 2:11 Please turn in your Bibles to Colossians chapter 2. Colossians chapter 2 and we are coming to some rich doctrines of salvation formerly studied under the heading of Soteriology, soteria referring to salvation and ology, the study of; so it’s the study of the doctrines of salvation, the teaching of the Bible on salvation. Paul has, as we saw last time, he has warned against Christless philosophy, Colossians 2:8, and that leads to a profound and rather dense…
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…