Category: Colossians 1
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The Glorious Mystery of “Christ in You”
Colossians 1:27 “the mystery hidden for ages and generations but now revealed to his saints. To them God chose to make known how great among the Gentiles are the riches of the glory of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.” The mysteries of God are wonderful things, but they are things that are only…
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“Christ in You” and Vice Versa
Ephesians 1:7 “In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace” Colossians 1:27 “. . . Christ in you, the hope of glory.” Two of the phrases used in the Bible to describe the wonderful unity of the believer with Christ is to say that we are “in Him”…
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The Work
Colossians 1:29 “For this I toil, struggling with all his energy that he powerfully works within me.” Have you ever heard the term “Let go and let God?” I’m not sure who coined that phrase, or what he or she originally meant by it, but one thing it can’t mean is that we foist everything on God and…
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More Than Meets the Eye
Isaiah 53:2-3 “He had no form or majesty that we should look at him, and no beauty that we should desire him. He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief; and as one from whom men hide their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not.” Colossians 1:27 “Christ in you . . .” The…
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A Message for Everyone
Colossians 1:28 “Him we proclaim, warning everyone and teaching everyone with all wisdom, that we may present everyone mature in Christ.” Do you notice that the word “everyone” is repeated three times in the verse above? When God repeats a word, for it is His Word, it’s always to emphasize a point for our benefit.…
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A Costly Gift
Colossians 1:24-26 “Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am filling up what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions for the sake of his body, that is, the church, of which I became a minister according to the stewardship from God that was given to me for you, to…
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Ministers of the Gospel
Colossians 1:23 “the gospel . . . of which I, Paul, became a minister.” In the verse above, the word “became,” in the Greek language in which it was originally written, means “to cause to be” or “to be made.” You see, Paul’s plans for his life originally had nothing to do with the ministry…
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True or False
Colossians 1:21-23 “And you, who once were alienated and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds, he has now reconciled in his body of flesh by his death, in order to present you holy and blameless and above reproach before him,if indeed you continue in the faith, stable and steadfast, not shifting from the hope of the gospel that you heard.” One of…
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The Great Exchange
Colossians 1:21-22 “And you, who once were alienated and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds, he has now reconciled in his body of flesh by his death, in order to present you holy and blameless and above reproach before him.” How do you see yourself, morally, that is? Do you view yourself as damaged goods? When you look back…
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The Son of God Identified
Colossians 1:15-18 “He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. For byhim all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him. And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together. And he is the head of the body, the…
To Encourage You 