Category: Colossians 1
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The Glorious Present Perfect Tense!
Colossians 1:12-14 “giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in light. He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.” In the verses above, Paul gives thanks for a number of actions that God…
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Reconciliation: the Supernatural Example
Colossians 1:22-23 “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.” Romans 12:18 “If possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all.” One of the wonders of the…
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There is Hope!
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, which has…
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The Fullness of God
Colossians 1:19 “For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell.” Perhaps nowhere else in scripture is the contrast between a person without God in his or her life and a person with God in their life seen as it is in the verse above. The Scriptures talk much about God’s “fullness.” God’s attributes…
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The Preeminent One
Colossians 1:16-18 “For by him 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 church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in…
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Unceasing Prayer
Colossians 1:9 “And so, from the day we heard, we have not ceased to pray for you . . . “ The Bible instructs Christians everywhere to “pray without ceasing” (1 Thessalonians 5:17). So, what does this actually mean? Does it mean we walk around with our eyes closed, stopping every few steps to get…
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Some Marks of Supernatural Strength
Colossians 1:11 “being strengthened with all power, according to his glorious might, for all endurance and patience with joy.” In Paul’s wonderful prayer for the Colossian church, one of the things he prayed for was that the believers would “be strengthened with all power according to his glorious might.” Whatever this was, the language used shows us…
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Step by Step
Colossians 1:9-10 “And so, from the day we heard, we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, so as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him: bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God.”…
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Spiritual Wisdom and Understanding and Its Source
Colossians 1:9 “And so, from the day we heard, we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding” If one is filled with the knowledge of God’s will, as Paul prayed for the Colossian church in the verse above, what does such…
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Allness
Colossians 1:9-10 “And so, from the day we heard, we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, so as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him: bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God.”…
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