Category: Colossians 2
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From Death to Life
Colossians 2:13-14 “And you, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses, by canceling the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands.” Have you ever been brought back from the dead? What a strange question, you might ask. Who…
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Rooted and Built Up
Colossians 2:6-7 “Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him, rooted and built up in him and established in the faith.” The Christian life has two aspects, one seen and the other unseen, that are equally vital to its growth and maturation. The verses above are written to Christians, i.e., those who have…
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“With You in Spirit”
Colossians 2:5 “For though I am absent in body, yet I am with you in spirit . . .” The words above were written by the apostle Paul as he languished in a Roman prison. The sad fact was that he longed to spend time with the Colossian church, a church whom he had never met…
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Wonderfully Unexpected Encouragement
Colossians 2:1-2 “For I want you to know how great a struggle I have for you and for those at Laodicea and for all who have not seen me face to face, that their hearts may be encouraged . . . “ Does anything have you discouraged at the moment? Does anything have you down? Maybe it’s a health…
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The Problem with Plausible Things
Colossians 2:1-4 “For I want you to know how great a struggle I have for you and for those at Laodicea and for all who have not seen me face to face, that their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, to reach all the riches of full assurance of understanding and the knowledge of God’s mystery, which is…
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The burning heart
John 15:15 “No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you.” Col 2:1-3 “For I want you to know how great a struggle I have for…
To Encourage You 