Category: Colossians
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Fullness
Colossians 2:9-10 “ For in him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily, and you have been filled in him . . .” Do you have enough? “Enough what?” – you might say. Well, do you have enough money to buy everything you ever needed or wanted, enough skill to accomplish anything you’ve ever needed…
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A Word to Husbands
Colossians 3:19 “Husbands, love your wives, and do not be harsh with them.” One of the confirmations that the Bible is God’s Word is the economy of words that it uses to say the things it does. An example is seen in the verse above. Here, in Chapter 3 of Colossians, Paul gives some commands regarding…
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Philosophies
Colossians 2:8-9 “See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ. For in him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily, and you have been filled in him, who is the head of all rule and authority.” Do you realize that there is a…
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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 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…
To Encourage You 