Colossians: The Supremacy of Christ
Profiles of Faith
The essence of the message is we do not need anything else other than Jesus. That was the attempt of the false teachers of the 1st Century and that is the attempt of the false teachers of today. They said, “Jesus is fine, but to Jesus let us add a little bit of mysticism. Let us spice up our faith a bit by adding some of the elements which will cause us to move in a mystical direction, a direction…
Prayer and Evangelism
We have been talking about the practical applications of the sufficiency of Christ in all things. We have seen how the sufficiency of Christ affects relationships in the home and in the marketplace. We turn to the internal world of one’s own soul and Paul is giving his final instructions to the church at Colossae before he leaves them and he wants to build the basics of the Christian life so they would not forget those things which are most…
The Christian in the Workplace
Jonathan Edwards wrote a series of resolutions one year and one of them reads this way, “Resolve, never to do any manner of thing, whether in soul or body, but what tends to the glory of God.” In this study we will see the work we do, Monday through Friday or Monday through Saturday, as your work week may be, tends to the glory of God and how it really is a part of our worship of God. Many times…
The Christian Parent
Over the last several studies we have had from Colossians have had to do with godliness in the home. That is the application the Apostle Paul makes and is the application we wish to focus upon. These messages on the home have been more application oriented than many as we are taking one or two verses at a time. We will do that, also, as we look at the Christian parent. The photographer for a national news magazine was assigned…
The Christian Son and Daughter
Colossians 3 is a chapter related to holy living. As we have discovered how to become God’s people, and we are through faith in Jesus, this chapter calls for us to live in a manner worthy of the Lord and a manner which reflects the character of God. The Apostle Paul, at the end of this chapter, gives some very specific instructions for us in the pursuit of holiness as to how we pursue that in our homes and in…
The Christian Husband, Part 2
We have been studying through this letter to the church at Colosse which emphasizes the supremacy of Jesus and the centrality of Jesus in all things. Chapter 3 is a call of God for us to live a holy life, a life which is set apart, and a life which is different. In this text, Paul begins to narrow the focus as he connects the pursuit of a holy life of Christ-likeness to the Christian home. God gives marriage to…
The Christian Husband, Part 1
We come to the application section of Colossians in which God gives instructions for families. These instructions are set in the context of a chapter which calls us to practical holiness in our life. Very much a part of our walk with God and very much a part of our pursuit of Godliness is the practice of living out biblical principles in our homes. We might say there can be no Godliness and no Christ-likeness if we are not committed…
The Christian Wife
In Colossians 3, we are going to begin with an application section which talks about the home life. Over four studies we will be talking about the Christian home and seeing the applications of a spiritual life with God, a walk with God, upon the very practical area of our home life, and the relationships between husbands and wives, relationships between parents and children, and I trust this will be a great encouragement to each one of us. Gary Thomas,…