In Paul’s salutations at the end of his epistle to the Colossians, we find some interesting tidbits in the things he wrote to those he mentioned. He mentioned: Epaphras, a servant of Christ – Col 4:12-13 – Epaphras is also mentioned in Phm 23 as a fellow prisoner, in Col...
Our lesson covers Col 4:7-11. In Col 4:11 Paul wrote, “These only are my fellow workers unto the kingdom of God.” In this lesson we will get a little insight into Paul’s fellow workers. Tychicus – Col 4:7-8 – first mentioned in Acts 20:4 “of Asia, Tychicus and Trophimus.” He...
This Sunday school lesson covers Col 4:1-6. The first verse picks up where the last verse from Col 3 left off. The remainder of the passage deals with three essential aspects of good Christian conduct: your prayer, your walk, and your speech. Before we get into these three, we’ll look...
No matter what we do with our time here on earth, we are servants of the Lord. Like Paul said in Col 3:24, “ye serve the Lord Christ.” And we are to serve him continually. In Col 3:17-25, Paul gave us some plain instructions on how to serve the Lord. ...
In Col 3:16, Paul wrote about the word of Christ and singing. In this verse, he gave us clear instructions on what to do with both of these. What to do with: The word of Christ – notice that Paul wrote “the word of Christ.” In the Godhead, Jesus Christ...
When we put off the old man, we are to, simultaneously, put on the new man. You don’t grow as a Christian by just removing the old man or by only denying yourself. You must put on the new man. According to Col 3:10, the new man “is renewed...
When you were saved, something remarkable happened. You became a new creature in Christ, 2 Cor 5:17. As a new creature, you currently have an old man and a new man. Your old man may look spiritual because of your religion; but he’s still just the old man. Today, in...
We are studying Col 3:1-4 today. Col 3:3 says, “your life is hid with Christ in God.” As you can see from this text, we are “with Christ in God.” Since our life is hid with Christ in God, then: We are risen with him – Col 3:1 – When...
In Col 2:18-23, Paul warns against will worship. He warned us against being spoiled by philosophy and vain deceit in Col 2:8, against being judged by the law in Col 2:16, and against being beguiled by will worship in Col 2:18-23. Will worship is the worship of your own self-will. ...
Our Sunday school lesson today is from Col 2:10-17. In Col 2:10, Paul wrote, “ye are complete in him.” The implications of this truth are covered in the rest of the passage that we’re studying. Complete here has the meaning of perfect, having no deficiency. Because we are in Christ,...
