Bible Talks from Colossians

Paul's final exhortation to the church in Colossae urges his readers to participate in God's mission to the world. He focusses on how we can participate in it through prayer and witnessing for Christ.

How do we work together with God in His work of saving lives through Jesus Christ? By praying for God to give us opportunities to bear witness to Christ and His work in our lives.

Work has always been a big part of life for people to provide for themselves and their families, but is there any value beyond the grave? Jesus may have saved our soul, but is there any value in the work we do now that we’ve been saved? The Apostle Paul answers this question as he shows us how Jesus redeems work.

It's not what you do but how you do it that matters. This is true in how we work in this age. And how we conduct relationships at work is critical as we glorify God.

After explaining how Jesus reigns in marriage, the Apostle Paul now gives the church a formula for how Fathers are to relate to their kids, and kids to their parents. A well ordered society begins at home, and so does a well-ordered life in Christ.

In this talk we explore what it looks like to have Jesus as Lord as a child, teen and parent. We may not all be parents but we all need to reflect on how our parents impacted us.

Colossians offers only two sentences on marriage but they are two crucial sentences - one for the husband, one for the wife. Even though broken marriages are part of living in a broken world, these two verses affirm God’s good gift of marriage.

After explaining how Jesus reigns supreme in the universe and fills our lives, the Apostle Paul moves to show us how Jesus also reigns in marriage. From this passage of scripture we look at God’s intention for marriage, what went wrong, and how Jesus redeems it by revealing the mystery that is the key to understanding what marriage is.

After spending the first half of this letter reminding the church who they are as Jesus’ people, our Apostle Paul now tells us what it looks like to be a Christian. In a world that is full of distraction and lies, the call to God’s people is to fix your eyes on Jesus – and some helpful insights into what that looks like for every one of us today.

There’s lots of things in life that can tempt us to think we can be closer to God if only we could do this or experience that - this part of the Bible pours cold water on that and tells us that in Jesus we’re as close to God as we ever need to be.

Without a clear understanding of who Christ is and what he has done we will retreat from the reality of Christ back into the shadows of Old Testament law, harsh treatment of the body and a false spirituality.

The theme of Colossians and this passage is  "Don’t move, stay right where you are in Christ. In the face of false teaching that wants to kidnap Christians the answers are giving both in the negative and the positive. Ultimately Christ is enough and each Christian is complete.

Paul urges the Colossian church to keep their eyes fixed on Christ. The temptation and danger for any believer is to begin to think that Christ is not enough. The way that we grow in our faith and finish the race is by staying firmly rooted in him.

What is it we’re doing in the Christian life? What’s the heart of all we do as a Church? Paul says, we’re speaking the word about Jesus to all people to prepare them to meet Jesus on that last day.

One thing’s for sure from reading the Bible – God cares about his people. He died to save them, lives in them to sustain them, and will come back to get them. The question we ask in this sermon is, ‘What role do we play in preparing God’s people to stand before him?’ The Apostle Paul is our model here as he leads us in service to God’s people.

Why do we worship Jesus? Should we include him in the divine identity of God? This week we look at the clearest description of who Jesus is to understand why Christians have always sold out for him.

We begin our series in Colossians this week with a powerful opening to the letter by the Apostle Paul calling the church to be HOLY, filled with HOPE and to live WORTHY of the calling they’ve received.