EXPOSITION: The people in Antioch called the disciples Christians because they identified them with Christ. The Greek word for Christian is christianos which implies a follower of Christ or a person of the party of Christ. When an individual belongs t ...
EXCERPTS FROM THE BOOK OF COLOSSIANS – SO FAR THIS WEEK
By the Grace of God, we have been examining the book of Colossians this week, I hope you have enjoyed it. God bless you for being faithful. Show some love to yourself. We started with the right biblical perspective of Jesus. we saw that our view of Jesus ...
EXCERPTS FROM THE BOOK OF COLOSSIANS – PEOPLE PAUL LOVED
EXPOSITION: It is a good practice, when studying any New Testament letter, to pay special attention to the opening and closing verses. This helps us to get a feel of the atmosphere and circumstance in which the letter was written and what informed its ...
EXCERPTS FROM THE BOOK OF COLOSSIANS – THE MINISTRY AND METHOD
EXPOSITION: Yesterday we started looking at the Prayer the Apostle Paul prayed for the Colossian Church that they will be “filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding” Colossians 1:9. We understood the Messiah and h ...
EXCERPTS FROM THE BOOK OF COLOSSIANS- THE MISSION AND MESSAGE
EXPOSITION: Paul writes in this letter to the Colossians that, he prays that they would be “filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding” Col.1:9. We are going to study what the letter to Colossae itself contributes ...
EXCERPTS FROM THE BOOK OF COLOSSIANS – THE ALL-SUFFICIENT CHRIST
EXPOSITION: When we talk about Christ being all sufficient, we mean having Christ is enough for every purpose under the sun. If the Christian understands that Christ is enough, it will produce contentment and prevent many from killing, maiming, ...
EXCERPTS FROM THE BOOK OF COLOSSIANS – THE ‘3’ FIRSTS OF JESUS
EXPOSITION: In Colossians 1:18, Paul proclaims three ways in which Jesus is FIRST…. “He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that in all things he might have the first place. He is the First Cause, First Born and First Place. Jesus is Fir ...
EXCERPTS FROM THE BOOK OF COLOSSIANS – A GENERAL OVERVIEW
EXPOSITION: In AD 60-61, during Paul’s first imprisonment in Rome, he penned this letter to the Colossian Church after he received a report that they were struggling with a Christological heresy. Epaphras had come to Rome in part to serve Paul during ...
SO FAR THIS WEEK
EXPOSITION: It has been a very exciting journey with the discussion on the topic Building on the Solid Foundation throughout the week. We started with Who the solid foundation is and from scriptures found out that there is no other foundation that can ...
BUILDING ON THE SOLID FOUNDATION – THE BLUEPRINT
EXPOSITION: In the process of building on the solid rock where the foundation, materials, and the way to build have been established, it is also important to know the blueprint (the building plan) so that we can determine how the building should look ...