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 ...
THE SOLID FOUNDATION – HATRED FOR INIQUITY
EXPOSITION: God has been good to us today again to discuss His word. Yesterday we talked about how to make sure you are known by God. Today we will discuss the second part of 2 Timothy 2:19 - “All those who call the name of the Lord must depart from i ...
THE SOLID FOUNDATION – THE SEAL
EXPOSITION: We discussed earlier that the only foundation is Christ Jesus. The main text under discussion reveals that this solid foundation has a seal with this inscription “The Lord knows those who are His” and “Everyone who confesses the name of th ...