God’s Mystery
Paul moves from reinforcing our firm foundation in Christ and what He's done for us, to how we're meant to live life in light of it.
A conversation about Colossians chapter 2, and Paul's encouragement to choose the simplicity of Christ over all the other religious distractions that so easily get caught up in.
In a world that continually screams "don't just stand there, do something" the gospel encourages us "don't just do something, stand there."
We close out the first chapter of the book of Colossians with a conversation about Paul's encouragement to gain the right perspective about God and our lives.
A conversation about the Apostle Paul's beautiful song about the supremacy of God in Colossians 1:15-20
Most of us want our lives bear good fruit in increase, but that isn't our work for God but His work in and through us.
So often we go to the bible in order to find out what we're meant to do or where we're supposed to go. That's not the Apostle Paul's intention at all with this letter. His encouragement to these young believers is that they've already found everything in Jesus, and to stay rooted in Him.