05/15/22 | UNITED IN LOVE

UNITED IN LOVE

Colossians 2:1-5 (ESV)

1 For I want you to know how great a struggle I have for you and for those at Laodicea and for all who have not seen me face to face, 2 that their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, to reach all the riches of full assurance of understanding and the knowledge of God’s mystery, which is Christ, 3 in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. 4 I say this in order that no one may delude you with plausible arguments. 5 For though I am absent in body, yet I am with you in spirit, rejoicing to see your good order and the firmness of your faith in Christ. 1

1. How great a struggle

a. The Colossians, Laodiceans, and those who have seen him.

• Philippians 1:29,30

b. Driven by God.

• Colossians 1:29, 1 Corinthians 15:10

2. That the church would grow in Christ a. Hearts encouraged.

• Ephesians 6:21-22

b. Being knit/united together in Love.

• John 13:31-35; Matthew 5:43-48

c. What does this love look like?

• 1 Corinthians 13:1-13; Philippians 2:1-11

d. What does this mean for us?

• Matthew 6:14-15; 1 John 4:20-21

1 The Holy Bible: English Standard Version. (2016). (Colossians 2:1-5). Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles.