The Power of the Gospel
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· 10 viewsPaul’s letter to the Colossians is a treatise against false teachers who have come into the church. This false teaching seems to be centered on the nature of Jesus and the work of the Spirit in the believer. As Paul begins, he focuses on the simple message of the gospel.
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1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, 2 To the saints and faithful brothers in Christ at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father. 3 We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, 4 since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love that you have for all the saints, 5 because of the hope laid up for you in heaven. Of this you have heard before in the word of the truth, the gospel, 6 which has come to you, as indeed in the whole world it is bearing fruit and increasing—as it also does among you, since the day you heard it and understood the grace of God in truth, 7 just as you learned it from Epaphras our beloved fellow servant. He is a faithful minister of Christ on your behalf 8 and has made known to us your love in the Spirit. 9 And so, from the day we heard, we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, 10 so as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him: bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God; 11 being strengthened with all power, according to his glorious might, for all endurance and patience with joy; 12 giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in light. 13 He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son, 14 in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.
1. The true gospel bears fruit in the world. (vs. 1-8)
1. The true gospel bears fruit in the world. (vs. 1-8)
4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me.
2. We are to increase our knowledge of God. (vs. 9-11)
2. We are to increase our knowledge of God. (vs. 9-11)
9 because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
3. The true gospel delivers us from darkness. (vs. 12-14)
3. The true gospel delivers us from darkness. (vs. 12-14)
24 Then comes the end, when he delivers the kingdom to God the Father after destroying every rule and every authority and power.