3 It is God’s will that you should be sanctified: that you should avoid sexual immorality; God’s will for our lives is that we be set apart for His use and glory. In that process of being set apart, called sanctification, our actions and our character reflect to an ever greater degree His actions andContinue reading “14Sep2010 1 Thess 4:3”
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13Sep2010 1 Thess 3:2-3a
2 We sent Timothy, who is our brother and God’s fellow worker in spreading the gospel of Christ, to strengthen and encourage you in your faith, 3 so that no one would be unsettled by these trials. We all need encouragement in our lives. Sometimes it seems like we are just scraping by, barely ableContinue reading “13Sep2010 1 Thess 3:2-3a”
12Sep2010 1 Thess 2:20
20 Indeed, you are our glory and joy. Paul recognizes there are not many things that transfer from this realm to heaven. One of the few is our investment in other people, an investment made out of our faith in Christ. As Paul discusses his ministry with the Thessalonian believers, he recognizes the investment inContinue reading “12Sep2010 1 Thess 2:20”
11Sep2010 Matthew 22:30
30 At the resurrection people will neither marry nor be given in marriage; they will be like the angels in heaven. Heaven is very different than this life. It is magnitudes of better that we can’t even understand. Jesus’ enemies have asked Him a question in an attempt to trip Him up and have anContinue reading “11Sep2010 Matthew 22:30”
10Sep2010 Colossians 1:21-23
21 Once you were alienated from God and were enemies in your minds because of your evil behavior. 22 But now he has reconciled you by Christ’s physical body through death to present you holy in his sight, without blemish and free from accusation— 23 if you continue in your faith, established and firm, notContinue reading “10Sep2010 Colossians 1:21-23”
9Sep2010 Colossians 1:19-20
19 For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him, 20 and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross. Paul was writing to a particular audience, some of whom appear to have beenContinue reading “9Sep2010 Colossians 1:19-20”
8Sep2010 Colossians 1:18
18 And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the supremacy. Paul now moves on to tell us the relationship Jesus has to the church. We know He is over all creation and that HeContinue reading “8Sep2010 Colossians 1:18”
7Sep2010 Colossians 1:16-17
16 For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him. 17 He is before all things, and in him all things hold together. The previous verse stated that Jesus is overContinue reading “7Sep2010 Colossians 1:16-17”
6Sep2010 Colossians 1:15
15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. The biggest issue that faces ever generation is the identity of Jesus. Over the next several days we will look at this passage from Colossians and see what the Scriptures have to say about who Jesus is. Much of whatContinue reading “6Sep2010 Colossians 1:15”
5Sep2010 Colossians 1:14
14 in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. Jesus is the source of our redemption. But what is redemption. Redemption means to purchase back from somewhere. We were sold in the slave market of sin. We had no choice but to sin before we came to Christ. Sin was our nature. Just asContinue reading “5Sep2010 Colossians 1:14”
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