Category Archives: Bible Study

Where have you always wanted to go?  Or, think back to a previous time when you travelled somewhere new and exciting.  Did you find material on that place and read up on it?  When you started packing, was it with excitement because of where you were going?  Guess what?  We are on our way toContinue reading “Colossians 3:1-4, Bible Study”

If all we need is Christ, what about this other stuff?  What is the purpose of the spiritual disciplines we are to observe?  If they do not add to our salvation, what value do they have, if any?  In Christ, we are complete.  Religious practices are the outgrowth of our Christian experience. Colossians 2:16-23 “LetContinue reading “Colossians 2:16-23, Bible Study”

What happens in salvation through Jesus Christ?  Paul demonstrates to us what takes place in the believer, the new reality that they step into when they receive Christ.  We must understand what Jesus will to a person that comes to Him in faith if we are to beware of trying to add to His work.Continue reading “Colossians 2:11-15, Bible Study”

Not everyone is trying to point us to Christ.  There are some who are openly teaching against the Christian faith.  Then there are some that are wolves in sheep clothing.  They do not mean well but disguise themselves as believers to lead them astray.  Finally, some individuals might mean well, but because they do not knowContinue reading “Colossians 2:6-10, Bible Study”

It is, without a doubt, life is full of troubles.  It is the price we pay for being in a fallen world.  Added to the expected difficulties of life is the conflicts that arise because of our beliefs and the stances that we take.  Paul echoes this thought in another Scripture, “Yea, and all that willContinue reading “Colossians 2:1-5”

When suffering comes, we will be tempted to give up.  Hard times will come.  Our reaction will be a determining factor of how we go through those difficult seasons.  Paul demonstrates what a committed attitude looks like for us. Colossians 1:23-29 If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved awayContinue reading “Colossians 1:23-29: Bible Study”

In the previous blog post, we looked at Colossians 1:9-13.  We will be looking at the remainder of the larger passage in 1:9-22.  In this passage, Paul emphasizes the preeminence of Christ.  Preeminence is the superiority of an individual in comparison to others.  Even more, it advances the idea that this person is “before” others.Continue reading “Colossians 1:9-22, Part 2: Bible Study”

The following passage of Scripture is lengthy.  To fully observe the passage, I am going to look at it in two parts.  We will look at the first part, verses 9-13, in this post.  In the next post, we will look at verses 14-22.  The entire passage, seen as a whole, is a beautiful Christology.Continue reading “Colossians 1:9-22, Part 1: Bible Study”

Paul always demonstrates gratefulness for those who help in the ministry.   Colossians is no different.  Paul refers to a pastor-like individual named, Epaphras.  His name means, “lovely.”  He was the first to bring the Gospel to the people of Colossae, Laodicea, and Hierapolis (Col. 4:13).  The rest is shrouded in mystery.  For Epaphras, there onlyContinue reading “Colossians 1:7-8: Bible Study”

Over the next few days, I will blog through the letter to the Church at Collosae.  Colossians, as we know it, provides a robust Christology to the church.  It was written somewhere between 58-62 A.D.   The apostle, Paul, wrote this letter to a congregation of believers who may have become heavily influenced by heresiesContinue reading “Colossians 1:1-6: Bible Study”