The verse from Colossians which Selwyn is looking at today is 1:25 (NIV): “I have become its servantby the commission God gave me to present to you the word of God in its fulness – ” Selwyn provides a good answer to the question – ‘what constitutes a God-given ministry?’ He says: “The verse before [...]
Colossians 1:24 (NIV): “Now I rejoice in what was suffered for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is still lacking in regard to Christ’s afflictions, for the sake of his body, which is the church.” I don’t have much to add to what Selwyn said – I think the verse is saying [...]
Colossians 1:21-23 (NIV): “Once you were alienated from God and were enemies in your minds because of your evil behavior. 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 – if you continue in your faith, established and firm, [...]
Colossians 1:19-20 (NIV): “For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him, 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.“ Selwyn looks at these two verses from Paul’s letter to the Colossians. I [...]
Colossians 1:18 (NIV): “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.” There are two areas which I liked from today’s study: one, this statement, ‘When the Church fails to hold fast to its [...]
Colossians 1:17-18 (NIV): “He is before all things, and in him all things hold together. 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.” Listen carefully to Selwyn’s words: “Our Lord once said, ‘He [...]
A Christ not in us …
We are now looking at verses 26 and 27 in Chapter 1, of Paul’s letter to the Colossians (NIV): ” the mystery that has been kept hidden for ages and generations, but is now disclosed to the saints. To them God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles (non-Jews)Â the glorious riches of this mystery, [...]
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