For though I be absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit, joying and beholding your order, and the stedfastness of your faith in Christ.
PAUL’S MINISTRY TO THE CHURCH ALIVE IN CHRIST
PAUL’S MINISTRY TO THE CHURCH ALIVE IN CHRIST
Author: Philippus Schutte
New Covenant Israelite! "And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert grafted in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree;
Boast not against the branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee." Rom 11:17 -18
LABORING TO PERFECT THE CHURCH
LABORING TO PERFECT THE CHURCH
And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled
In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight.
OUR WONDROUS PRIVILEGES IN CHRIST
OUR WONDROUS PRIVILEGES IN CHRIST
For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:
And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.
THE GOSPEL BEARING FRUIT
THE GOSPEL BEARING FRUIT
We give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you.
OUTLINE OF THE EPISTLE TO THE COLOSSIANS
OUTLINE OF THE EPISTLE TO THE COLOSSIANS
“Christ in You the Hope of Glory”
GOD’S PROVISION MY GOD SHALL SUPPLY EVERY NEED
GOD’S PROVISION MY GOD SHALL SUPPLY EVERY NEED
I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
EXHORTATION, ENCOURAGEMENT, AND PRAYER
EXHORTATION, ENCOURAGEMENT, AND PRAYER
Therefore, my fellow believers, whom I love and long for, my delight and crown [my wreath of victory], in this way stand firm in the Lord, my beloved.
STRAINING TOWARD THE GOAL
STRAINING TOWARD THE GOAL
Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus.
RIGHTEOUSNESS THROUGH FAITH IN CHRIST
RIGHTEOUSNESS THROUGH FAITH IN CHRIST
Look out for the dogs [the Judaizers, the legalists], look out for the troublemakers, look out for the false circumcision .
HONORING CHRISTIAN MESSENGERS TIMOTHY AND EPAPHRODITUS
HONORING CHRISTIAN MESSENGERS TIMOTHY AND EPAPHRODITUS
How was Timothy distinguished from Paul’s other helpers? What is said about Epaphroditus?