Study:  The Colossians Epistle

Since some have been asking what verses we will cover during an upcoming Sunday morning study (for advance reading, study and preparation purposes), I will try to post that information as well. Just remember, it can sometimes change!

Text for Sunday (May 29th): Colossians 1:15-18

Notes for Sunday (May 22nd): Colossians 1:12-14 (Praying for the Saints; Part 2)

Paul's Shift From Petition to Thankfulness

In verse 12(a), Paul shifts from petition to praise (i.e., thanksgiving). Our prayers for each other should contain both of these elements.
Philippians 4:6,
Colossians 4:2,
1 Thessalonians 5:18,
Revelation 7:11-12 (thankfulness and worship go hand-in-hand),
Romans 1:20-21 (unthankfulness characterizes the unrighteous))

Four Specific Reasons to be Thankful

1. Thankfulness for Qualification (v. 12)
Ephesians 2:1-7 (for a picture of this qualification; pictures us before and after)
Romans 8:16-17 (to see what this inheritance is)
1 Peter 1:3-4 (it is an inheritance which never weakens/fades)
1 Corinthians 6:9-10 (it is an inheritance for God's saints, not the unrighteous)
Acts 26:16-18 (it is an inheritance in God's realm of light)
Ephesians 1:13-14 (it is a guaranteed inheritance)

2. Thankfulness for Deliverance (v. 13(a))
We are "rescued" from our sin by a new spiritual birth.
2 Corinthians 5:17-18

3. Thankfulness for Conveyance (v. 13(b))
We are "deported" from the realm of darkness to the Kingdom of Christ.

4. Thankfulness for Redemption (v. 14)
Redemption- Between Christ and the sinner (Christ redeems man from his sin)
Propitiation- Between God and Christ (Christ satisfies God's wrath on our sin)
Justification- Between God and the sinner (the sinner is declared righteous by God)
Forgiveness- The result whereby God sends away our sins (pardon, remission, removes the penalty)
Romans 3:22(b)-26 (knowing the above four terms helps in understanding this passage)
Ephesians 1:7
Psalm 103:12
 

Closing (From the hymn "Man of Sorrows")

Man of sorrows! what a name; For the Son of God who came; Ruined sinners to reclaim! Hallelujah, what a Savior!

Bearing shame and scoffing rude, In my place condemned He stood, Sealed my pardon with His blood; Hallelujah, what a Savior!

Guilty vile, and helpless we, Spotless Lamb of God was He; Full atonement! can it be? Hallelujah, what a Savior!

Lifted up was He to die, It is finished, was His cry; Now in heaven exalted high, Hallelujah, What a Savior!

When He comes, our glorious King, All His ransomed home to bring, Then anew this song well sing, Hallelujah, what a Savior!

Through the redemption of the Man of Sorrows,

Teacher: Darin Lawson