Tonight we conclude our series of evening sermons on Paul’s letter to the Colossians. Before moving on to something else, we’ll spend two Lord’s Day evenings considering the related letter of Paul to Philemon, one of the members of the Colossian cong…
After an introductory summary description of Christian ethics in 3:1-17, Paul addressed six groups of Christians in regard to the specific responsibilities that belonged to their station in life: wives and husbands, children and parents, and slaves a…
We are in that section of Paul’s ethical instructions dealing with the particular callings of Christians given their various stations in life. We have read and considered his words to husbands and wives and to parents and children. Now we w…
We are descending from Paul’s grand summary of the Christian life in 3:1-17 to more specific instructions to Christians in respect to their various stations of life. We pointed out last time that it was natural for Paul to begin with the home, where …
Paul has concluded his summary of the Christian life. Now, as in a number of his other letters, he descends to details, as the Puritans used to put it, “breaking grace up small.” And he begins, where our lives begin, in our homes. And in the home t…
We have looked twice already at this paragraph, first to notice the typical way in which Paul outlines the practice of the Christian life: first as the outgrowth or emanation of God’s gracious salvation and our union with Christ in his wor…
Last time we considered the opening four verses of chapter three, the introduction to the ethical section of Paul’s letter, his application of the theology of Christ and salvation he gave us in chapters 1 and 2 to the daily life and conduct of Christ…
Our last time in Colossians was the last Lord’s Day evening of September. So let’s take a quick glance over the first two chapters and remind ourselves of the ground we have so far covered. The opening thanksgiving, typical in Paul’s letters but more…
We have just concluded a magisterial summary of salvation as the work of Christ on the cross; how at the cross he both satisfied divine justice for our sins and disarmed the spiritual powers that otherwise keep human beings in captivity. But now, s…
We read vv. 6-12 last time, but I’ll read them again to remind you of the context.
Text Comment
v.6
By the way Paul’s verb is “walk.” If you remember one of the defects of the NIV as a translation of the New Testament was that i…