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Elect, Holy and Beloved (Col. 3:12)
God’s Command that We Be Clothed with Godliness (v. 12) God’s command confronts our fleshly willfulness. When it comes to Christian...
Rev. Chris Strevel
Apr 26, 202411 min read
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Christ All and In All (Col. 3:10-11)
When we come to a passage as glorious as this, we should, first, repent of all hopelessness about our times and about the lost around us....
Rev. Chris Strevel
Apr 26, 202412 min read
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The New Man in Christ (Col. 3:6-10
The Old Man Killed and Stripped Away (vv. 6-9) By Dying and Rising with Christ The Son of God is living and powerful. When his gospel...
Rev. Chris Strevel
Apr 26, 20248 min read
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Our Glory and Our Power in Jesus Christ (Col. 3:4-6)
Our Glory Bound to Christ’s (v. 4) Our Glory Hidden until He Appears These lines open the portion of this letter that set forth our...
Rev. Chris Strevel
Apr 26, 202411 min read
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Christ Our Life; When Christ Our Life Appears (Col. 3:3-4)
Christ the One We Seek and Esteem above All (v. 3) Died with Him: Crucified to Sin, World, Self Dead with Christ and alive with him –...
Rev. Chris Strevel
Apr 25, 202413 min read
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Raised with Christ, Now Seek Him (Col. 3:1-2)
We Are in a Living Union with Him (v. 1) Raised with Him from Sin’s Death Union with Christ in his resurrection is the foundation of all...
Rev. Chris Strevel
Apr 25, 202411 min read
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Christ’s Church Must Be Tenaciously Christ-Centered (Col. 2:20-23)
Dead with Christ to Serve with Liberty (vv. 20-22) From the Power of Sin (vv. 11-12) Accept no substitutes or additions to the fullness...
Rev. Chris Strevel
Apr 25, 202413 min read
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Hold Fast to Jesus Christ (Col. 2:16-19)
Let No Man Judge You (vv. 16-17) Clean in Christ and Brought Near by Him Even in the days of the apostles, the gospel of Jesus Christ...
Rev. Chris Strevel
Apr 25, 202410 min read
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The Circumcision of Jesus Christ (Col. 2:11-15)
Jesus Christ Circumcises Believers (vv. 11-12) In the life of every child of God, our completeness in Christ will become the most...
Rev. Chris Strevel
Apr 25, 202413 min read
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Complete in Christ (Col. 2:10)
We Are Complete Because of Who Jesus Christ Is All Fullness in Him as Incarnate Mediator To be complete means that nothing is lacking. A...
Rev. Chris Strevel
Apr 25, 202414 min read
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We Need Nothing but Jesus Christ (Col. 2:8-10)
Beware of Plunderers (v. 8) Christians Can Be Plundered by Vain Philosophies “Plundered” describes what happens when we do not hold fast...
Rev. Chris Strevel
Apr 25, 202412 min read
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Walk in Jesus Christ the Lord (Col. 2:6-7)
As You Received Him as Lord Recognition of His Divine Person and Authority To say that Jesus Christ is Lord is to confess that he is the...
Rev. Chris Strevel
Apr 25, 202413 min read
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Faith’s Great Conflict (Col. 2:1-5)
Only believers can understand the great conflict Paul here confesses. On the one hand, we have Christ in us, the hope of glory. His...
Rev. Chris Strevel
Apr 25, 202410 min read
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The Way God Makes Christ Known (Col. 1:28-29)
Through the Preaching of His Word Preaching Christ By far the most important thing happening in the world at this moment is the Father’s...
Rev. Chris Strevel
Apr 25, 202410 min read
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Christ in You, the Hope of Glory (Col. 1:24-29)
Christ’s Sufferings and Joys Abound in Us (v. 24) One with Us in Afflictions for His Sake (Acts 9:4) On the Damascus Road, Paul...
Rev. Chris Strevel
Apr 25, 202413 min read
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Reconciled to God by Jesus Christ (Col. 1:21-23)
Our Sins Estranged Us from God (v. 21) A Broken Relationship with God Ruins Your Life “Alienation” means to be a stranger to something or...
Rev. Chris Strevel
Apr 25, 202410 min read
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The Surpassing Glory of Jesus Christ (Col. 1:15-20)
Who is our Redeemer? He is the Son of God, the firstborn of creation and of the dead. He is the eternal God; he is the incarnate Head....
Rev. Chris Strevel
Apr 25, 202411 min read
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I Will Sing of My Redeemer (Col. 1:14)
Redemption Cause for Deepest Thanks The mention of “his Beloved Son” leads to the climax of this prayer. The Son of God, the Father’s...
Rev. Chris Strevel
Apr 25, 202411 min read
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Rescued from the Power of Darkness (Col. 1:13)
The Deadly Power of Darkness All That Opposes the God of Light The darkness in the world discourages us, but here we are taught to give...
Rev. Chris Strevel
Apr 25, 202413 min read
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The Christian’s Thankful Heart (Col. 1:12-14)
It is like passing through heaven’s gate to hear the blessings for which we are to ask our Father. Each blessing is like a diamond of...
Rev. Chris Strevel
Apr 25, 202412 min read
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