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...
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Rev. Chris Strevel
- Apr 26
- 12 min
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....
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Rev. Chris Strevel
- Apr 26
- 8 min
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...
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Rev. Chris Strevel
- Apr 26
- 11 min
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...
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Rev. Chris Strevel
- Apr 25
- 13 min
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 –...
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Rev. Chris Strevel
- Apr 25
- 11 min
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...
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Rev. Chris Strevel
- Apr 25
- 13 min
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...
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Rev. Chris Strevel
- Apr 25
- 10 min
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...
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Rev. Chris Strevel
- Apr 25
- 13 min
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...
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Rev. Chris Strevel
- Apr 25
- 14 min
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...
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Rev. Chris Strevel
- Apr 25
- 12 min
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...
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Rev. Chris Strevel
- Apr 25
- 13 min
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...
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Rev. Chris Strevel
- Apr 25
- 10 min
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...
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Rev. Chris Strevel
- Apr 25
- 10 min
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...
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Rev. Chris Strevel
- Apr 25
- 13 min
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...
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Rev. Chris Strevel
- Apr 25
- 10 min
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...
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Rev. Chris Strevel
- Apr 25
- 11 min
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....
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Rev. Chris Strevel
- Apr 25
- 11 min
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...
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Rev. Chris Strevel
- Apr 25
- 13 min
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...
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Rev. Chris Strevel
- Apr 25
- 12 min
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...
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