Christ the Lord of Slaves and Masters Colossians 3:22-4:1
The Way of Christ in Hard Social Relations Slaves Directly Addressed  – Image, Brother Slaves formed the majority of the populace in the...
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Rev. Chris Strevel
Sep 3011 min
Children and Fathers, Part 2 Colossians 3:20-21
Fathers, Do not Embitter Your Children (v. 21) The Father’s Double Model The Lord’s admonition to fathers is inseparable from our new...
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Rev. Chris Strevel
Sep 3010 min
Children and Fathers, Part 1 Colossians 3:20-21
In Light of Our Present Darkness Three Surprising Emphases about Family Life In our fallen world, authority needs limits, and those...
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Rev. Chris Strevel
Sep 3013 min
Husbands, Love Your Wives Colossians 3:19
Christ Defines the Husband’s Main Concern Not Rights and Authority, but Sacrifice The call to you, Christian husband, is the same as to...
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Rev. Chris Strevel
Sep 3013 min
Wives, Submit to Your Husbands Colossians 3:18
The Devil’s Lies about Women and Wives Family piety is not an afterthought to the Holy Spirit. It is the way our “doing all things in...
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Rev. Chris Strevel
Sep 3013 min
Do All in the Name of the Lord Jesus Colossians 3:17
In the Name of the Lord Jesus In the Son of God’s Name To do something in the name of God was common language under the old covenant....
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Rev. Chris Strevel
Sep 3011 min
Christ’s Indwelling Word Colossians 3:16
The Reasons Christ’s Word Must Indwell Us Christ the Word Who Indwells the House The Bible teaches us that we are Christ’s house, his...
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Rev. Chris Strevel
Sep 3010 min
Ruled by Christ’s Peace Colossians 3:15
Peace is from Jesus Christ By His Person and Work (Eph. 2:14) Peace is harmony with God and with one another. Peace is a right...
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Rev. Chris Strevel
Sep 3011 min
Love above All Colossians 3:14
In the early 60’s AD, there was a major revolt against Roman rule in Gaul. Throughout the decade, Nero’s spent his reign building up his...
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Rev. Chris Strevel
Sep 3010 min
As God for Christ’s Sake Forgave You Colossians 3:12-13
God’s Amazing Mercy Longsuffering: We have provoked him. These graces are not isolated character qualities – like items on a buffet, to...
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Rev. Chris Strevel
Sep 3010 min
A Meek and Quiet Spirit Colossians 3:12
Like Our Lord: Submissive to His Father’s Will What Christians Look Like Thankfully the Lord tells us plainly what his children look...
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Rev. Chris Strevel
Sep 3011 min
Kind and Lowly Christians Colossians 3:12
The Spirit’s Character Sketches of God’s Children It is said that we need more assertive Christians, Christians who refuse to be pushed...
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Rev. Chris Strevel
Sep 3011 min
New Life in Christ: Tender Mercy Colossians 3:12
Lists of the Holy Spirit’s graces are found in several places in the New Testament – as are lists of the sins of the old man that we are...
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Rev. Chris Strevel
Sep 3011 min
Elect, Holy and Beloved Colossians 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
Sep 3012 min
Christ All and In All Colossians 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
Sep 308 min
The New Man in Christ Colossians 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
Sep 3011 min
Our Glory and Our Power in Jesus Christ Colossians 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
Sep 3013 min
Christ Our Life; When Christ Our Life Appears Colossians 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
Sep 3011 min
Raised with Christ, Now Seek Him Colossians 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
Sep 3013 min
Christ’s Church Must Be Tenaciously Christ-Centered Colossians 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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