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...

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...

God’s Amazing Mercy Longsuffering: We have provoked him. These graces are not isolated character qualities – like items on a buffet, to...

Like Our Lord: Submissive to His Father’s Will What Christians Look Like Thankfully the Lord tells us plainly what his children look...

The Spirit’s Character Sketches of God’s Children It is said that we need more assertive Christians, Christians who refuse to be pushed...

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...

God’s Command that We Be Clothed with Godliness (v. 12) God’s command confronts our fleshly willfulness. When it comes to Christian...

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....

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...

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...

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 –...

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...

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...

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...

Jesus Christ Circumcises Believers (vv. 11-12) In the life of every child of God, our completeness in Christ will become the most...

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...

Beware of Plunderers (v. 8) Christians Can Be Plundered by Vain Philosophies “Plundered” describes what happens when we do not hold fast...

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...

Only believers can understand the great conflict Paul here confesses. On the one hand, we have Christ in us, the hope of glory. His...

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...