Epistle to the Colossians
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Sep 17, 2026
Joshua SelmanHOST
And everyone that heareth these sayings of mine and doeth them not shall be likened unto a foolish man that built his house upon the sand.
Joshua SelmanHOST
And the rain descended, the floods came and the winds blew and beat upon that house and it fell and great was the fall of it." Colossians chapter one.
Joshua SelmanHOST
Paul is praying a very serious prayer over the church in Colossae, verse nine and, uh, he said, "For this course we also since the day we heard it, we do not cease to pray for you and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding." Verse 10.
Joshua SelmanHOST
Can we read verse 10 together? One, two, go.
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Joshua SelmanHOST
"Being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God." You can stop there.
Joshua SelmanHOST
"Being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God." The final read will be Colossians 2, just one verse.
Joshua SelmanHOST
Colossians 2, one verse and that will be verse six.
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Kingdoms.
Joshua SelmanHOST
Right, so Colossians chapter one, please.
Joshua SelmanHOST
Let's read verse twelve and thirteen.
Joshua SelmanHOST
I'll talk a bit about kingdoms.
Joshua SelmanHOST
There's an important information about kingdoms we need to have to truly understand the six or sevenfold role of the church.
Joshua SelmanHOST
Colossians one.
Joshua SelmanHOST
The Bible says, "Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet or fit to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light." Verse thirteen.
Joshua SelmanHOST
The Bible says, "Who hath delivered us." Watch Paul's description.
John MacArthurSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And lastly, in the Christian work ethic, work is to be done as if the boss was the Lord Himself.
John MacArthurSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
It says in Colossians chapter 3 and Ephesians 6 that we're to work as unto the Lord and not men.
John MacArthurSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
So the Christian faith does not sanctify the kind of attitude we're seeing in our own country toward work.
John MacArthurSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Years ago, this message may have seemed a bit obscure.
Jeremy McCandlessHOST
According to the New Testament, believers, Christian believers can be guilty of idolatry.
Jeremy McCandlessHOST
Paul says in Colossians chapter 3 verse 5 that greed is a form of idolatry.
Jeremy McCandlessHOST
John warns in his first letter in chapter 5 21, he asks the dear children that he's writing to as he calls them, to keep themselves from idols.
Jeremy McCandlessHOST
And Paul, in his warning to the Corinthian church, tells them to flee from idolatry.
Rick WarrenHOST
And so marriages need massive, massive doses of forgiveness.
Rick WarrenHOST
And the Bible says in Colossians 3.13... you must make allowances for each other's faults... and forgive the person who offends you.
Rick WarrenHOST
Remember the Lord forgave you, so you must forgive others.
Rick WarrenHOST
Forgiveness is one of the primary building blocks of marriage.
David RobertsonGUEST
They expected Christ to return soon.
David RobertsonGUEST
They were also faced with really difficult things like, for example, I'm just preaching through the book of Colossians and just after that book, that letter was sent to the Colossians, there was a massive earthquake in Colossae which basically destroyed the city.
David RobertsonGUEST
And then you've got the book of Romans.
David RobertsonGUEST
And just after that was written, there was plague and there was persecution of Christians.
EthanHOST
There's another picture of Jesus in this story, the firstborn lamb that Abel brought as a sacrifice.
EthanHOST
Colossians chapter 1 tells us that Jesus is the firstborn of all creation.
EthanHOST
John chapter 1 and Revelation chapter 13 tell us that Jesus is the Lamb of God, slain for the world's sins.
EthanHOST
The firstborn Lamb that Abel brought to God foreshadowed the sacrifice God would bring to redeem us all and get us back into paradise.
Scott PauleyHOST
It's more than a routine, more than just having a prayer list that is a reminder, but praying definite spiritual things for those you love.
Scott PauleyHOST
The verse I read a moment ago, at least a portion of a verse, is Colossians 1, verse 9.
Scott PauleyHOST
And the context is the Apostle Paul sitting in prison, a man himself in need of prayer.
Scott PauleyHOST
And what's he doing? He's praying for those he loves.
Scott PauleyHOST
You should study them.
Scott PauleyHOST
They're rich and wonderful.
Scott PauleyHOST
But I think this prayer in Colossians 1 is a wonderful model for us.
Scott PauleyHOST
It is a template for how we can pray for our own family members.
John MacArthurSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And lastly, in the Christian work ethic, work is to be done as if the boss was the Lord Himself.
John MacArthurSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
It says in Colossians chapter 3 and Ephesians 6 that we're to work as unto the Lord and not men.
John MacArthurSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
So the Christian faith does not sanctify the kind of attitude we're seeing in our own country toward work.
John MacArthurSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Years ago, this message may have seemed a bit obscure.
Ron LowryGUEST
It's interesting.
Ron LowryGUEST
When you really look at the early church and you watch the apostles and you read what Paul says, not only here in 2 Thessalonians, but in Colossians 3 and Ephesians 5, we find that they taught clearly this doctrine or this theology of work.
Ron LowryGUEST
And Paul makes it very clear there in 2 Thessalonians 3, verse 10, if anyone is not willing to work, neither let him eat.
Ron LowryGUEST
He says it a little more pointedly in 1 Timothy 5, verse 8, where Paul says, but if anyone does not provide for his own and especially for those of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
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