Daily Meditations on the Bible / We stand with Israel
… and of which I, Paul, have become a servant.
Summary: Paul sees himself as a servant which poses the question, “A servant of what?” As we review what Paul has written so far we find clues that help us understand his thinking.
Continue reading “Colossians 1:23g – Two Kingdoms”… and that has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven,
Summary: God is the master of communication. He leaves nothing to chance. Paul makes an astounding statement about God’s ability to communicate and leaves it to us to ponder how he does it.
Continue reading “Colossians 1:23f – The Eternal Billboard”This is the gospel that you heard …
Summary: There are many ways to describe the Gospel message. Paul excels at demonstrating how this is done.
Continue reading “Colossians 1:23e – A Good Message”… and do not move from the hope held out in the gospel.
Summary: There are many ways to understand words, but the more words we have, the better we can understand the meaning. God’s Word, the Bible, contains hundreds of thousands of words. The picture they paint is very clear.
Continue reading “Colossians 1:23d – The Place of Safety”[ … if you continue in your faith,] … established and firm …
Summary: Faith is a funny thing. Sometimes, we see it as a rock, and other times, we think of it as a tree. There are things to be learned from both examples.
Continue reading “Colossians 1:23c – Roots & Rocks”[If] … you continue in your faith …
Summary: How should we describe faith? In these days of computers following a map is much different than it used to be. Yet the principles are the same. “Do we trust the map?,” or “Do we trust the computer?,” are both basically the same question.
Continue reading “Colossians 1:23b – The Map”… if …
Summary: A short little word can mean a lot, especially when used as a condition for Christ’s redemption.
Continue reading “Colossians 1:23a – IF”