Daily Meditations on the Bible / We stand with Israel
It is the Lord Christ you are serving.
Summary: How we live testifies to what we believe.
It is significant that Paul should return to these words: “It is the Lord Christ you are serving.” He has already told us to “do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus” (Col 3:17). Now, he points out it is Jesus whom we serve.
Why does he say this?
Continue reading “Colossians 3:24b – Serving Jesus”… since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward.
Summary: In this passage, Paul introduces the concept of our “inheritance in the Lord.” How we understand our spiritual life has a lot of influence on how we understand this passage.
Ah! Now we get down to brass tacks! If we do all this stuff for Jesus, what do we get out of it?
This is where theology gets hard.
Continue reading “Colossians 3:24a – Self-Interest”