Children In The Son

Dear Family and Friends, I hope you had time to read the update sent out a few days by our Board Member and Treasurer, Margaret Moore.  What she didn’t tell you is that she has done an impeccable job of managing the books and everything for our ministry so they audit went so smoothly.  She was with the auditor for two days as he went over everything and asked her a million questions.  And, she does all of this for [...]

Today, we will be looking at the concluding point Paul is making to his readers. This point is extremely important for the reader to understand. Eternity with or without God weighs in the balance. Paul has set the foundation that God is The Rescuer of mankind, Jesus is fully God, Jesus is The Messiah (The Christ), and now he states the responsibility of the believer to remain believing in The Messiah for salvation. Let us take a closer look. NAU [...]

In the previous verses we have looked at the heart of God as The Rescuer and Jesus being God. Today, we will be looking into the agency of The Messiah. NAU Colossians 1:18 He is also head of the body, the church; and He is the firstborn from the dead, so that He Himself will come to have first place in everything. Paul begins by telling the reader two positions that only Jesus holds followed by the reason why. The [...]

Today, we will be focusing on the second section of the passage dealing with Jesus being God. Paul has already set the foundation that God is the rescuer of mankind. In the next three verses he will share with us that The Messiah was God in the flesh. Let us take a closer look. NAU Colossians 1:15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. In verse 15, he states that Jesus “is the image [...]

We will be looking at this beautiful passage in Colossians 1:13-23. It is filled with many points of truth that we can turn and stand firmly. This group of verses will be broken into in four sections as we look at the deep truths written here. In this passage, Paul begins setting a foundation for the reader then concludes this section in verses 22 and 23. In the four sections, he points our four areas of truth. The beginning with [...]