Jeremy Preece

Opening Colossians chapter 2, apostle Paul encouraged believers to remain “knit together in love” and prayed that they would collectively obtain “all the riches of full assurance of understanding” found in our Lord Jesus Christ.  This sets the stage for

"Him we proclaim, warning everyone and teaching everyone with all wisdom, that we may present everyone mature in Christ. For this I toil, struggling with all his energy that he powerfully works within me." – Colossians 1:28-29 ESV As Paul closes out

…to reach all the riches of full assurance of understanding and the knowledge of God’s mystery, which is Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. Colossians 2:2b-3 Leading into our passage today, the apostle Paul was sharing

For I want you to know how great a struggle I have for you and for those at Laodicea and for all who have not seen me face to face, that their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love... Colossians 2:1-3 ESV As Paul closed out what we know as

In Colossians 1:24, the apostle Paul speaks of his suffering for the body of Christ, which is the Church. He continues in verse 25: "Of which I became a minister according to the stewardship from God that was given to me for you, to make the word of God

“Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am filling up what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions for the sake of his body, that is, the church,” Colossians 1:24 ESV Throughout the New Testament, the apostles reminded believers to be

And you, who once were alienated and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds, he has now reconciled in his body of flesh by his death, in order to present you holy and blameless and above reproach before him, if indeed you continue in the faith, stable and

And he is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent. For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether

And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together. Colossians 1:17 ESV Here in the middle of chapter 1 of Paul’s letter to the church in Colossae, we find a multi-verse discourse on the glory, majesty, and power of our Lord Jesus.   As we

As we saw last time, there is simply no scriptural argument against the divinity of Christ.  The bible makes it clear that Jesus is unique in all the universe as being the one and only Son of God, and today we see even more of His exclusive power and

He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. Colossians 1:15 ESV If anyone claims that Jesus Christ was only human, or simply a gifted teacher or a great prophet sent by God, yet not truly divine in nature, our passage today

Giving Thanks To The Father As believers, we have so much to be thankful for that it’s sometimes easy to take these gifts for granted.  It’s human nature for appreciation to wane over time as blessings become normality.  This is why it is so important for