Introduction To Colossians 1:1-6

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Intro to Colossians – Blank Outline Intro to Colossians – Filled in Outline Bible Verses – Colossians 1:1-6 Scroll to 22:31 for beginning of sermon Colossians 1:1-6 All right, we’re going to read from Colossians chapter 1 and this is the first six verses and we’re going to kind of introduce the book of Colossians this morning and then in the succeeding weeks we’re going to dive into this book. So let me read Colossians 1 through 6, you can follow as I read. Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, to God’s holy people in Colossae, the faithful brothers and sisters in Christ: Grace and peace to you from God our Father. We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, because we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love you have for all God’s people the faith and love that spring from the hope stored up for you in heaven and about which you have already heard in the true message of the gospel that has come to you. In this same way the gospel is bearing fruit and growing throughout the whole world just as it has been doing among you since the day you heard it and truly understand God’s grace. Well, as you picked up from our scripture reading this morning, we’re going to jump into a book study, and that’s where I’m more comfortable. I like to get into books and just go right through and see what God has for us. So, we’re going to look at the book of Colossians this morning. And if I were to ask you this morning, what do we know about the book of Colossians? It’s a letter, a letter written by Paul, found in the New Testament. Written to the people of Colossae. That’s all true. So, here’s how I always approach a book at the beginning. I like to ask lots of questions. This is kind of like an investigative reporter. So, this morning we’re going to ask five questions, and then we’re going to look at some application of what this book can mean for us. So here are the five questions, and some of them you’ve already answered, but we’ll go over them again. Who wrote the book? Secondly, to whom was it written? When was it written? Why was it written? And then what’s the content of the book? What’s the book all about? And so that’s where we are headed this morning. And then as I mentioned, we’ll conclude with some application questions. So, when we ask the question, who wrote the book? And of course, we read that this morning. There are really two answers to that question, and the big picture answer is God did, right? All 66 books of the Bible, we read in 2nd Timothy 3, verse 16, all Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting, and training in righteousness. Did you get those four purposes? God’s Word is for teaching, rebuking, correcting, and training in righteousness. And so, in one sense, the job of the person opening up God’s Word isn’t always to make us feel good. Someone has said the job of the pastor is to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable, and there are times where the truth of God’s Word should correct us and rebuke us. But ultimately, God wrote the book, all 66 books, and 2nd Peter 1, verse 21, reaffirms that. Prophecy, or God’s Word, never had its origin in the human will. These aren’t man’s ideas. But prophets, though human, spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit. And so, the words in this book are literally God-breathed, every word. Therefore, the Bible is inspired by God, the Holy Spirit. He used the writer’s personalities, but He spoke through them. So, it’s inspired. In the original writings, it is inerrant. There are no errors. And therefore, it is infallible. It will never lead us astray or point us in the wrong direction. And so, God wrote it, but the human author was the apostle, Paul. The Bible was written by 40 different authors over 1,500 years. That’s a long time. We’re going to celebrate birthday number 250 in the U

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