28 So the woman left her water jar and went away into town and said to the people, 29 “Come, see a man who told me all that I ever did. Can this be the Christ?” 30 They went out of the town and were coming to him… 39 Many Samaritans from that town believed in him because of…
23 Now when he was in Jerusalem at the Passover Feast, many believed in his name when they saw the signs that he was doing. 24 But Jesus on his part did not entrust himself to them, because he knew all people 25 and needed no one to bear witness about man, for he himself knew what was…
Without the resurrection, the Christian faith has no hope to rest upon. But if God raised Jesus from the dead, nothing else really matters and no one can argue Christianity isn’t true. All Christians doubt their faith from time to time. but the resurrection is at the core of our Christian faith
In this life, the wine will run out. The world’s joys always fade. Satan tries to convince us that the world’s pleasures will satisfy, and they will for a season. But then the pleasure melt away. The wine of illicit pleasure, drugs, wealth, health, success, friendship, etc…, eventually all the wine will run out, leaving…
17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. 18 All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation; 19 that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them,…
5 Walk in wisdom toward outsiders, making the best use of the time. 6 Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person. Colossians 4:5-6 What does it mean to walk wisely?- seeing life from God’s point of view; properly evaluating circumstances and making godly…
2 Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving. Colossians 4:2 We’ve seen Paul progress in his letter to the Colossians from correct doctrine to correct living. He also confronted the heresies that were infiltrating the church. He started by teaching us who God is and what He has done for us. Then he moved…
See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ. – Colossians 2:8 To combat the different heresies that had begun to invade the church at Colossae, Paul write this letter to remind them that Jesus is the answer.…
He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. Colossians 1:13-14 Paul is writing to encourage the church at Colossae that Jesus is better than the other religions, idols, practices, and belief systems. Paul begins his letter with a…