Hard to believe that on
Friday my little girl will be three months old. The days just go by so quickly.
Now we just look forward to spring time so we can get out more with her and
enjoy it. For now its just to cold.
I do ask for your prayers beloved as a dear brother in Christ has passed away while on a mission trip to Mexico. He was a mighty man of God and I know He is with our Lord now. Please pray for his wife and children and loved ones as they grieve. Thank you for your prayers.
David
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Since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and the love which you have for all the saints; because of the hope laid up for you in heaven, of which you previously heard in the word of truth, the gospel which has come to you, just as in all the world also it is constantly bearing fruit and increasing, even as it has been doing in you also since the day you heard of it and understood the grace of God in truth; just as you learned it from Epaphras, our beloved fellow bond-servant, who is a faithful servant of Christ on our behalf, and he also informed us of your love in the Spirit.
Colossians 1:4-8
Listed in these verses are all the things the Apostle Paul is thankful the people of Colosse are doing. The church was growing and spreading the truth of God’s word among all the land. First there was the love which they had for all saints. There were no split churches or denominational lines among the saints. You did not hear about so and so’s church being full of sinners and the like. All people who were believers in Christ were accepted just as they were for faith was all that was needed. Paul saw a love which laid down every barrier the church has put right back up in the last 2000 years.
The church in Colosse knew that they had a hope in heaven and the truth of the gospel had come to them as it had to entire world. Their job was not to store it for themselves and claim to be the only church, but to share it with the world as intended. Bearing fruit was the ultimate goal and being faithful to the word was the way to live. Paul was thankful because the people knew what it meant to be servants of Christ, and to love one another just as Christ loves.
No big surprise to see that the Church in America is not doing as well as it should be. Truly we have tried to hard to relate to the world that we are beginning to look more and more like the world. God’s truth is being crowded by man’s ideas and desires. The Word of Truth has been lost among the people and we must work to get it back. For the Church to survive we must hold onto the essential truths of the Gospel of Christ. These truths will be explained in the rest of this book and all of Paul’s writings. Our message from this is to bear fruit and love all believers as well be love to all mankind.
I do ask for your prayers beloved as a dear brother in Christ has passed away while on a mission trip to Mexico. He was a mighty man of God and I know He is with our Lord now. Please pray for his wife and children and loved ones as they grieve. Thank you for your prayers.
David
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Since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and the love which you have for all the saints; because of the hope laid up for you in heaven, of which you previously heard in the word of truth, the gospel which has come to you, just as in all the world also it is constantly bearing fruit and increasing, even as it has been doing in you also since the day you heard of it and understood the grace of God in truth; just as you learned it from Epaphras, our beloved fellow bond-servant, who is a faithful servant of Christ on our behalf, and he also informed us of your love in the Spirit.
Colossians 1:4-8
Listed in these verses are all the things the Apostle Paul is thankful the people of Colosse are doing. The church was growing and spreading the truth of God’s word among all the land. First there was the love which they had for all saints. There were no split churches or denominational lines among the saints. You did not hear about so and so’s church being full of sinners and the like. All people who were believers in Christ were accepted just as they were for faith was all that was needed. Paul saw a love which laid down every barrier the church has put right back up in the last 2000 years.
The church in Colosse knew that they had a hope in heaven and the truth of the gospel had come to them as it had to entire world. Their job was not to store it for themselves and claim to be the only church, but to share it with the world as intended. Bearing fruit was the ultimate goal and being faithful to the word was the way to live. Paul was thankful because the people knew what it meant to be servants of Christ, and to love one another just as Christ loves.
No big surprise to see that the Church in America is not doing as well as it should be. Truly we have tried to hard to relate to the world that we are beginning to look more and more like the world. God’s truth is being crowded by man’s ideas and desires. The Word of Truth has been lost among the people and we must work to get it back. For the Church to survive we must hold onto the essential truths of the Gospel of Christ. These truths will be explained in the rest of this book and all of Paul’s writings. Our message from this is to bear fruit and love all believers as well be love to all mankind.
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