The level of your faith is directly correlated to the level of your hearing - faith comes by hearing the word of God.

This week we are focusing on Matthew 18:15-35. Jesus teaches His disciples how to deal with conflict and forgiveness in the Kingdom of God.

If we’re not careful, we will define faith only by our doing and not by our receiving. Passive Faith is not inactive Faith, it is Faith that actively receives.

This week we are focusing on Matthew 18:6-9. We often hear people say "I'm only responsible for myself." Jesus teaches his followers something different.

The disciples of Jesus were no different. They asked Jesus "Who's the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven?" Jesus shockingly points to a child as the key to understanding true greatness in His Kingdom.

Character matters! In chapter 3 of Colossians, Paul dispels, the Gnostic teaching that the flesh is evil and therefore, the deeds of the body are not important. Paul instructs the believers to put on Christ, that is the “new man” who is renewed in knowledge. But they were not to stop there, they were also to “put off” the “old man” that is rooted in carnality and flesh.

In his letter to the Colossians, Paul also mentions the church at Laodicea most likely because they were being infiltrated by the same heresy, philosophies and lies. We know by the description used in Revelation 3 that Laodicea’s spiritual condition is described as lukewarm, miserable, poor, blind, and naked. However, their self-assessment was that they were rich and required nothing. Perhaps the believers in Colossae faced the same outcome if they were not careful. Therefore, Paul wrote to them to avert potential spiritual disaster.