The advent, the arrival, of Jesus is something that people have looked forward to and waited for with hopeful expectation for so very long. We join millions of christians today as we look at Jesus: the One who is long expected.

As Jesus followers, we should be living a life of thankfulness and gratitude. Watch the final message in our series walking through Colossians where we explore what it looks like to live Kingdom style.

Following Jesus should affect every aspect of our lives. Over our lifetimes, one of the biggest parts of our lives is work. We may be employees or bosses, students or teachers and we’ll likely be both at different times. So what does that relationship look like if we live like Jesus?

Any parent’s primary job is to connect their kids with Jesus. Teaching honor and obedience is a critical part of that job. Nor are they to do those things that push their kids away from Jesus.

The apostle Paul tells wives to “submit to their husbands,” and husband to “love their wives.” In reality, he is telling husbands and wives to live out the fundamental ways Jesus followers do all their relationships.

As citizens of God’s kingdom, there are things we put off (vices), and things we put on (virtues). Paul gives us a peek at what God-honoring relationships look like.

When we become Jesus followers, we immediately become citizens of God’s Kingdom, which makes us resident aliens here. Put off the old, and start living out what you are and will be. Remember who you really are, and what you really stand for.

The author of Colossians, Paul, is acting as a concerned father by making the Jesus followers at Colossae aware of counterfeit religious traps that they may drift toward. He challenges the church to continue growing in the midst of an enemy trying to pull them away.

It’s not enough to just accept Jesus as Lord - we must stay faithful. We’re all prone to wander, and there are spiritual forces behind the scenes pulling us away from God. We want to keep Christ at the center.

The Gospel, the good news of Jesus, is such a mystery! Jesus, somehow God and Man, was willing to die for us, and then to live “in” us - he’s our “hope of Glory.” The only thing crazier than this story would be the refusal to embrace him if it really is true.