Matthew 15:21-28 (and its parallel in Mark 7:24-30) challenges us to see ourselves in the story, to approach Jesus with our lives and trust that He is good and strong and will bring us through even desperate situations.

The passage begins with Jesus and the disciples seeking time away likely for rest and renewal. And a desperate mother finds them seeking the same - help, rest, and renewal for herself and her daughter.

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PSA refers to Penal Substitutionary Atonement and has to do with how and why Jesus’ death on the cross reconciles us to God.

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God’s salvation is a gift, and once we receive this salvation, we should begin to see everything in life as a gift—even our faith. This immense gratitude allows us to stop boasting and rest in who Christ is. Paul says we can experience a life of faith and rest in grace.

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Paul pushes very hard for us to identify our lives with who we are in Christ. Many times we think we identify with Christ, but our lives (and choices) tend to reveal a different narrative. Today we define ourselves by the job we have (or don’t have), the car we drive (or don’t drive), the house, family, health, etc…it is all about identity.

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When Paul tells the Colossian church that “Jesus is Lord,” it would have meant something significant to Hebrews and Greco-Romans. To the Hebrews, this would have conveyed that Jesus is fully God; to the Greco-Romans, this would have been politically subversive, emphasizing Jesus over Caesar. As disciples of Jesus today, we should continually seek to display Jesus as Lord in our own lives.

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There are many signs that surround Jesus’ crucifixion in Matthew 27:45-54, such as Jesus' cry of abandonment ("My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"), and three hours of supernatural darkness at midday as Jesus bears the weight of humanity's sin.

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The Gospel is the announcement of what Jesus did to save and restore us through His birth, life, death, and resurrection. Our salvation is found in no other place than the work of Christ on our behalf. There are many in the world throughout the ages that have turned the Gospel from good news to bad news by moving its focus away from Jesus and onto someone or something else. This is why it is important to guard the truthd of the Gospel.

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After finishing Chapter 1 of Colossians, today we take a side excursion to jump deeper into Paul’s understanding of discipleship. The Bible contains truths that, when lived out, can yield deeper fulfillment than we could have ever imagined. What we look at today will hopefully help us honestly figure out where we are on our discipleship journey and hopefully be excited for the next steps.

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Paul sees his own sufferings as part of Jesus’ afflictions. He is drawing on this ancient Jewish belief that the great suffering we pass through leads us into the age to come. Jesus has already brought us to the Kingdom of God in our lives, but there is still a struggle in tension with the “present age.” There is still suffering to be undergone. This is not an addition to Jesus’ suffering; rather, it is how we live in light of what Jesus did—growing into maturity in Christ in all circumstances.

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The suffering we see, or personally experience, in this world can lead to numerous questions about God and our lives. In Colossians 1:24-25, Paul makes a statement that some have taken out of context, where they believe our sufferings are added to the work of Jesus; that is blatantly false. Jesus’ work is complete, but that doesn’t mean all suffering is removed from the world.

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