NOTE: Due to a recording issue the end of the sermon was not able to be recorded.

Life (1-14)

- We always thank God when we pray for you (1-7)

- because of faith and love springing from hope

- We have not stopped praying for you (9-13)

- to live a worthy life

Truth (15-20)

- Because the Son is the image of the invisible God (15-17)

- And he is the head of the church (18-20)

- All the fullness of God is in him

Grace (21-23)

- This is the gospel that you heard (21-23)

For further thought

Write down what God gives the church in this passage and what Paul prays the response of the church to those gifts will be. What do you find unexpected in these gifts and responses? How can we grow in the way Paul describes in his prayer for the church? What does it mean that Jesus is the image of the invisible God but also the first born of creation (15 see also 17 & 18)? How does this description of Jesus explain the power of his death (20-22)? How can Jesus’ death reconcile: Our reality and our ideals? Natural and supernatural? What traditions, courses ideas do we do to seek spiritual satisfaction in that ask us to go beyond Jesus?