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In Philemon, Paul is writing to stretch one of the members of the church in Colosse - asking him to do the right thing. Philemon will have to grow in his knowledge and understanding of what if means to live the new life he has received in Christ - and so will we! After all, this is a partnership...

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In Colossians 4.1-18, Paul is finishing up his teaching and direction for the church in Colosse, and then transitions into more personal matters of the church community as he closes his letter.

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Scripture quotations are from the Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission of Zondervan.

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In Colossians 3.1-4.1, Paul begins to draw out some of the implications of being "in Christ" and "knowing Him" for the new life we live in this physical world. The idea that particular traditions, rituals, or various forms of human religion identify us as belonging to God is completely undermined by Paul's teaching.

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Scripture quotations are from the Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission of Zondervan.

In Colossians 2.6-23, Paul writes to make clear that Jesus Christ is all one needs for the fullness of humanity as God created us to have. It is quite a revolutionary line of reasoning, undermining human religion and traditions. And just what are those "elemental spiritual forces of the world," anyway?

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Scripture quotations are from the Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission of Zondervan.

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In Colossians 1.24-2.5, Paul writes his imprisonment, his suffering, and his labor for the people of the churches in Colossae and Laodicea. What is this labor? How does Paul teach us to view suffering as a follower of Christ?

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Scripture quotations are from the Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission of Zondervan.

Photo of the Colossae area courtesy of A.Savin, Wikipedia.

In Colossians 1.15-23, Paul writes about the Son of God. Who is he? How does he compare with other leaders, other beings, other powers? Is Jesus really trustworthy? Is he enough? We discuss the essential difference between trusting and following Jesus and human religion.

(Note that there is no message specifically covering Colossians 1.1-14 because of extensive similarity to Paul's message in the first chapter of Ephesians. See the message on that passage for more explanation of these concepts.)

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Scripture quotations are from the Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission of Zondervan.

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In Ephesians 6.10-24, Paul writes about how to stand firm in the struggle against evil as he closes his letter to the church in Ephesus.

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Scripture quotations are from the Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission of Zondervan.

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In Ephesians 5.21-6.9, Paul applies his teaching regarding being new humans in the body of Christ to common household life in Ephesus - addressing relationships between wives and husbands, children and parents, and slaves and masters.

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Scripture quotations are from the Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission of Zondervan.

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In Ephesians 5.1-21, Paul continues contrasting life in the body of Christ with the world, and then begins explaining how life in the body can work. It is wisdom, knowing God's will, and life by the Spirit - individually and as a body with Christ as head!

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Music "Front Porch" by Adam Selzer, see https://openchurch.com/free-download/front-porch-1011834/, (CC-BY-SA-3.0) Scripture quotations are from the Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission of Zondervan. Photos of Ephesus are from BiblePlaces.com.

Paul talks about what life in the body of Christ should be like in Ephesians 4.17-5.2. It is about embodying the truth, the love, that is in Jesus - in God. This life is lived even in a broken world, but not lived according to the patterns of this world. It is lived as the life of Christ, in him.

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Music "Front Porch" by Adam Selzer, see https://openchurch.com/free-download/front-porch-1011834/, (CC-BY-SA-3.0)

Scripture quotations are from the Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission of Zondervan.

Photos of Ephesus are from BiblePlaces.com.