Word Along The Way

The Gospel (The Great Reconciliation)

The Gospel is the demonstration of the love of God. But not only is the Gospel compelling due to its relational nature but it is compelling due to its specificity and exactness of the necessary transactions needed to put fallen man right with a holy God.

The Condition

The Gospel is indeed Good News! But we are comfortable with hearing the Good News apart from why the Good News is so good! God reached out to redeem not a friend or the innocent but instead, in His grace, He offered redemption, reconciliation to ENEMIES and the GUILTY. This is the condition of man, this is what God through Christ chose to save.

God’s Gospel

In the wake of the Good News and the focal point being on the way in which salvation has been secured for the world, it is likely that the God of the Gospel is forgotten. In many circles Jesus, incorrectly is positioned between the fallen world and an "angry" God, saving mankind from God. But the bible shows that from the beginning it is God who has initiated the Gospel and has taken great pleasure in the salvation of mankind. God is pleased to save!

Christ the Absolute (Worthy of All) pt2

Is Christ simply the best amongst many? Is Jesus the first in creation to be perfect? These 2 questions begin in an error, that error being that Jesus is like unto any thing in creation or a product of creation. Through out the ages even to this day many use the term "firstborn" to explain Jesus as the most supreme in the line-up of created things. However the point of the letter to the Colossians is just the opposite concerning Jesus. He is Creator!

Qualified to Partake

Everything that the believer has available to them pertaining to fellowship with God, inclusion in His covenant, identity in His Family and Eternal Life are by God Himself making those in his fallen creation Qualified, Able, Empowered by being found in Christ through Faith!

Powered By God

Many times we can figure out the potential or significance of a piece of equipment by the power source needed to operate it. In the same way when we see the power of God being infused into a person, a life, a people , that should make us wonder at the significance and potential of that person, ( the Christian) that life ( Following Christ) that people (the Children of God) and what amazing purpose is being unveiled.

How to be Fruitful in Every Good Work

How can a believer be assured that the work that they are participating in or heading up is going to be fruitful? As we look at this hope of Paul for the Colossae church we get a "life picture" of someone living this out in the book of Genesis concerning Abrahams servant.

Fully Pleasing Him (A Faith Walk)

Can a person actually "fully" please the Lord? The Apostle Paul believes so, so much that this is a part of his prayer that he is continually praying for the Colossae church. 

Walk as Though You Belong

In Colossians we take a look at the "now what" stage of the believer. You've trusted in Christ, have been made a "Saint" and a child of God's family. Now since that is the reality... how does that look? Is there an expectation of the believer to grow, to mature? The answer is, "Yes!" In Colossians we are discovering that there is a thing called "Walking worthy of the Lord. Lets open our bibles and see.

God Has Proven Himself FAITHFUL!

We take a moment to REMEMBER who and what God has been to His creation!
It is when we make a real effort to remember God we will live in a heart of Worship towards Him!