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INTRODUCTION TO COLOSSIANS. Permanence of Faith – Col 1:21-23. Colossians 1:21-22 21 And you, who once were alienated and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds, 22 he has now reconciled in his body of flesh by his death, in order to present you holy and blameless and above reproach before him …
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INTRODUCTION TO COLOSSIANS Permanence of Faith – Col 1:21-23
Colossians 1:21-22 21 And you, who once were alienated and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds, 22 he has now reconciled in his body of flesh by his death, in order to present you holy and blameless and above reproach before him… God finishes what he starts (Phil 1:6).
Colossians 1:23 if indeed you continue in the faith, stable and steadfast, not shifting from the hope of the gospel that you heard, which has been proclaimed in all creation under heaven, and of which I, Paul, became a minister.
John 10:27-2927My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. 28 I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand. 29 My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand.
If your Faithis real thenit will… • It will persevere… Colossians 1:23 • It will bear fruit… John 15:4-6 • It will work… James 2:14-19 • It won’t abandon Jesus... 1 John 2:19
2 Corinthians 13:5 Examine yourselves, to see whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Or do you not realize this about yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless indeed you fail to meet the test! • Faith desires fruit. • Faith forsakes sin. • Faith desires Jesus’ preeminence.
Matthew 7:21-2321“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22 On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’ 23 And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’
1 John 5:13I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God that you may know that you have eternal life.
Colossians 1:23 if indeed you continue in the faith, stable and steadfast, not shifting from the hope of the gospel that you heard, which has been proclaimed in all creation under heaven, and of which I, Paul, became a minister.
INTRODUCTION TO COLOSSIANS Gospel Sanctification