Colossians & Philemon for You: Rooting You in Christian Confidence (God’s Word for You | GWFY)

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“It’s hard to miss his point now. Paul claims a message of absolute relevance to every person in every nation in every era.” (Page 32)

“But it is quite possible that this reflects the more formal words a convert might have said at their baptism. In other words, it was a matter of public testimony. In the Roman world, that took considerable courage. It would often have social, political and even fatal consequences—for the world that Paul and the Colossians inhabited was very much Caesar’s world. He was its lord.” (Page 86)

“the Son is ‘the image of the invisible God’ (Colossians 1:15), meaning that he makes the invisible visible.” (Page 33)

“This is because Paul’s argument is not about our efforts but our dependence.” (Page 56)

“To understand what God wants we need to know what God is like. To know what God is like we need to spend time with him, listening to what he says. This marks the difference between theology as a dry, cerebral pursuit (the sole object of which is clever and complicated statements) and theology as a living, breathing way of life. It is all about our relationship with God. No wonder this is an important prayer. It is one prayer that God longs to answer.” (Page 20)