LOVE IN THE SPIRIT

LOVE IN THE SPIRIT

COLOSSIANS 1:1-23 

PAUL, AN APOSTLE OF JESUS CHRIST BY THE WILL OF GOD, AND TIMOTHEUS OUR BROTHER, TO THE SAINTS AND FAITHFUL BRETHREN IN CHRIST WHICH ARE AT COLOSSE: GRACE BE UNTO YOU, AND PEACE, FROM GOD OUR FATHER AND THE LORD JESUS CHRIST. WE GIVE THANKS TO GOD AND THE FATHER OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, PRAYING ALWAYS FOR YOU, SINCE WE HEARD OF YOUR FAITH IN CHRIST JESUS, AND OF THE LOVE WHICH YE HAVE TO ALL THE SAINTS, FOR THE HOPE WHICH IS LAID UP FOR YOU IN HEAVEN, WHEREOF YE HEARD BEFORE IN THE WORD OF THE TRUTH OF THE GOSPEL; WHICH IS COME UNTO YOU, AS IT IS IN ALL THE WORLD; AND BRINGETH FORTH FRUIT, AS IT DOTH ALSO IN YOU, SINCE THE DAY YE HEARD OF IT, AND KNEW THE GRACE OF GOD IN TRUTH: AS YE ALSO LEARNED OF EPAPHRAS OUR DEAR FELLOWSERVANT, WHO IS FOR YOU A FAITHFUL MINISTER OF CHRIST; WHO ALSO DECLARED UNTO US YOUR LOVE IN THE SPIRIT. FOR THIS CAUSE WE ALSO, SINCE THE DAY WE HEARD IT, DO NOT CEASE TO PRAY FOR YOU, AND TO DESIRE THAT YE MIGHT BE FILLED WITH THE KNOWLEDGE OF HIS WILL IN ALL WISDOM AND SPIRITUAL UNDERSTANDING; THAT YE MIGHT WALK WORTHY OF THE LORD UNTO ALL PLEASING, BEING FRUITFUL IN EVERY GOOD WORK, AND INCREASING IN THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD; STRENGTHENED WITH ALL MIGHT, ACCORDING TO HIS GLORIOUS POWER, UNTO ALL PATIENCE AND LONGSUFFERING WITH JOYFULNESS; GIVING THANKS UNTO THE FATHER, WHICH HATH MADE US MEET TO BE PARTAKERS OF THE INHERITANCE OF THE SAINTS IN LIGHT: WHO HATH DELIVERED US FROM THE POWER OF DARKNESS, AND HATH TRANSLATED US INTO THE KINGDOM OF HIS DEAR SON: IN WHOM WE HAVE REDEMPTION THROUGH HIS BLOOD, EVEN THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS: WHO IS THE IMAGE OF THE INVISIBLE GOD, THE FIRSTBORN OF EVERY CREATURE: FOR BY HIM WERE ALL THINGS CREATED, THAT ARE IN HEAVEN, AND THAT ARE IN EARTH, VISIBLE AND INVISIBLE, WHETHER THEY BE THRONES, OR DOMINIONS, OR PRINCIPALITIES, OR POWERS: ALL THINGS WERE CREATED BY HIM, AND FOR HIM: AND HE IS BEFORE ALL THINGS, AND BY HIM ALL THINGS CONSIST. AND HE IS THE HEAD OF THE BODY, THE CHURCH: WHO IS THE BEGINNING, THE FIRSTBORN FROM THE DEAD; THAT IN ALL THINGS HE MIGHT HAVE THE PREEMINENCE. FOR IT PLEASED THE FATHER THAT IN HIM SHOULD ALL FULNESS DWELL; AND, HAVING MADE PEACE THROUGH THE BLOOD OF HIS CROSS, BY HIM TO RECONCILE ALL THINGS UNTO HIMSELF; BY HIM, I SAY, WHETHER THEY BE THINGS IN EARTH, OR THINGS IN HEAVEN. AND YOU, THAT WERE SOMETIME ALIENATED AND ENEMIES IN YOUR MIND BY WICKED WORKS, YET NOW HATH HE RECONCILED IN THE BODY OF HIS FLESH THROUGH DEATH, TO PRESENT YOU HOLY AND UNBLAMEABLE AND UNREPROVEABLE IN HIS SIGHT: IF YE CONTINUE IN THE FAITH GROUNDED AND SETTLED, AND BE NOT MOVED AWAY FROM THE HOPE OF THE GOSPEL, WHICH YE HAVE HEARD, AND WHICH WAS PREACHED TO EVERY CREATURE WHICH IS UNDER HEAVEN; WHEREOF I PAUL AM MADE A MINISTER;

DO WE PRAY FOR NEW BELIEVERS? 

DO WE PRAY FOR ALL BELIEVERS? 

DO WE ENCOURAGE ALL BELIEVERS? 

DO WE TEACH THE BELIEVERS? 

DO WE REINFORCE THE TRUTH OF THE GOSPEL TO THE BELIEVERS? 

DO WE REMIND THE BELIEVERS THAT GOD IS THE ONE WHO MADE US MEET FOR THE INHERITANCE WITH THE SAINTS? 

DO WE REMIND THE BELIEVERS ABOUT THE GRACE OF GOD IN TRUTH? 

DO WE REMIND THE BELIEVER THAT WE ARE SAVED BY GRACE,  THROUGH FAITH? 

DO WE LOVE IN THE SPIRIT? 

DO WE ASK GOD TO STRENGTHEN ALL BELIEVERS? 

DO WE ASK GOD TO GIVE ALL BELIEVERS ALL WISDOM AND KNOWLEDGE OF HIS WILL? 

DO WE TELL THE BELIEVERS THAT GOD IS ALL POWER AND THAT HE CAN MEET ALL OUR NEEDS? 

DO WE TRY TO BE THERE FOR THE BELIEVERS WHEN THEIR FAITH BECOMES WEAK? 

DO WE TEACH THE BELIEVER HOW THEY DIED TO THE FLESH AND NOW ARE TO BE FRUITFUL IN EVERY GOOD WORK? 

DO WE REMIND THE BELIEVERS THAT JESUS CHRIST DIED FOR US TO BE REDEEMED BACK TO GOD? 

DO WE REMIND THE BELIEVERS THAT WE ARE NOW CHILDREN OF LIGHT? 

DO WE REMIND BELIEVERS WHOSE CHILD WE TRULY ARE?

DO WE REMIND BELIEVERS THAT WE HAVE PEACE WITH GOD AND THAT HE LOVES US? 

DO WE TELL THE BELIEVER THAT GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD THAT HE SENT HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON TO BE THE SACRIFICE THAT SAVES THE WORLD? 

DO WE REMIND THE BELIEVER THAT WE ARE SEALED UNTIL THE DAY OF REDEMPTION BY THE HOLY SPIRIT, WHICH IS THE SPIRIT OF CHRIST JESUS? 

DO WE REMIND THE BELIEVER THAT WE HAVE AN ETERNAL HOME WITH THE ONE TRUE AND HOLY GOD? 

ARE WE THERE FOR ALL BELIEVERS? 

ARE WE JOYFUL AND EXCITED FOR OUR AND THEIR SALVATION? 

ARE WE EXCITED FOR ALL BELIEVERS BECAUSE THEY ARE BELIEVERS? 

DO WE SHARE THE GOSPEL IN TRUTH? 

IF ANY OF US DO NOT DO THESE, THEN I HAVE TO ASK, ARE WE REALLY EXCITED AND THANKFUL FOR OUR SALVATION? ANYTHING WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT WE SHARE. LOVE THROUGH AND IN THE SPIRIT. 

REREAD THIS PART OF COLOSSIANS BECAUSE THIS IS THE PERFECT EXAMPLE OF HOW THE CHRISTIAN SHOULD BE. 

Donna K Purifoy 

9/7/2023