Lesson 11: Living With Christ (Colossians 3:1-17)

Does it matter how you live? Do your thoughts matter? Two weeks ago, we learned that if we maintain steadfast faith in Jesus, and we do not “shift” away from Him, we can be certain that we are saved from our sins. That makes us think that what we do does not matter as long as we do not turn away from Jesus. In Colossians 3, Paul tells us that what we do and think matters. We are not free to do whatever we want, secure in the idea that “God will forgive.” God will forgive, but that should not be the point of reference for our thoughts. Let’s jump into Paul’s teaching about how we should think and live our lives as children of God!

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The Current Quarter’s Bible Studies on Philippians and Colossians.

Lesson 10
Complete in Christ
(Colossians 2)
Try to put yourself in the place of the people Paul is addressing in his letter to the Colossians. Today, Christianity is the world’s largest religion. Imagine that it did not exist in your world. T...
Lesson 9
Reconciliation and Hope
(Colossians 1:20-29)
One of the less pleasant features of my legal career has been that both sides have a dislike for the other. The labor union did not like my client because my client wanted nothing to do with the union...
Lesson 8
The Preeminence of Christ
(Colossians 1:13-19)
Put on your “memory cap” to recall our first two lessons in this series. We studied the introductions to both Philippians and Colossians. Recall that Paul started his letter to the Philippians by ...
Lesson 7
A Heavenly Citizenship
(Philippians 3:17-4:23)
This week I read an astonishing statistic. Over 50% of a certain population in the United States admits to having a mental illness. When compared to earlier reports, this seems to be part of the same ...
Lesson 6
Confidence Only in Christ
(Philippians 3:1-16)
Does the concept of righteousness by faith seem logical or natural to you? It doesn’t to me. Leaving aside my belief in God’s blessings, I have spent my life believing—and experiencing—that if...
Lesson 5
Shining as Lights in the Nigh
(Philippians 2:12-30)
Have you ever interacted with a stranger and thought, "This person must be a Christian?" On the other hand, have you worked with someone who showed no sign of being a Christian but you later found out...
Lesson 4
Unity Through Humility
(Philippians 2:1-11)
It was about thirty years ago that I started hearing a new idea about something called "diversity." Part of the concept was already clear to me because I received my undergraduate degree from Andre...
Lesson 3
Life and Death
(Philippians 1:19-30)
Have you wondered why some Christians fight death when life becomes painful due to disease? Why not welcome death and heaven? Do you think about your own death? This is the beginning of a new year ...
Lesson 2
Reasons for Thanksgiving and
(Philippians 1, Colossians 1)
How is your prayer life? Are you satisfied with it, or do you think it could use some improvement? One of my co-workers is an advocate of "contemplative prayer." He puts a sign on the door to his o...
Lesson 1
Persecuted But Not Forsaken
(Philippians 1, Colossians 1, Acts 16)
We begin a new series of studies about the New Testament books of Philippians and Colossians. Have you ever been arrested and put in jail or prison? I have not. But it is something that I think abo...

Emotional Intelligence

Can the Bible help you get promoted at work? Can the Bible increase your pay? Can the Bible help you keep your job? Improve your marriage? The answer is “Yes!” The Bible teaches principles of “emotional intelligence” that can actually help you to be smarter and get along better. Bruce Cameron, the writer of these Bible studies and a law professor, has published a paper written for lawyers which presents 17 Bible-based rules of emotional intelligence which God gave us to improve our lives. Best of all, Professor Cameron’s paper is free and you do not have to be a lawyer to understand it. To get your free copy, first click on this link. Second, when you see the title of the paper (EI, EI, Oh What an Employee), click on the “One-Click Download” and the paper will download to your computer as a PDF. If you have friends who want to read the paper, have them go to the website and download it as well.