Locations
Kokomo Campus
Service Times
Saturdays | 5:30pm Sundays | 9:00 & 10:30am
Peru Campus
105 S Benton St, Peru, IN 46970
Service Times
Sundays | 8:15, 9:45 & 11:15AM
Saturdays | 5:30pm Sundays | 9:00 & 10:30am
105 S Benton St, Peru, IN 46970
Sundays | 8:15, 9:45 & 11:15AM
SPEAKER: Pastor Charlie Riley
November 30, 2024
Colossians 4:1-2
Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into your bosom. For with the same measure that you use, it will be measured back to you.”
Luke 6:38
Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.
Gal 6:7
Treat Others The Way You Would Want To Be Treated
Continue earnestly (Proskartereo- Constantly Diligent) in prayer, being vigilant in it with thanksgiving;
Colossians 4:2
Psalms 100:4-5
Enter into His gates with thanksgiving,
And into His courts with praise.
Be thankful to Him, and bless His name.
For the Lord is good;
His mercy is everlasting,
And His truth endures to all generations.
meanwhile praying also for us, that God would open to us a door for the word, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in chains, that I may make it manifest (Clear and Apparent), as I ought to speak.
Colossians 4:3-4
Paul Was In Prison, Praying For More Opportunities
Paul’s Mindset
I’m Going To Live Out Gods Will In My Life
Regardless of The Consequences or Circumstances
Walk in wisdom toward those who are outside, redeeming the time. 6 Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.
Colossians 4:6
Be wise in the way you act toward outsiders; make the most of every opportunity.
N.I.V. Colossians 4:5
C.R.A.B.
Be smart with those who are not saved and need a savior. Look for opportunity’s that God is giving you to build a bridge into someone’s heart. Don’t blow the bridge up but build it. Season your words with some “Tony Chachere’s” so that people want to taste more of what God has for their lives.
C.R.A.B. Colossians 4:5-6
Lifestyle Evangelism
Evangelism Done Within The Natural “Day to Day” Activities of Your Life Is The Most Effective Because of The Relationship Component
Evangelism Is Not Confined To A Church Building
Methods of Evangelism in Scripture
House to House – Acts 5:42
Personal (One-On-One) – Acts 8:26-38
Evangelism in Large Crowds – Acts 2:14-36
Evangelism to A City – Acts 14:8-18
Public Debate and Preaching – Acts 17:17
Track and Bible Distribution – John 20:31
but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life (Zoe) in His name.
John 20:31
Final Greetings
Tychicus, (Early Church Leader Carried Letter With Onesimus – Native of Corinth, Became the Bishop of Chalcedon in Asia Minor, Died As A Martyr) a beloved brother, faithful minister, and fellow servant in the Lord, will tell you all the news about me.
Colossians 4:7
I am sending him to you for this very purpose, that he may know your circumstances and comfort your hearts,
Colossians 4:8
with Onesimus, (A Colossian, Converted Runaway Slave, Beloved Brother of Paul and
Name means “profitable, helpful”) a faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you. They will make known to you all things which are happening here.
Colossians 4:9
Aristarchus (From Thessalonica, 3rd Missionary Journey, Incarcerated, (Later Died Under Nero) my fellow prisoner greets you, with Mark (Associate of Peter, First Bishop of Alexandria, Died as a Martyr) the cousin of Barnabas (about whom you received instructions: if he comes to you, welcome him),
Colossians 4:10
and Jesus who is called Justus. These are my only fellow workers for the kingdom of God who are of the circumcision; they have proved to be a comfort to me.
Colossians 4:11
Epaphras, (Colossian) who is one of you, a bondservant of Christ, greets you, always laboring fervently (Agonizomai – English Word Agony, Meaning To Strive or Fight) for you in prayers, that you may stand perfect (Mature) and complete in all the will of God. For I bear him witness that he has a great zeal for you, and those who are in Laodicea, and those in Hierapolis.
Colossians 4:12-13
Luke (Believed To Be A Gentile) the beloved physician and Demas greet you.
Colossians 4:14
Be diligent to come to me quickly; for Demas has forsaken me, having loved this present world, and has departed for Thessalonica—Crescens for Galatia, Titus for Dalmatia. 11 Only Luke is with me. Get Mark and bring him with you, for he is useful to me for ministry.
2 Timothy 4:9-11
Greet the brethren who are in Laodicea, and Nymphas (Only Mention) and the church that is in his house.
Colossians 4:15
Church History
First 300 Years Church Was Done In Homes
323 A.D. Constantine Founded The City of Constantinople (Istanbul)
He Commissioned A Building To Be Built For Christians To Meet In
Ordered These Buildings To Be Named After Christians In The New Testament
House Churches Became A Memory
Now when this epistle is read among you, see that it is read also in the church of the Laodiceans, and that you likewise read the epistle from Laodicea.
Colossians 4:16
Church History
“There is in existence a letter to the Laodiceans, surviving only in Latin, but evidently originally written in Greek. It is found in many copies of the Latin Bible from the sixth century to the fifteenth. But in all that time no scholar accepted it as genuine, and no one accepts it now.”
F.C. Synge Bible Commentary
“The reference here may be to a lost letter; or, as had been conjectured, the letter may be the letter we know as Ephesians, for this might be a circular letter. It contains no personal greetings and, moreover, many of the best MSS. omit the words ‘at Ephesus’ in the opening verse”
F.C. Synge Bible Commentary
And say to Archippus, (Twice In Scripture, Possibly the Son of Philemon, Name Means “Horse Ruler”) “Take heed to the ministry which you have received in the Lord, that you may fulfill it.”
Colossians 4:17
This salutation by my own hand—Paul. Remember my chains. Grace be with you. Amen.
Colossians 4:18