Sunday Notes: Colossians 1:1a
- (Col 1:1 ESV) _______________, an _______________ of Christ _______________ by the will of God, and _______________ our brother,
- A typical greeting in this time would open with the _______________ name and title
- Paul was an _______________ of Jesus Christ above all
- An apostle is the _______________ of another. He does not bring his own agenda, but carries out the agenda of the one who sent him.
- Acts 21 & 22
- Paul recounts the story of his _______________ a number of years later as he stands before a mob of angry _______________.
- To the _______________, Paul speaks Greek
- To the Jews he speaks _______________
- What is significant about him speaking the native language to each group of people?
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- What is significant about him speaking the native language to each group of people?
- He was a _______________
- Addressing the crowd as _______________ and fathers, Paul is accurate in his relation to them.
- Born in Tarsus in _______________
- A city of culture and _______________
- Raised in _______________
- Educated by the premier Rabbi _______________
- And a _______________ citizen
- From his _______________ he had been a full citizen of the Roman empire
- Affording him better rights and treatment than most _______________.
- Paul’s conversion experience happened on the _______________ Road while on a mission to arrest and kill _______________.
- Why is it significant that Jesus calls Paul to faith while Paul is the furthest he could be from that faith in Christ?
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_____________________________________ - Paul was active in _______________ function, but dead in a _______________ to Christ.
- Being busy in churchy things ourselves does not make us more connected to the Lord.
- Paul was sent to carry the gospel to the most distant people: the _______________.
- Why is that a big deal for a man of Paul’s pedigree?
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- Why is it significant that Jesus calls Paul to faith while Paul is the furthest he could be from that faith in Christ?
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- Paul is a shining example of a life of obedience to the _______________ of _______________. Regardless of the consequences or opinions, He faithfully _______________ on the will God had for his life.
- What is the calling on your life?
- What is holding you back from fulfilling it?
Yet above all Paul counts his position in Christ: Philippians 3:4-7