Sunday Notes: Colossians 1:9-11
- (Col 1:9 ESV) And so, from the day we heard, we have not ceased to __________ for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual __________ and understanding,
- From the time Paul found out about the work of Epaphras in taking the gospel to Colossae
- Paul has been in ongoing prayer for those Christians
- Prayer for….
- Them to be filled with __________ of God’s will
- To have all spiritual wisdom
- And understanding
- We arrive with these things by..
- Diving into the __________
- __________ often
- Participating in the __________
- James 1:5-7, Philippians 1:8-11
- MacArthur: Having knowledge of God’s Word controls our minds is the key to righteous living. What controls your thoughts will control your behavior. Self-control is a result of mind-control, which is dependent on knowledge
- Prayer for….
- (Col 1:10 ESV) so as to walk in a manner __________ of the Lord, fully pleasing to him: bearing __________ in every good work and increasing in the __________ of __________;
- Walking with God is a manner of living
- Genesis 5:23-24, Genesis 6:7-9
- Are you moving through life with God
- In a manner that is pleasing to Him
- In a lifestyle that is honoring to God
- In a way that magnifies __________
- Or not?
- You can’t have both a life pleasing to __________ and a life pleasing to the __________.
- It is one or another.
- You can’t have both a life pleasing to __________ and a life pleasing to the __________.
- Either we are against God in our lives
- O fully pleasing to Him
- Ephesians 4:1-3, Hebrews 13:20-21
- For Paul this is part of the prayer for those Christians in __________
- That their lives continue to be shaped to be worthy of this calling
- That their minds, actions, and wills be brought into alignment with the things of God
- For Paul this is part of the prayer for those Christians in __________
- Changing what goes __________ will change what comes __________.
- Changing our __________ will change our __________ and we will get a new desire for the things of God.
- Walking with God is a manner of living
- (Col 1:11 ESV) being strengthened with all power, according to his glorious might, for all endurance and patience with joy;
- We are tapped into to __________ will by His work.
- We are strengthened by __________ might.
- According to __________ glorious might
- His glorious might!
- God’s will cannot be shaken
- It cannot be defeated
- It cannot be overturned
- It cannot be corrupted
- It cannot be removed anytime
- For any reason
- By anyone.
- God will endure __________
- His will is going to be done
- And His people will endure with Him to the end.
- And not in pain or suffering
- But in joy!
- Philippians 4:12-13, Ephesians 3:14-19
- And not in pain or suffering
- We are tapped into to __________ will by His work.