Series 11

THE LETTER TO THE COLOSSIANS – by Francis Dixon

Study 1 THE APOSTLE AND HIS LETTER

(Scripture Portion: Colossians 1: 1-18) Paul’s letter to the Colossians was written about AD 62 to the church at Colosse, a city in Asia Minor, situated on the Aegean Sea. It is generally supposed that…

Study 2 PRAYING AND GIVING THANKS

(Scripture Portion: Colossians 1: 9-14) Paul was a man of prayer. He was a great Christian, an outstanding scholar, a model missionary, a giant among men, spiritually, morally and intellectually, but above all he was…

Study 3 THE SUPREMACY OF CHRIST

(Scripture Portion: Colossians 1: 15-29) There is coming a day in which the Lord Jesus Christ will have the supremacy, a day when He will be Lord, and when “at the name of Jesus every…

Study 4 THE PASTOR’S CONFLICT

(Scripture Portions: Acts 11: 19-26; Colossians 2: 1-5) Paul had never seen the Christians at Laodicea or Colosse face to face, yet he writes to them of his deep concern for their spiritual welfare and…

Study 5 RECEIVING AND WALKING IN CHRIST

(Scripture Portions: Psalm 1 and Colossians 2: 6-10) In Colossians 2:6-10 the apostle Paul appeals to Christians to go on in the same way as they started (verse 6). Just as we receive the Lord…

Study 6 A CHAPTER ON HOLY LIVING

(Scripture Portion: Colossians 3: 1-25) The whole thrust of Paul’s argument and appeal in this chapter may be summed up thus: “Christian, because of your union with the Lord Jesus Christ in His death, burial,…

Study 7 JOHN MARK: HE TURNED BACK!

(Scripture Portions: Acts 13: 1-13; 15: 36-41) We all need the solemn warning of Luke 9:62, and this particular study is specially designed to warn us from taking any course which will bring dishonour upon…

Study 8 EPAPHRAS: AN EXAMPLE TO FOLLOW

(Scripture Portion: 2 Corinthians 4: 1-12) In Colossians 4:12 the apostle Paul describes Epaphras as “a servant of Christ Jesus”. He is mentioned only three times in the New Testament – in Colossians 1:7-8; 4:12-13…

Study 9 DEMAS: THE SNARE OF WORLDLINESS

(Scripture Portion: 1 John 2: 15-29) Almost every character of whom we read in the Word of God is known for something; each is associated with some deed of glory and honour, or of shame…

Study 10 ARCHIPPUS: FULFILLING OUR MINISTRY

(Scripture Portion: 2 Timothy 2: 1-15) This concluding study in our series is based upon one of Paul’s requests at the end of his Letter to the Colossians:- “Tell Archippus: ‘See to it that you…