OVERCOMING PESSIMISIM (Colossians 1)
I. You Are God’s Select, Set Aside and Secure
2 To God’s holy people in Colossae, the
faithful brothers and sisters in Christ:
Grace and peace to you from God our Father.
II.
Your Are Appreciated and Prayed For
3 We give
thanks to God, the Father of our
Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you, 4 since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus
and the love which you have for all the
saints;
III. You Have a Bright Future
5 because of the hope laid up
for you in heaven, of which you
previously heard in the
word of truth, the gospel 6 which has come to you,
IV. You Have a Taste of Heaven Right Now
just as in all the
world also it is constantly bearing fruit and
increasing, even as it
has been doing in you also
since the day you heard of it and understood the grace of God in truth.
