March 25th: Sufficiency of Christ

At this meeting we read and discussed 1 Colossians 1: 1-8:

1Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,
2To the holy and faithful[a] brothers in Christ at Colosse:
Grace and peace to you from God our Father.
3We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, 4because we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love you have for all the saints— 5the faith and love that spring from the hope that is stored up for you in heaven and that you have already heard about in the word of truth, the gospel 6that has come to you. All over the world this gospel is bearing fruit and growing, just as it has been doing among you since the day you heard it and understood God's grace in all its truth. 7You learned it from Epaphras, our dear fellow servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ on our behalf, 8and who also told us of your love in the Spirit.

From this passage we see that Paul writes to believers that he's never met before. He's heard of them and their bearing fruit and their love in the Spirit. He identifies the church by their faith, love, and hope. We learn how important is is for us to be self-sufficient WITH CHRIST. We also learned how when reading the Word every time we re-read something we learn something new. This may be based on where you are in your life, what experiences you're going though... the Bible is God's LIVING word. Isn't that neat?

How's the gospel affect you?