Sunday Resources

May 15, 2022

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Sermon Questions

Colossians 1:1-2

Recap:

1. What is expositional preaching?[1] (Definition below) What is the purpose of this philosophy of preaching? (Its goal is to teach the whole counsel of God because the entirety of Scripture is profitable to us to correct, reprove, admonish, and encourage us)

2. What is one of the main reasons, Paul writes this letter? (To help correct the false teaching that was entering in the church of Colossae)

Reteach:

3. Colossians 1:1 – What is an apostle? Why does Paul mention his apostleship in this greeting, consider the reason for his writing? What type of posture should we have as we read and study the book of Colossians? What might Paul’s inclusion of Timothy in his greeting teach us about the importance of co-laborers in the ministry?

4. Colossians 1:2a – What does it mean that Paul refers to the Colossae church, as brothers and sisters? What has happened to make this possible (union with Christ)? How do these ideas lead us to act with one another, specifically, in the church of First Irving?

5. Colossians 1:2a – What are the blessings that are given to us in Christ? How has grace blessed us in the past and how does it continue to bless us? How has peace blessed us in the past and how does it continue to bless us?

Reflect:

6. Do you see the church as God’s Family? Would your love for the church demonstrate this?

7. Are you resting in the grace and peace of God today? Or have you allowed for guilt and shame to overwhelm your life?

[1] Greg Gilbert, “Expositional Preaching is preaching in which the main point of the biblical text being considered becomes the main point of the sermon being preaching.”