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How Can the Cross Reconcile Us?

March 18, 2024 | Colossians 1:19-22 | cross, jesus

Have you ever experienced a break in a relationship? A broken relationship is often one of the most painful things we ever experience. And reconciliation? Well, that might be one of the most difficult things to accomplish.

In the apostle Paul’s letter to the Colossians, he explained that it was trusting in Christ’s sacrificial death on the cross that reconciled them to God. We can trust in Christ’s sacrificial death on the cross to reconcile us to God.

Why Science?

May 5, 2019 | Colossians 1:15-20 | science

Paul knew that faith and knowledge are not mutually exclusive, but indeed, they are mutually beneficial. An examined faith, where doubts are addressed and facts considered, is better than a faith that is held blindly. Paul’s purpose for writing the new believers in the city of Colossae was to help them add a growing knowledge of Christ to the faith they had already expressed by trusting in Him.

He wrote to encourage them to grow in their knowledge of Christ as the supreme explanation for all things, so that their faith in Him might also increase. We can grow in our knowledge of Christ as the supreme explanation for all things, so that our faith is increased.

The Image that Interceded

June 19, 2011 | Colossians 1 | jesus

Pastor Gary Combs continues his 4-part series entitled “Four Pillars of Christology” with this message from Colossians. In this message we see that Jesus is the supreme revelation of God and reconciler of the world to God.