Colossians 4 bible study

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The Epistle of Paul to the Colossians Living like a Christian 2 - 6 4.2. Be devoted to prayer, keeping alert in it with thanksgiving. The Christian life should centre around prayer, that is, communion with God through the Lord Jesus Christ. Without prayer it is impossible to live the Christian or Christ like life. It isn't something that can be done haphazardly or when we feel like it but we should "pray without ceasing" (1Thes,. 5: 17). The first step of a born again believer is to learn to pray and then to continue to do so. To be earnest and steadfast and never wearied by it but ever alert. This is something the disciples failed to do in the garden of Gethsemane when Jesus asked them to (Math. 26: 41). All prayer is to be entered into and made with "thanksgiving" (Phil. 4: 6). We are to persevere in prayer and not give up easily. 4. 3 - 4. At the same time pray for us too, that God may open a door for the message so that we may proclaim the mystery of Christ, for which I am in chains. Pray that I may make it known as I should. Prayer is to be made for specific things it has to be purposeful. Here Paul asks that prayer should be made for himself and those that are labouring with him in the gospel. First of all that God would open the door of opportunity to preach the good news of salvation to the lost (1 Cor. 16: 9). Note that it is God that gives the opportunity to witness. It does not say that we have to wedge our foot in the door and force our way in. It is because Paul was obedient to the call of God and boldly witnessed to God's saving grace that he is bound by chains in a prison in Rome (Eph. 6: 20). Secondly he asks for prayer that he would be enabled to speak boldly, clearly and to give the full message of salvation as it is his duty to do so. To summarize the life of a Christian up to this point it is 1. A prayerful life. 2. Praying for opportunities of witness 3. Proclaiming the gospel message with boldness. 4.5. Conduct yourselves with wisdom toward outsiders, making the most of the opportunities. Next comes our behaviour before the unsaved. We are to behave wisely before them and to be careful what we say and do - not to give any reason for them to point a finger at us (Math. 10: 16). Make the most of our time that we have to take a hold of the opportunities giving us to serve the Lord in whatever capacity he may have given us.


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