Gospel bearing fruit since the day we truly understood God's grace

Gospel bearing fruit since the day we truly understood God's grace

Col 1:6

In the same way, the gospel is bearing fruit and growing throughout the whole world—just as it has been doing among you since the day you heard it and truly understood God’s grace.

Lk2:52

⁵² And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man.

 1 Cor 3:10

¹⁰ By the grace God has given me, I laid a foundation as a wise builder, and someone else is building on it. But each one should build with care.

1 Cor 15:10

¹⁰ But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me. 

Tit 2:11

¹¹ For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people. ¹² It teaches us to say “No” to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age

We learn the following from the above verses

1)    Gospel bearing fruit since the day we truly understood God’s grace

2)     Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man.

3)    Each one should build with care according to the grace given to him

4)    But by the grace of God We are what We are, and his grace to us was not without effect.

5)    For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people.

Being rooted in Christ and built up in Him

Being rooted in Christ and built up in Him

Col 2:7

⁶ So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him,

⁷ rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.

Eph 3:17

¹⁶ I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, 

¹⁷ so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, 

¹⁸ may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, 

¹⁹ and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.

We learn the following from the above verses

1)    We have received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live our lives in him, rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as we were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.

2)    We are to pray so that we may be rooted in and established in love

3)    We are pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen us with power through His Spirit in our inner being

All the treasures of wisdom and knowledge are hidden in Christ

All the treasures of wisdom and knowledge are hidden in Christ

Col 2:3

² My goal is that they may be encouraged in heart and united in love, so that they may have the full riches of complete understanding, in order that they may know the mystery of God, namely, Christ, ³ in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

Isa 11:2

A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse;
    from his roots a Branch will bear fruit.

² The Spirit of the Lord will rest on him—
    the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding,
    the Spirit of counsel and of might,
    the Spirit of the knowledge and fear of the Lord—

³ and he will delight in the fear of the Lord.

Jer 23:5

⁵ “The days are coming,” declares the Lord,
    “when I will raise up for David^[a] a righteous Branch,
a King who will reign wisely
    and do what is just and right in the land.

Rom 11:33

³³ Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and^[i] knowledge of God!
    How unsearchable his judgments,
    and his paths beyond tracing out!

1 Cor 1:24, 30

 ²⁴ but to those whom God has called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. ²⁵ For the foolishness of God is wiser than human wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than human strength.

³⁰ It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God—that is, our righteousness, holiness and redemption. ³¹ Therefore, as it is written: “Let the one who boasts boast in the Lord.”^[d]

We learn the following from the above verses

1)    All the treasures of wisdom and knowledge are hidden in Christ

2)    A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse;
    from his roots a Branch will bear fruit.
 The Spirit of the Lord will rest on him—
    the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding,
    the Spirit of counsel and of might,
    the Spirit of the knowledge and fear of the Lord—
 and he will delight in the fear of the Lord.

3)    Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and^[i] knowledge of God!
    How unsearchable His judgments,
    and His paths beyond tracing out!

4)    Christ is the power and wisdom of God for those whom He called

5)    It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God—that is, our righteousness, holiness and redemption.

Praying to God to fill us with knowledge of His will through all spiritual wisdom and understanding

Praying to God to fill us with knowledge of His will through all spiritual wisdom and understanding

Col 1:9

⁹ For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you. We continually ask God to fill you with the knowledge of his will through all the wisdom and understanding that the Spirit gives,^[e] 

¹⁰ so that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God

Rom 1:10

¹⁰ in my prayers at all times; and I pray that now at last by God’s will the way may be opened for me to come to you.

Eph 5:17

¹⁷ Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is. ¹⁸ Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit

Eph 1:17

¹⁷ I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit^[f] of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better.

We learn the following from the above verses

1) Praying to God to fill us with knowledge of His will through all spiritual wisdom and understanding

2) Knowledge of His will helps us live a life worthy of the Lord and please Him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God

3) Praying for the way to be opened for us by God’s will

4) We are to ask God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give us the Spirit^[f] of wisdom and revelation, so that we may know Him better.

The faith and love that springs from hope is stored up for you in heaven

The faith and love that springs from hope is stored up for you in heaven

Col 1:5, 23

⁴ because we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love you have for all God’s people—⁵ the faith and love that spring from the hope stored up for you in heaven and about which you have already heard in the true message of the gospel ⁶ that has come to you.

²³ if you continue in your faith, established and firm, and do not move from the hope held out in the gospel. 

1 The 5:8

⁸ But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, putting on faith and love as a breastplate, and the hope of salvation as a helmet.

Tit 1:2

Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ to further the faith of God’s elect and their knowledge of the truth that leads to godliness— ² in the hope of eternal life, which God, who does not lie, promised before the beginning of time

We learn the following from the above verses

1)     The faith and love that springs from hope is stored up for you in heaven

2)    if you continue in your faith, established and firm, and do not move from the hope held out in the gospel.

3)    Since we belong to the day, let us be sober, putting on faith and love as a breastplate, and the hope of salvation as a helmet.

We are to further the faith of God’s elect and their knowledge of the truth that leads to godliness in the hope of eternal life 

My God will meet all your needs according to His glorious riches

My God will meet all your needs according to His glorious riches

Php 4:19

¹⁹ And my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus.

Psalm 23:1

¹ The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing.

²     He makes me lie down in green pastures,
he leads me beside quiet waters,

³     he refreshes my soul.

2 Cor 9:8

⁸ And God is able to bless you abundantly, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work. 

We learn the following from the above verses

1)    My God will meet all your needs according to His glorious riches

2)    The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing.

3)    God is able to bless you abundantly, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work.