2. Christ is colossal.

3. He’s bigger.

4. You too, are colossal in Christ.

5. An Orientation to Reorienting Our Lives

6. Colossians 1

7. Colossians 1:1-18 nkj

8. Jesus + anything = nothing Jesus + nothing = everything

9. Paul unearths a picture of the greatness of Jesus Christ.

10. In Jesus Christ we see the real God. In Jesus Christ we see the real us.

11. Colossians 1:15 nkj He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.

12. Jesus shows us who God really is.

13. What He creates He sustains.

14. Colossians 1:17 nkj And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.

15. He holds us together.

16. …for without Me you can do nothing. John 15:5b nkj

17. Knowing Jesus is surrendering formative authority to Him.

18. Colossians 1:5b-6a (NKJV) …of which you heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel, which has come to you, as it has also in all the world, and is bringing forth fruit…

20. Salvation is turning the whole you toward Jesus Christ.

21. Colossians 1:3, 9a (NKJV) We give thanks to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you… For this reason we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you…

22. ① Be specific in your prayers.

23. ② Prayer is a releasing of our faith.

24. ③ When our prayers are Spirit-led they are powerfully effective.

25. Colossians 1:13-14 nkj He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love, in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins.

32. conveyed μεθ ί στημι methistēmi  meta – change  histemi – to cause to stand

33. Stand where you stand.

34. Christ is colossal.

35. You are colossal in Him!