2. Think about It Perseverers Chapter 1 Theme:
Faith in the incomparable Christ produces fruitful and perseverant saints.

3. Think about It Perseverers Col. 1:21
We should not shy away from frank and unsparing descriptions of our essential fallenness; only against the black back-drop of human unrighteousness does redemptive mercy achieve its full luster.

4. Think about It Endurers Chapter 2 Theme:
The incomparable Christ suffers no rivals, especially spiritual substitutes that engender human pride.

5. Think about It Endurers Col. 2:22-23
The realization that the most stringent and rigorous self-discipline is insufficient to curb fleshly indulgence should drive us to our knees in whole-hearted dependence on the One who alone can change the human heart.

6. Preview & Tips Perseverers Col. 1:22
yet He has now reconciled you in His fleshly body through death, in order to present you before Him holy and blameless and beyond reproach—

7. Preview & Tips Perseverers Col. 1:22
yet He has now reconciled you in His fleshly body through death, in order to present you before Him holy and blameless and beyond reproach—

8. Think about It Perseverers Col. 1:22
We must never separate Christ’s sacrifice on our behalf from His desire to “purify for Himself a people for His own possession.”

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