January 25, 2026
The Density of The Gospel in Colossians
Colossians 1:3-8 / David VanAcker
3 We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, 4 since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love that you have for all the saints, 5 because of the hope laid up for you in heaven. Of this you have heard before in the word of the truth, the gospel, 6 which has come to you, as indeed in the whole world it is bearing fruit and increasing—as it also does among you, since the day you heard it and understood the grace of God in truth, 7 just as you learned it from Epaphras our beloved fellow servant. He is a faithful minister of Christ on your behalf 8 and has made known to us your love in the Spirit.
This Sunday, for a second week, we are going to consider Colossians 1:3-8. Last week, I focused on answering the question: How can Paul’s tone be what it is here—thankful, joyful—when the point of the letter is to address a really significant and dangerous heresy? This week we’re going to focus on a different question that the text also addresses: What is the gospel?
With that, the big idea of this sermon is that the gospel is good news for every aspect of our lives forever. Christ is indeed above all and in all. And that is densely packed into these few verses, even as it is densely packed in all of Colossians. The main takeaway, then, is to learn to live more fully in light of the reality of the gospel.
With that, the big idea of this sermon is that the gospel is good news for every aspect of our lives forever. Christ is indeed above all and in all. And that is densely packed into these few verses, even as it is densely packed in all of Colossians. The main takeaway, then, is to learn to live more fully in light of the reality of the gospel.
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Service Order
Welcome
Exhortation
Assurance of Pardon
How Great (Psalm 145)
Reading – Psalm 97
Jesus What A Friend For Sinners
How Firm A Foundation
Offering
Sermon
Christ Is Mine Forevermore
How Great Thou Art
Benediction
Memory Verse
John 1:12-13 [But] to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God, ¹³who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.Service Times
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