Week 1 – 10/17/10
Colossians
Monday – Read the entire book of Colossians in one setting.
Prayer: Ask God to open your heart so that you can learn what He has prepared for you during your study.
1. As you read this writing, what jumped out, stuck with you?
2. What questions about this writing and its teaching came to your mind?
Prayer: Thank God for Christ and His promise of providing for all your needs in Him.
Tuesday – Read Colossians 1:1-8
Prayer: Ask God to open your heart so that you can learn what He has prepared for you during your study.
3. How does Paul identify himself in this writing?
4. What do you think the way Paul identified himself means?
5. Who does Paul say was with him; joined him in this writing?
6. What do you know about Timothy?
7. Paul identifies those in Christ in Colossae as “saints.” What do you think that word mean?
8. What do you think Paul means when he writes “Grace to you and peace from God our Father,” Verse 2?
9. What does Paul say to begin this writing as a point of encouragement, verse 3?
10. What does Paul indicate he knows about the Christians in Colossae, verses 4 & 5?
11. What does Paul indicate the Christians in Colossae have because of the Gospel, verse 5?
12. In verse 6 Paul makes an amazing statement about the Gospel; “...the gospel, which has come to you, as indeed in the whole world it is bearing fruit ...” What do you think this statement means?
13. What do you think is Paul point when he says they “...understood the grace of God in truth,” verse 6?
14. Who does Paul say is responsible for bringing the Gospel to Colossae?
15. What do you think Paul means when he speaks of the love of the Colossians in the Sprit, verse 8?
16. Thought Question – What do you think Paul is saying about the Gospel in verse 6? How does this relate to your life; to you church family?
Prayer: Thank God for the hope you have laid up in heaven by obedience to the Gospel.
Wednesday – Read Colossians 1:1-14
Prayer: Ask God to open your heart so that you can learn what He has prepared for you during your study.
17. Paul said since the day he had heard of the love of the saints in Colossae he had not stopped praying for them, verse 9. What did he say he was praying for?
18. Why does Paul want the saints in Colossae to be filled with the knowledge of God’s will, verse 10?
19. What does Paul say would be the result of someone walking worthy of the Lord, verse 10?
20. Why does Paul pray they would be strengthened with all power, verse 11?
21. What does Paul say God has done for the saints in Colossae, verse 12? What do you think that means?
22. What do you think the phrase “the domain of darkness,” verse 13, means?
23. Where did God deliver the saints to when He delivered them from the domain of darkness, verse 13?
24. What does Paul say is the significance of being in Christ, verse 14?
25. Thought Question: What do you think it means; what is the significance of being transferred into the kingdom of God’s Son?
Prayer: Thank God for delivering you into the kingdom of His beloved Son. Thank Him for the sacrifice of His Son which made this possible when you obeyed the Gospel.
Thursday – Read Colossians 1:1-23
Prayer: Ask God to help you always put your trust in Him and not in the actions of men.
26. In verses 15 through 18, Paul lists eight facts about Christ. List those eight things.
27. What do you think each of those things (Question 26) means?
28. Why do you think Paul listed these things about Christ?
29. What do you think the phrase “For in Him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell...” verse 19, means?
30. What do you think the word “reconcile” means? How does it relate to Christ, verse 20?
31. What did Christ use to make peace between men and God? Why did that make peace possible?
32. What does Paul say was the previous condition of those in the church in Colossae, verse 21?
33. What was the purpose for which Christ reconciled men, verse 22?
34. Thought Question: What do you think the condition Paul lists in verse 23 for one who has become a Christian means?
Prayer: Thank God for the blood of Jesus which made it possible for you, a sinner, to make peace with Him.
Friday – Read Colossians 1:1-29
Prayer: Ask God to open your heart so that you can learn what He has prepared for you during your study.
35. What do you think Paul means when he says “...in my flesh I am filling up what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions..., verse 24?
36. What is a stewardship, verse 25?
37. What was the stewardship God gave Paul?
38. What do you think the word “mystery,” verse 26, means?
39. What does Paul say is the mystery, verse 27?
40. What does Paul say is the goal of his teaching, verse 28?
41. How does Paul say he is able to do what he does, verse 29?
42. Thought Question: What do you think Paul means when he says that Christ works powerfully within him? How does that apply to your life or is that something Christ only did for the apostles?
Prayer: Thank God for the power He gives your life through Christ in you.
Saturday – Read Colossians 2:1-5
Prayer: Ask God to open your heart so that you can learn what He has prepared from you during your study.
43. Why do you think Paul wants the church in Colossae to know his struggles?
44. Why does Paul say he endures these struggles, verse 1?
45. What common hope does Paul hold for himself and the saints in Colossae and Laodicea, verse 2?
46. What does Paul say is in Christ, verse 3?
47. What does Paul say is his overall goal for the saints in Colossae, verse 4?
48. Thought Question – What does Paul say is a real danger for new Christians, verse 4? What does that teach you about your relationship with new Christians?
Prayer: Thank God for the efforts of all who have struggled for you to bring you the Gospel and to help you stay steadfast in Christ.
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