Colossians Study Guide: Week 5

Daily Study Guide To Help You Grow In The Lord

Colossians

Week 5 – 11/14/10

Monday – Read Colossians 3:18 – 4:1

Prayer: Ask God to open your heart so that you can learn what He has prepared for you during your study.

1. Why do you think Paul gives this list of relationships in verses 18-22, telling the Christians the proper way to act in each of these relationships?

2. Why do you think wives are told to submit to their husbands instead of being told to love them?

3. What do you think it means for a wife to submit to her husband?

4. What do you think it means when fathers are told not to provoke their children?

5. Thought Question - In verse 22, salves are told to obey their masters. Do you think that the Bible teaches that slavery is okay? Why or why not?

Prayer: Pray for your relationships and your actions in all of your relationships. Ask God to help you always act right in all of your relationships.

Tuesday – Read Colossians 3:18 – 4:1

Prayer: Ask God to open your heart so that you can learn what He has prepared for you during your study.

6. What do you think Paul means in verse 23, “Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men”?

7. Why do you think the Bible does not condemn slavery?

8. Where does Paul say the ultimate reward will come from if you act right in all of your relationships, verse 24?

9. Is Paul saying in 4:1 that it is okay for a Christian to have slaves? Why or why not?

10. Thought Question – What do you think would be wrong with a slave just acting right because he did not want others to see him acting wrong towards his master, verse 22?

Prayer: Pray for those who have to live and work as a slave. Pray that they may have masters who treat them as God commands.

Wednesday – Read Colossians 4:2-6

Prayer: Ask God to open your heart so that you can learn what He has prepared for you during your study.

11. What do you think it means to continue steadfastly in prayer, verse 2?

12. How do you think you can be watchful in prayer, verse 2?

13. What does Paul say should always be a part of our prayers, verse 2?

14. What do you find unusual in Paul’s request for prayers on his behalf, verse 3?

15. What do you think it means to “walk in wisdom toward outsiders,” verse 5?

16. What does Paul say about our speech, verse 5?

17. Thought Question - What do you think is the mystery of Christ, verse 3?

Prayer – Ask God to help you be watchful in your prayers.

Thursday – Read Colossians 4:7-18

18. Why do you think Paul includes his comments about specific individuals in this letter?

19. What do you think Paul means in verse 10 when he calls Aristarchus “my fellow prisoner” ?

20. What do you think Paul means when he speaks of the “only men of the circumcision” in verse 11?

21. What does Paul say is Epaphras’ desire for the church in Colossae, verse 12?

22. From what Paul says about the “letter from Laodicea” in verses 15 & 16, what do you assume about the churches in Colossae and Laodicea?

23. From what Paul says about the “letter from Laodicea,” verse 16, what does that tell you about what is contained in the writings of the New Testament?

24. Thought Question – Why do you think Paul includes the remarks about Mark in this letter, verse 10?

Prayer: Thank God for your fellow brothers and sisters in Christ who are your co-workers in the Gospel.

Friday – Read the Entire Book of Colossians Again

Prayer: Ask God to open your heart so that you can learn what He has prepared for you during your reading.

Prayer:  Pray about whatever God puts on your heart from this reading today.

Saturday –  Read The Entire Book Of Colossians Again

Prayer: Ask God to open your heart so that you can learn what He has prepared from you during your reading.

Write down what you gained from your study of this book.

Prayer:  Thank God for what He has taught you, reminded you of in your study of this book.