http://www.aleethia.com "The LORD will march out like a mighty man, like a warrior he will stir up his zeal; with a shout he will raise the battle cry and will triumph over his enemies." Isaiah 42.13 Sun, 06 Dec 2009 13:16:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.aleethia.com/colossians-47-18-teamwork/ http://www.aleethia.com/colossians-47-18-teamwork/#comments Wed, 05 Nov 2008 18:53:09 +0000 Brance http://www.aleethia.com/?p=1051
As Paul draws his letter to a close, he mentions the various members of his ministry team. All through the book of Acts when we studied it, we saw Paul working together with other people. Only for a brief time in Athens, while waiting for other members of the team to arrive, did Paul work [...]]]> http://www.aleethia.com/colossians-47-18-teamwork/feed/ 0 http://www.aleethia.com/colossians-4-5-6-salty-talk/ http://www.aleethia.com/colossians-4-5-6-salty-talk/#comments Wed, 29 Oct 2008 19:36:00 +0000 Brance http://www.aleethia.com/?p=1046
Last week we looked at Paul’s prayer request of the Colossian believers. He asked them to pray that God would provide opportunities for the sharing of the gospel message, and that the gospel would be clearly articulated when those opportunities came. In this week’s passage he gives the Colossians some instruction about how they should [...]]]> http://www.aleethia.com/colossians-4-5-6-salty-talk/feed/ 0 http://www.aleethia.com/colossians-4_2-4-steadfast-prayer/ http://www.aleethia.com/colossians-4_2-4-steadfast-prayer/#comments Wed, 22 Oct 2008 15:16:53 +0000 Brance http://www.aleethia.com/?p=1004
In today’s passage, Paul moves toward the conclusion of his letter to the church at Colossae and begins his conclusion with an encouragement to continue praying. What is steadfast prayer? First, let’s define prayer. John Piper tells this story about the definition of prayer. There is a story about D. L. Moody making a visit [...]]]> http://www.aleethia.com/colossians-4_2-4-steadfast-prayer/feed/ 0 http://www.aleethia.com/colossians-318-41-household-relationships/ http://www.aleethia.com/colossians-318-41-household-relationships/#comments Wed, 08 Oct 2008 14:52:49 +0000 Brance http://www.aleethia.com/?p=1003
Let’s look at what Paul has to say here in Colossians concerning the working of Christian households. You will notice that each member of the household has a responsibility for how they should behave toward the others. These are not conditional. A wife is to submit even if her husband doesn’t love her or is [...]]]> http://www.aleethia.com/colossians-318-41-household-relationships/feed/ 0 http://www.aleethia.com/colossians-3-15-17-the-new-man-part-2/ http://www.aleethia.com/colossians-3-15-17-the-new-man-part-2/#comments Thu, 25 Sep 2008 10:52:07 +0000 Brance http://www.aleethia.com/?p=356
Last week we looked at a list of seven behaviors we should be cultivating in our lives as believers. We said these things represented the new, clean clothes we are to put on since we have been elected, made holy, and loved by God. This week we’re going to look at the rest of the [...]]]> http://www.aleethia.com/colossians-3-15-17-the-new-man-part-2/feed/ 0 http://www.aleethia.com/colossians-3-12-17-putting-on-the-new-man/ http://www.aleethia.com/colossians-3-12-17-putting-on-the-new-man/#comments Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:15:13 +0000 Brance http://www.aleethia.com/?p=337
In the last passage, Paul told us to kill our old nature, to stop living the way non-Christians live. Here he begins to lay out the type of lifestyle a Christians should model. This is the result of the philosophy he taught in verses 1-4. This is what the Christians life should look like. When [...]]]> http://www.aleethia.com/colossians-3-12-17-putting-on-the-new-man/feed/ 0 http://www.aleethia.com/colossians-3-5-11-death-of-the-old-man/ http://www.aleethia.com/colossians-3-5-11-death-of-the-old-man/#comments Wed, 03 Sep 2008 13:24:03 +0000 Brance http://www.aleethia.com/?p=342
I apologize that these notes are very much “notes” and are not written out an usual. My schedule was very busy and I didn’t have time this week to write them out long form. Last week we looked at the philosophy of the Christian life, as opposed to the gnostic philosophy Paul has been teaching against. This [...]]]> http://www.aleethia.com/colossians-3-5-11-death-of-the-old-man/feed/ 0 http://www.aleethia.com/colossians-31-4-christian-philosophy/ http://www.aleethia.com/colossians-31-4-christian-philosophy/#comments Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:07:02 +0000 Brance http://www.aleethia.com/?p=331
This lesson was taught on Wednesday evening, 08-27-2008. In the opening verses of Colossians 3, Paul gives a general outline of the philosophy of Christian life. He has already refuted the false teaching of the Gnostic philosophers, so now in contrast to that false philosophy, he presents the philosophy which should permeate the Christian life. [...]]]> http://www.aleethia.com/colossians-31-4-christian-philosophy/feed/ 0 http://www.aleethia.com/colossians-220-23-asceticism/ http://www.aleethia.com/colossians-220-23-asceticism/#comments Wed, 13 Aug 2008 22:51:55 +0000 Brance http://www.aleethia.com/?p=320
This lesson was taught on Wednesday evening, 08-13-2008. In this passage Paul is truly dealing with the problem of legalistic asceticism. Asceticism can be defined in this way. Asceticism = the practice of severe self-discipline and abstinence from all forms of indulgence, typically for religious reasons The false teaching he’s dealing with now is this [...]]]> http://www.aleethia.com/colossians-220-23-asceticism/feed/ 0 http://www.aleethia.com/colossians-2-18-19-spiritual-elitism/ http://www.aleethia.com/colossians-2-18-19-spiritual-elitism/#comments Mon, 11 Aug 2008 09:41:38 +0000 Brance http://www.aleethia.com/?p=289
This post is part of a teaching series on the book of Colossians. All of the lessons in this series can be found here. In the first lesson we outlined the book. In each subsequent lesson we look at one small section of the outline and seek to answer five questions concerning the text. In this section of Scripture we’re [...]]]> http://www.aleethia.com/colossians-2-18-19-spiritual-elitism/feed/ 0