In Colossians 1:25-26 Paul declares: “Whereof I am made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which is given to me for you, to fulfil the word of God; Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints:” A mystery is something that has been kept secret. So what secret…
To make all men see….. Ephesians 3:9
To make all men see….. Ephesians 3:9
Sermons by Galen Bloom (Page 2)
Galen gives his perspective on how Paul could have fit into the end times if Israel had accepted Christ as their Messiah. Paul had started out persecuting the church of God, but ended up being persecuted for the cause of Christ.
In Colossians 1, Paul emphasizes that he was made a minister. This is because there were two aspects to his ministry. The first aspect was his ministry as he spread the gospel of the grace of God throughout the known world. The second aspect of his ministry was that a dispensation of God was given to him, making him the apostle of…
Colossians 1:21-23 And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight: If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye…
In Colossians it is made very clear that we are complete in Christ. There is nothing we can do to make us more complete – Christ did it all. But there are traps that we can fall into concerning the faith, and our reward can be lost. Three traps that are laid by men: Let no man rob you. Let no man…
Everyone is responsible for studying God’s Word to verify that the doctrines they are being taught are true. Paul warns of men who will beguile you. There are also false teachers who present themselves as ministers of light. Cunning men using craftiness will try to deceive you. But Paul also tells us how to identify these men and how to walk in…
When Paul talks about Jesus being the image of God, he is not saying he is the likeness. He is showing that Christ was indeed God. When he says Christ is the firstborn, he is showing that Jesus is given all the wealth and authority of all men.
In Ephesians, Philippians and Colossians, each book looks at relationships in the body of Christ. Ephesians is about the relationship of the body of Christ to its’ head; Colossians is concerned with the relationship of the head to the body, and finally Philippians is emphasizing the relationship of the body to each other. This is why the salutations in each book is…
Many of the bad doctrines that have arisen through the ages have come about because men have mixed scriptures written to the body of Christ with scriptures written to Israel.
When Paul wrote to Titus, he calls him his son in the common faith. When he wrote to Timothy, he called him his son in the faith. Why did he use the phrase ‘common faith’ when writing to Titus? Titus was a Gentile and uncircumcised. Timothy had a Jewish mother and was circumcised. Faith has always been the way to come to…