Fellowship Bible Church, Tacoma - Weekly Sermon

Colossians 4:7-18 - Goodbyes are Hard

Colosians 4:2-6 - The New Life In The World

Last week, we examined what the new life in Jesus looks like at home. Here, Paul points our eyes to look outside the home and ask: how are we supposed to live in the world? What principles should guide our interactions with our neighbors, coworkers, family members - anyone who doesn't yet believe in Jesus? Contrary to mistaken extremes some Christians have adopted (withdrawal, antagonism, accommodation, etc.), what we see commended by Paul is a model of prayerful, careful, winsome engagement. And once again, it's a model that looks like Jesus himself.

Colossians 3:18-4:1 - The New Life At Home

What does love look like in action? It's easy to believe in the idea of love, or "love" in the abstract...it can be really hard to love the real-life people you live with. Here, Paul describes what love should look like in the typical Roman home. The categories may be different today, but the relevance remains. As does the goal: to live our lives in way that ends up looking like Jesus Himself.

Colossians 3:12-17 - I will be like Jesus

Colossians 3:5-11 - New You, New Look

You've been given a new life in Jesus. So now you need a new look to go along with it. Not the old look of living in anger, lust, restlessness for stuff you don't have - but a new peace in your heart and peace with other people that comes from knowing how much God loves you and accepts you through Jesus. The end result? A new life, with a new look, that ends up looking like Jesus himself - a whole new way of being human.

Colossians 3:1-4 - Christ, Our End and Means

Colossians 3:1-4 - Christ, Our End and Means

Impact Youth Sunday!

Please enjoy a special service run by our very own Impact Youth!

Colossians 2:16-23 - Free In Jesus

In Jesus, we are totally secure. In Jesus, we are radically free. Those two ideas form the pillars of Paul's argument in Colossians 2:16-23. So then when someone tries to tell us otherwise ("no, you have to eat these certain foods..." or "you have to say these certain kinds of prayers"), we will know to ignore them and shrug it off. The ultimate result? A community of people who are the most secure, in themselves, and the most non-judgmental of others, in matters of freedom, than you'll find anywhere else on this planet - because of Jesus.

Colossians 2:6-15 - Do I Know How Much I Have In Jesus?

In this text, Paul gives two commands: walk in Jesus, and watch out for false teaching. As motivation for both of these, Paul invites his readers to ask a question: do we know how much we have already been given in Jesus? Defeating evil powers, giving us new life, inviting us in to a whole new family, wiping away, forever (!), every sin we've ever done...this text is like a rich gospel buffet from which we'll leave filling stuffed: overflowing with gratitude and awe for all that God has done for us in Jesus. So let's sit down and feast.