Colossians 3:1Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. 2Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. 3For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. 4When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory. 5Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your...

Isaiah 9: 1Nevertheless the gloom will not be upon her who is distressed. As when at first He lightly esteemed the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali,  and afterward more heavily oppressed her, by the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan,  in Galilee of the Gentiles. 2 The people who walked in darkness Have seen a great light; Those who dwelt in the land of the shadow of death, Upon them a...

Bible Text Printer Friendly Notes Download Audio Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. Chapter 3 2 Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things – Earthly things as revealed in chapter 2 – philosophy (2:8-15), legalism (2:16-17), mysticism...

1Corinthians 8: 1….We know that we all possess knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up. 2The man who thinks he knows something does not yet know as he ought to know.  3But the man who loves God is known by God. NIV Bible Text Printer Friendly Notes Download Audio Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here....

Bible Text Printer Friendly Notes Download Audio Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. Chapter 2 1 I want you to know how much I am struggling for you and for those at Laodicea, and for all who have not met me personally – Colossae was just south about...

Colossians 1: 15He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him. 17He is before all things, and in him all things hold together. 18And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning...

Bible Text Printer Friendly Notes Download Audio Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. Gnosticism – From gnosis, “to know.” They declared themselves to be “in the know.” Gnosticism taught that all matter is inherently evil and only the spiritual...