We will be exploring the marvellous little letter from Paul to the church at Colossae. It is not one of the better known letters – Philippians and Ephesians would probably get more attention, and yet it is a powerful letter and it contains the best summary of the supremacy and sufficiency of Jesus in the whole of the New Testament.

Paul wrote to stress that Christ is all-supreme and all-sufficient, all the riches and resources that we need are found in him to live life here in a God honouring way. A theme verse for the letter could be ch.2:10a which says “you have been given fullness in Christ”.

That word fullness is the word I have chosen to sum up this series from Colossians. This letter gives witness to the finality, the fullness, the adequacy, the all-sufficiency of Jesus Christ for our lives. What I mean is that faith in Jesus needs to be the bedrock of our living, the foundation of decision making, the ultimate purpose of our lives and the test by which we count the significance of what we do.

The Colossian church was bombarded by teaching that said that Jesus was not enough to live a satisfied, God pleasing and significant life. Our world today can give us the same messages though perhaps in a more subtle way.

Join us as we explore this powerful letter and allow it to speak into our lives today with God’s fullness.