"How We Live" :Together

Tonight I want to look at the conclusion of Colossians in a different way, rather then looking at it as a “final greeting”, look at what the character of the people that Paul was naming, and as church we need to look at our own lives and how we compare to them.

Over the last 15 weeks we learned many different things from this letter and Paul wraps it all up with “How We Live’ (orthopraxy) together by mentioning the people that serve with him and on many levels are living for Jesus.

vrs 7-8 Tychicus=servant and comforter
1. How well do you serve?
2. Are you comforting to be around?
Reminds us of Encouragement

Vrs 9 Onesimus=useful- Was a runaway slave who stole something from his master Philemon and then met Paul and became a Christian, Paul wrote a letter to Philemon to accept the slave back and forgive Him like Jesus forgave us.
Reminds us that through Prayer people come to Jesus & Our Perspective of them must change. And Christians are to Act as Jesus sees you

3. Can people tell there is a life change?

Vrs 10-11 Aristarchus, Mark and Justus “of the circumcision” Jewish Believers Paul has three guys that are backing him. Everyone needs a little posse to remind us that Jesus is more important then, mans philosophy, religion and our old self. And hang with people who are good to one another.

4. Do you have a group of Christian friends? If not maybe you are not that type of Christian friend for others. Or maybe you are just not looking.


Vrs 12-13 Epaphras, Pastor, cares and prays and brings you the message.

Share the GOSPEL, teach and equip you for works of righteousness. I must say you all are a great group of people to serve in that way, you don’t “bite the hand that feeds you” many pastors are bitten by the very people they serve. When that happens to a pastor what should they do? What Jesus did…He served them and PRAYED, that is what pastors do they pray.

Vrs 14 Luke was with Paul in his Roman imprisonment, same Luke of the Luke and acts
Physician was his vocation, he used this to promote the name of Jesus
Uses his intellect and vocation to benefit Christ. Whne he wrote the gospel of Luke he did it as a journalist.

5. How do you use your abilities to promote Jesus?

Demas according to 2 Tim 4:10 apparently loved the world more then service of Christ
Along the way we will always have people that fall away. Maybe they were never a Christian, maybe they are and they are sidetracked. But we need to pray for them, reach out to them, challenge them and love them. (I don’t let this get me down)

6. Have you been sidetracked by the world? (The Plan two week series into the new year)


Vrs 15 Greeting other believers.

We as believers have to remember other believers; it is not about our church it is about Jesus.

Vrs 16 The Word is intended for all not just the leadership. Our relationships to one another should be based on the Word

Laodicean letter??? Lost letter not a biblical letter but something that Paul wrote. Possibly for encouragement and teaching.

Vrs 17 Archippus (Philimon’s son) the fill in for Epaphas. Sometimes people need a pat on the back or a staunch reminder about their calling and pray for them.

7. Do you need a reminder of what your calling is?

Vrs 18 from Paul, remember my chains, remember that I am still serving despite the fact that I am in jail and the odds are stacked against me. This is “How We Live”