Hello My name is ______ and I am

Hello. My name is ______ and I am a _________, ” (use at least 3 descriptive words or phrases. )

Colossians 1: 1 & 2 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our 2 To the saints and faithful brother, brothers in Christ at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father.

The PRISON EPISTLES • • Ephesians Philippians Colossians Philemon

“Paul, an Apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God. ” (Col. 1: 1)

How would you self-identify spiritually? “Hello, I’m _____ and spiritually I’m ______.

WHAT WE ARE “IN CHRIST” 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. A Child of God (Jn. 1: 12) A holy brother/sister (Heb. 3: 1) A Servant of God (I Pt. 2: 16) An ambassador of Christ (2 Cor. 5: 20) A brother/[sister] of Christ (Heb. 2: 11)

WHAT WE ARE “IN CHRIST” 6. Sanctified—set apart in Christ (I Cor. 1: 2; 6: 11) 7. A Saint (Col 1: 2; Phil 1: 1; Eph. 1: 1; I Cor. 1: 2) 8. The salt of the earth (Jn. 5: 13) 9. The light of the world (Jn. 5: 14) 10. Christ’s friend (John 15: 15)

WHAT WE ARE “IN CHRIST” 11. A slave of righteousness (Rm. 6: 18) 12. An heir with Christ (Rm. 8: 17) 13. A temple of God himself (I Cor. 3: 16; 6: 19) 14. A member of Christ’s body on earth (Eph. 5: 30; I Cor. 12: 27) 15. A new creation (2 Cor. 5: 17)

WHAT WE ARE “IN CHRIST” 16. A minister of reconciliation (2 Cor. 5: 18, 19) 17. God’s workmanship/handiwork (Eph. 2: 10) 18. A fellow citizen of heaven with the rest of God’s children (Eph. 2: 6, 19; Phil. 3: 20) 19. A prisoner of Christ (Eph. 3: 1; 4: 1) 20. God’s chosen child, holy and dearly loved (Col. 3: 12)

WHAT WE ARE “IN CHRIST” 21. A living stone in God’s spiritual house (I Pt. 2: 5) 22. A chosen race (I Pt. 2: 9) 23. A royal priesthood (I Pt. 2: 9) 24. A citizen of a holy nation (I Pt. 2: 9) 25. An alien and stranger to this world (I Pt. 2: 11)

If you were asked to identify yourself according to who you are to the church of God, what would you say?

Siblings!

Colossians 1 2 To the saints and faithful brothers in Christ at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father.

Grace to you… and peace from God our Father

Colossians 1 3 We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for 4 since we heard of your faith in you, Christ Jesus and of the love that you have for all the saints, 5 because of the hope laid up for you in heaven. Of this you have heard before in the word of the truth, the gospel,

Colossians 1 6 which has come to you, as indeed in the whole world it is bearing fruit and increasing—as it also does among you, since the day you heard it and understood the grace of God in truth, 7 just as you learned it from Epaphras our beloved fellow servant. He is a faithful minister of Christ on your behalf 8 and has made known to us your love in the Spirit.

HOPE… laid up for us in heaven….

Colossians 1 “Of this you have heard before in the word of the truth, the gospel, 6 which has come to you, as indeed in the whole world it is bearing fruit and increasing— as it also does among you, since the day you heard it and understood the grace of God in truth…. ”

Share HOW you have seen the Gospel “bear fruit and increase” in your life.