Scripture: Colossians 1:24
Scripture Memory: 2 Cor 4:5
Journey: Today in our Journey in the Word we’re wrestling with one of the most highly debated verses in the whole of Scripture. “Now I rejoice in what I am suffering for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is still lacking in regard to Christ’s afflictions, for the sake of his body, which is the church” (Col 1:24).
If you’re like me, it’s kind of hard to wrap your mind around those words. Even when you read the sermon title, although it is simply a qoute from the verse, you likely found yourself objecting. Afterall, Paul has just spent nearly every prior word in Colossians to say that there is nothing lacking in Christ’s work. He is above all things. He alone is sufficient. In Him alone you are made complete.
How then can Paul seem to suggest that there is something lacking and that he (Paul) is rejoicing in filling that up? That’s what we’re seeking to understand today and I hope that if you are here you are ready to play your part in helping us grow, as a family, in our understanding of life as it really is – in all of it’s mystery and wonder.
For His purpose,
Will (for the pastors)
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