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Outlines
Colossians 4:1-6
EFFECTIVE SERVICE
MASTER - Vs. 1 - He is in Heaven!
MANDATE - Vss. 2-4 - To pray!
MANNERS - Vs. 6 - Speech with "grace, seasoned with
salt"!
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Colossians 4:2-6
DAILY DOINGS
Here are three things we Christians should do every
day.
OUR WORK OF PRAYER – Vs. 2 - Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving;
OUR WALK IN WISDOM – Vs. 5 - Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time.
OUR WORDS WITH GRACE – Vs. 6 - Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned
with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.
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Colossians 4:2-4
RESPONSIBILITIES IN PRAYER
We are to CONTINUE in prayer. ( Luke
18:1-8, 1 Thessalonians 5:17)
We are to WATCH in prayer. (1 Peter 4:7)
We are to BE THANKFUL in prayer. (Philippians 4:6)
We are to BE CONSIDERATE in prayer, praying for the
needs of others. Vss. 3-4
(Ephesians
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Colossians 4:2-6
SIMPLE RULES
PRAY - Vss. 2-4
Prayer is to be a
continual watch.
Prayer should especially
be made for those who share the Gospel as Paul did.
PRACTICE - Vs. 5
The way we live should
be a reflection of our faith. We should practice our faith wisely in front of
the unsaved people around us.
PREACH - Vs. 6
We should be ready to
wisely share our faith at all times. 1 Peter 3:15
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Colossians 4:7-14
PAUL'S FRIENDS
Scattered around the countryside,
and across the seas I have a very precious commodity. These are my fiends. No
two are alike. No one is expendable.
Each one is a blessing for a particular reason. In the pastorate, I
would have lost my sanity years ago, if it wasn't for my friends. My very best
human friend is my wife, Dottie
You can tell a lot about a person by his friends. A person who has quality friends, is generally a quality
person. For the most part, a man who had
quality friends was the Apostle Paul. We come to a passage which is generally
overlooked, but shouldn't be. because here we have
some very good lessons from people who were the friends of Paul;.
THE FAITHFUL
Tychius - Vss. 7-8
Aristachus Vs. 10
Justus Vs.11
Luke Vs. 14
THE FORGIVEN
Onesimus - Vs. 9 - See Philemon 1:11-18
Mark - Vs. 10 - See Acts
(After Mark's failure, he was forgiven by Paul and
restored to service.)
THE FERVENT - Epaphras - Vss. 12-13 - He was probably
the evangelist who won these people to Christ.
THE FICKLE - Demas - Vs. 14 - See 2 Timothy 4:10
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