⁷ Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.⁸ Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. ⁹ Grieve, mourn and wail. Change your laughter to mourning and your joy to gloom. ¹⁰ Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.

¹¹ Brothers and sisters, do not slander one another. Anyone who speaks against a brother or sister or judges them speaks against the law and judges it. When you judge the law, you are not keeping it, but sitting in judgment on it. ¹² There is only one Lawgiver and Judge, the one who is able to save and destroy. But you—who are you to judge your neighbor?

James 4:7-10

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“Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like someone who looks at his face in a mirror and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. But whoever looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues in it – not forgetting what they have heard, but doing it – they will be blessed in what they do. Those who consider themselves religious and yet do not keep a tight rein on their tongues deceive themselves, and their religion is worthless. Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.”

James‬ ‭1:22-27‬ ‭NIVUK‬‬

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Order

• Comparison of times – importance of origin in the past
• Women in Jesus’ lineage
• Wonderful news symbolized by Jesus’ ancestors

Verses

• Matthew 1:1-16
• John 3:16
• Ephesians 2:8-9
• Philippians 3:8

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Order

• Intro
• The importance of team work
• Tychicus
• Demas
• Mark
• Jesus/Justus
• Luke
• Epaphras
• Nympha
• Onesimus

Key Quotes

What can we do (however big or small) to build the Kingdom of God? (Start with being “beloved”).

Verses

Tychicus will tell you all the news about me. He is a dear brother, a faithful minister and fellow servantin the Lord. 8 I am sending him to you for the express purpose that you may know about our circumstances and that he may encourage your hearts. He is coming with Onesimus, our faithful and dear brother, who is one of you. They will tell you everything that is happening here.

My fellow prisoner Aristarchus sends you his greetings, as does Mark, the cousin of Barnabas. (You have received instructions about him; if he comes to you, welcome him.) Jesus, who is called Justus, also sends greetings. These are the only Jews among my co-workers for the kingdom of God, and they have proved a comfort to me. Epaphras, who is one of you and a servant of Christ Jesus, sends greetings. He is always wrestling in prayer for you, that you may stand firm in all the will of God, mature and fully assured. I vouch for him that he is working hard for you and for those at Laodicea and Hierapolis. Our dear friend Luke, the doctor, and Demas send greetings. Give my greetings to the brothers and sisters at Laodicea, and to Nympha and the church in her house.

After this letter has been read to you, see that it is also read in the church of the Laodiceans and that you in turn read the letter from Laodicea.

Tell Archippus: “See to it that you complete the ministry you have received in the Lord.”

I, Paul, write this greeting in my own hand. Remember my chains. Grace be with you.

Colossians 4:7-18

• Acts 20
• Acts 15
• 2 Timothy

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Outline

• Intro from Wojtek
• The importance of change and popularity
• Change from the inside or outside
• Don’t walk as unbelievers
• How do we take off the “old man”
• God reaches out to man
• Run to God when
• be careful what you let in.
• The best food for a Christian…
• The power of prayer
• Transformation through fellowship
• What comes out of our mouths is linked to our hearts
• Our relationship with God is certain

Key quote

We don’t have to be perfect to have a relationship with Jesus, but through our relationship with Jesus, we are changed.

Bible verses

• Ephesians 4:17 – 32
• Ephesians 1
• Ephesians 2:10
• Romans 12:2
• Matthew 12:43–45

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