Scripture to Read: Colossians 1:6–8
It’s wonderful to know all that Christ has done for us, and His Gospel is what we ought to be sharing with everyone. God reveals to us today how the Gospel came to the people of Colossae and the transformation that occurred in them because they did not just hear the Gospel but they fully trusted in Christ as their Lord and Savior. We read in Colossians 1:6–8, “which has come to you, just as in all the world also it is constantly bearing fruit and increasing, even as it has been doing in you also since the day you heard of it and understood the grace of God in truth; 7 just as you learned it from Epaphras, our beloved fellow bond-servant, who is a faithful servant of Christ on our behalf, 8 and he also informed us of your love in the Spirit.” The Gospel had not just come to the people in Colossae, but it was being shared in all the world. As the Gospel was shared, people’s lives were changed (constantly bearing fruit and increasing). God had Paul reveal that Epaphras was God’s instrument of righteousness whom He used to share the Gospel in Colossae. It was also Epaphras who revealed to Paul how the Christians in Colossae were loving each other so well because of Christ’s transforming power working in and through them. This is what others ought to be able to say about us as Christians. We should be loving God and others so well that everyone who meets us immediately knows we personally know and follow Jesus as Lord.
Challenge & Application
How is the Gospel being shared through you each day and how is the Gospel being spread throughout the world?
In the same way God used Epaphras, how is He using you each day to share the Gospel?
Don’t forget to pray using the A.C.T.S. (Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving, Supplication) method!