JESUS IS…
“THE SEED” IN GENESIS
“THE LAMB” IN EXODUS
“THE HEAD COVERING OF THE PRIEST (MITRE)” IN LEVITICUS
“THE FIRE” IN NUMBERS
“THE WORD” IN DEUTERONOMY
“OUR FLAG OF VICTORY” IN JOSHUA
“THE RIGHTEOUS JUDGE” IN JUDGES
“OUR KINSMAN-REDEEMER” IN RUTH
“THE MOUTH & PROPHETS” IN 1, 2 SAMUEL, 1,2 KINGS & 1,2 CHRONIC
“OUR RESTORER” IN EZRA & NEHEMIAH
“OUR MEDIATOR” IN ESTHER
“A REVELATION OF RIGHTEOUSNESS” IN JOB
“THE SON OF GOD” IN PSALMS
“WISDOM” IN PROVERBS
“THE GREAT SHEPHERD” IN ECCLESIATES
“THE LOVER OF OUR SOULS” IN SONG OF SOLOMON.
“THE SIGN” IN ISAIAH
“THE BRANCH” IN JEREMIAH
“THE MAN OF SORROWS” IN LAMENTATIONS
“THE LORD IS THERE” IN EZEKIEL
“THE GREAT STONE” IN DANIEL
“OUR HUSBAND” IN HOSEA
“THE BAPTIZER IN THE HOLY SPIRIT” IN JOEL
“THE PLUMB LINE” IN AMOS
“RULER OF THE NATIONS” IN OBADIAH
“THE RISEN PROPHET” IN JONAH
“THE BETHLEHEMITE” IN MICAH
“THE LORD OF HOSTS” IN NAHUM
“SALVATION” IN HABAKKUK
“THE RETURNING KING” IN ZEPHANIAH
“JESUS IN THE TEMPLE” IN HAGGAI
“THE PIERCED ONE” IN ZECHARIAH
“THE MESSENGER” IN MALACHI
“THE LION” IN MATTHEW
“THE OX” IN MARK
“THE MAN” IN LUKE
“THE EAGLE” IN JOHN
“THE CHURCH/BODY OF CHRIST” IN ACTS
“THE BUTTERFLY” IN ROMANS
“THE SANCTIFER” IN 1st CORINTHIANS
“THE YES AND AMEN” IN 2ND CORINTHIANS
“THE CRUCIFIED CHRIST” IN GALATIANS
“RAISED & SEATED WITH HIM” IN EPHESIANS

PAUL’S 3 MISSIONARY JOURNEYS

Acts 15 & 16 ON PAULS 2ND MISSIONARY JOURNEY HE PARTS WAYS WITH BARNABAS AND TAKES SILAS. AT LYSTRA PAUL MEETS TIMOTHY. TIMOTHY BEGINS TRAVELING WITH PAUL

Acts 16:5 So the churches were being strengthened in the faith, and were increasing in number daily.

6 They passed through the Phrygian and Galatian region, having been forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia;
7 and after they came to Mysia, they were trying to go into Bithynia, and the Spirit of Jesus did not permit them; 8 and passing by Mysia, they came down to Troas. 9 A vision appeared to Paul in the night: a man of Macedonia was standing and appealing to him, and saying, “Come over to Macedonia and help us.” 10 When he had seen the vision, immediately we sought to go into Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to preach the gospel to them.

PHILIPPIANS

PHILIPPIANS IS A PARTNER LETTER.
1:3 I thank my God in all my remembrance of you, always offering prayer with joy in my every prayer for you all, in view of your participation in the gospel from the first day until now.

4:15 You yourselves also know, Philippians, that at the first preaching of the gospel, after I left Macedonia, no church shared with me in the matter of giving and receiving but you alone; 16 for even in Thessalonica you sent a gift more than once for my needs.

OUR PICTURE OF JESUS IN PHILIPPIANS IS “THE ATTITUDE OF CHRIST”

“MIND” IS USED 10 TIMES AND “THINK” 5 TIMES.

PHILIPPIANS IS A BOOK OF HUMILITY AND JOY

JESUS WAS EXHAULTED BECAUSE HE WAS WILLING TO BE HUMBLE AND WE ARE TOLD TO HAVE THE SAME MIND (ATTITUDE).

Philippians 2:2 make my joy complete by being of the same mind, maintaining the same love, united in spirit, intent on one purpose.
3 Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind regard one another as more important than yourselves; 4 do not merely look out for your own personal interests, but also for the interests of others. 5 Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus, 6 who, although He existed in the form of God, did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped, 7 but emptied Himself, taking the form of a bond-servant, and being made in the likeness of men. 8 Being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.
9 For this reason also, God highly exalted Him, and bestowed on Him the name which is above every name

3:13 Brethren, I do not regard myself as having laid hold of it yet; but one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead, 14 I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. 15 Let us therefore, as many as are perfect, have this attitude; and if in anything you have a different attitude, God will reveal that also to you;

THIS ATTITUDE IS THE KEY TO WINNING THE RACE - 4 D’S
DIVINE DISSATISFACTION (3:12)
DEVOTION (3:13)
DIRECTION (3:13)
DISCIPLINE (3:15,16)

4:8 Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, dwell on these things.

REJOICE ALWAYS… 4:4
PAUL, MENTIONS JOY, REJOICING, OR GLADNESS 19 TIMES IN THIS LETTER.

Acts 28:30 And he stayed two full years in his own rented quarters and was welcoming all who came to him, 31 preaching the kingdom of God and teaching concerning the Lord Jesus Christ with all openness, unhindered.

5 THIEVES THAT CAN ROB YOU OF YOUR JOY
CIRCUMSTANCES, PEOPLE, THINGS, WORRY, & WRONG THINKING

WHAT WILL MAINTAIN YOUR JOY?
THE SINGLE MIND (1)
THE SUBMISSIVE MIND (2)
THE SPIRITUAL MIND (3)
THE SECURE MIND (4)

WE ARE TOLD TO BE THANKFUL…

4:6 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.

1:3 I thank my God in all my remembrance of you, always offering prayer with joy

5 Key points for the Philippians
Have integrity (1:27)
Be humble (2:3-4)
Be positive (2:14)
Remember what matters (3:13-14)
Be content (4:11-12)

THEME VERSES
Philippians 4:13 I can do all things through Him who strengthens me.
1:21 For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.

COLOSSIANS

COLOSSIANS WAS WRITTEN BY PAUL DURING HIS FIRST IMPRISONMENT (60 AD) TO ANSWER SOME IMPORTANT QUESTIONS.
It was written to people who looked at their horoscopes for guidance.
It was written to answer the relationship between diet and spiritual living.
It was also written to show that God speaks to us through His Word.
It was written to show that eastern religions have nothing to offer born-again believers.

COLOSSE WAS THE MEETING POINT OF THE EAST AND THE WEST.

THIS CITY IS NEVER MENTIONED IN THE BOOK OF ACTS BECAUSE PAUL DID NOT START THE COLOSSIAN CHURCH.

Col 1:4,9 He had heard of their faith.

2:1 For I want you to know how great a struggle I have on your behalf and for those who are at Laodicea, and for all those who have not personally seen my face,

THE CHURCH AT COLOSSE WAS AN OUTGROWTH OF PAUL’S THREE- YEAR MINISTRY IN EPHESUS (Acts 19,20:17-38)

DURING PAUL’S MINISTRY AT EPHESUS, AT LEAST TWO MEN FROM COLOSSE WERE BROUGHT TO FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST; EPAPHRAS AND PHILEMON.

Col 4:12 Epaphras, who is one of your number, a bondslave of Jesus Christ, sends you his greetings, always laboring earnestly for you in his prayers, that you may stand perfect and fully assured in all the will of God.

OUR PICTURE OF JESUS IN COLOSSIANS IS “OUR HOPE OF GLORY”

1:26 the mystery which has been hidden from the past ages and generations, but has now been manifested to His saints, 27 to whom God willed to make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.

THERE ARE THREE THINGS PAUL WARNS ABOUT;

LEST ANY MAN SHOULD BEGUILE YOU (2:4)
LEST ANY MAN SPOIL YOU (2:8)
LET NO MAN THEREFORE JUDGE YOU (2:16)

PAUL’S BOTTOM LINE – FAITH IN CHRIST IS ENOUGH. DON’T ADD ANYTHING ELSE TO IT. (2:10)

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE BOOKS OF EPHESIANS AND COLOSSIANS IS THAT EPHESIANS EMPHASIZES THE BODY OF CHRIST. AND COLOSSIANS EMPHASIZES CHRIST AS THE HEAD OF THE BODY.

Ephesians - PAUL EPHASIZES BEING FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT (5:18)
Colossians - PAUL EPHASIZES BEING FILLED WITH THE WORD (3:16)

THEME VERSE
Colossians 1:18 He is also head of the body, the church; and He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that He Himself will come to have first place in everything.