Author: Iriza

“𝐻𝑒 𝑒𝑥𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑒𝑙𝑠𝑒, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑒 ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑑𝑠 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑡𝑜𝑔𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟. 𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐ℎ𝑢𝑟𝑐ℎ, 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑖𝑠 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑏𝑜𝑑𝑦. 𝐻𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝑠𝑢𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑒 𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑒 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑎𝑑. 𝑆𝑜 ℎ𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡 𝑖𝑛 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔.” 𝐶𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑠 1:17-18 𝑁𝐿𝑇

“𝐹𝑜𝑟 𝑖𝑛 𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡 𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑢𝑙𝑙𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝐺𝑜𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝑎 ℎ𝑢𝑚𝑎𝑛 𝑏𝑜𝑑𝑦. 𝑆𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑜 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑡𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡, 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑟𝑢𝑙𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑢𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑦/” 𝐶𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑠 2:9-10 𝑁𝐿𝑇 Colossians is a book of connections. Writing from prison in Rome, Paul combatted false teachings that had infiltrated the Colossian…

“Yes, everything else is worthless when compared with the infinite value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have discarded everything else, counting it all as garbage, so that I could gain Christ and become one with him. I no longer count on my own righteousness through obeying the law; rather, I become…

“For to me, living means living for Christ, and dying is even better.” Philippians 1:21 NLT

“Always be full of joy in the Lord. I say it again – rejoice!” Philippians 4:4

“Make every effort to keep yourselves united in the Spirit, binding yourselves together with peace. For there is one body and one Spirit, just as you have been called to one glorious hope for the future.” Ephesians 4:3-4 NLT

“Furthermore, because we are united with Christ, we have received an inheritance from God, for he chose us in advance, and he makes everything work out according to his plan.” Ephesians 1:11 NLT

“For there is one body and one Spirit, just as you have been called to one glorious hope for the future. There is one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who is over all, in all, and living through all.” Ephesians 4:4-6 NLT

“Before you Gentiles knew God, you were slaves to so-called gods that do not even exist. So now that you know God (or should I say, now that God knows you), why do you want to go back again and become slaves once more to the weak and useless spiritual principles of this world?” Galatians 4:8-9…

“Dear brothers and sisters, I want you to understand that the gospel message I preach is not based on mere human reasoning. I received my message from no human source, and no one taught me. Instead, I received it by direct revelation from Jesus Christ.” Galatians 1:11-12 NLT