Colossians 1 3 23 Colossians 1 3 5

Colossians 1: 3 -23

Colossians 1: 3 -5 We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love that you have for all the saints, because of the hope laid up for you in heaven

Don't lose Hope 1. Hope is the Engine of Christian Life (4 -5)

Don't lose Hope 1. Hope is the Engine of Christian Life (4 -5) in Christ for all Christians

Don't lose Hope Investigating this Hope. . .

Don't lose Hope Investigating this Hope. . . • Hope is found: in the Gospel (5)

Don't lose Hope Investigating this Hope. . . • Hope is found: in the Gospel (5) • Hope is about: news of God's Grace (6 b)

Don't lose Hope Investigating this Hope. . . • Hope is found: in the Gospel (5) • Hope is about: news of God's Grace (6 b) The Gospel of God's Grace brings Hope, which is like the engine of Christian life, producing Faith in Christ and Love for all Christians.

Don't lose Hope 1. Hope is the Engine of Christian Life

Don't lose Hope 1. Hope is the Engine of Christian Life 2. This Hope is Guaranteed (12 -14) – (5)“the Hope laid up. . . in Heaven" (Eph 1: 14)

Don't lose Hope 1. Hope is the Engine of Christian Life 2. This Hope is Guaranteed (12 -14) – (5)“the Hope laid up. . . in Heaven" (Eph 1: 14) the Hope of Glory (1: 27)

For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age, waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Saviour Jesus Christ (Titus 2: 11 -13)