Sermons on Colossians (Page 2)

So from now on we regard no one from a worldly point of view. Though we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer. Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation:  that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people’s sins against them.…

But about the Son he says, “Your throne, O God, will last for ever and ever;     a scepter of justice will be the scepter of your kingdom. You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness;     therefore God, your God, has set you above your companions     by anointing you with the oil of joy.” He also says, “In the beginning, Lord, you laid the foundations of the earth,     and the heavens are the work of your hands. They will perish, but you…

A psalm. For giving grateful praise. Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth.     Worship the Lord with gladness;     come before him with joyful songs. Know that the Lord is God.     It is he who made us, and we are his

It is good to praise the Lord and make music to your name, O Most High, proclaiming your love in the morning and your faithfulness at night, to the music of the ten-stringed lyre and the melody of the harp.  For you make me glad by your deeds, Lord; I sing for joy at what your hands have done.  How great are your works, Lord, how profound your thoughts!  Senseless people do not know, fools do not understand, that though the wicked spring up like grass and all evildoers flourish, they will be…