Gospel Fruit

Main Idea: May we be humbled and filled with thanksgiving for the glorious gospel of God’s grace
that bears gospel fruit in our hearts and in our lives for His glory.

1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, 2 To the saints and
faithful brothers in Christ at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father. 3 We always
thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, 4 since we heard of your
faith in Christ Jesus and of the love that you have for all the saints, 5 because of the hope laid up
for you in heaven. Of this you have heard before in the word of the truth, the gospel, 6 which has
come to you, as indeed in the whole world it is bearing fruit and increasing—as it also does among
you, since the day you heard it and understood the grace of God in truth, 7 just as you learned it
from Epaphras our beloved fellow servant. He is a faithful minister of Christ on your behalf 8 and
has made known to us your love in the Spirit. 9 And so, from the day we heard, we have not ceased
to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom
and understanding, 10 so as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him, bearing
fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God. 11 May you be strengthened with
all power, according to his glorious might, for all endurance and patience with joy, 12 giving thanks
to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in light. 13 He has
delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son, 14
in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

1) Gospel Greeting (vv 1-2)

2) Gospel Fruit in Your Heart (vv 3-8)

3) Gospel Fruit in Your Life (vv 9-14