Grace On The Table - Colossians 4:2

From Grace on the Table
Colossians 4:2
Being watchful can also be translated “staying alert.” In our praying, what is it that we
are watching and staying alert to?

The answer is in the letter.

In chapter one, we are to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to Him, by

• Bearing fruit in every good work
• Increasing in the knowledge of God
• Being strengthened by God for all endurance and patience with joy
• Being thankful to God for
  • Forgiving our sins
  • delivering us from the dominion of darkness and
  • transferring us into the kingdom of His beloved Son so that we are
  • sharing in the inheritance of the saints
  • being reconciled to God
  • being made holy and blameless before Him

In chapter two, we need to be watchful so that we aren’t

• taken captive by some deceptive philosophy that’s going around
• convinced that we are spiritually disqualified because we don’t follow secret worship rituals or restrictive physical practices

Because these are things that pull us away from Christ.

In chapter three, we are to

• Set our minds on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God
• Put to death sexual sins of the body or of the mind – the actual act or imagining it through words, pictures or memories
• Put away anger in its various forms, including vengeful thoughts and obscene language
• Put on compassionate hearts, humility, meekness and patience
• Forgive each other as the Lord has forgiven us
• Let Christ’s peace rule our hearts
• Let Christ’s Word rule our thoughts and our words
• Do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him
• Wives are to submit to their husbands.
• Husbands are to love their wives.
• Children are to be obedient
• Parents, especially fathers, are not to be harsh.
• Those who serve others, whether servants or employees, should do so with integrity and as an act of worship to Christ.
• Those in authority should use that authority justly and fairly, remembering that
• They will give an account to the Lord.