In Colossians 1:3–8, Paul gives thanks to God for the faith, love, and hope he sees in the Colossian church. Rather than beginning with warning or correction, Paul begins with gratitude and prayer, pointing the church back to the gospel as the source of their spiritual life and growth.
This sermon walks through how Christian faith is not faith in faith itself, but faith in Christ Jesus. Christian love is not merely theoretical, but a lived response to the love Jesus first showed us. And Christian hope is not rooted in comfort or prosperity now, but in the future reality God has promised and secured through Christ.
Clay also explores Paul’s emphasis on the gospel as the word of truth, a message that aligns with reality and bears fruit wherever it is truly heard and understood. This passage reminds us that the gospel is not only something we believe, but something that transforms us and calls us to share it with others.