Sunday was the last message in our series on Living the Christ-Centered Life through the book of Colossians. The message was called We’re All in This Together, taken from Colossians 4:7-18. Here is a brief outline of the message:

1. Faithful messengers (7-9)
   – Tychicus > fellow worker; carried letter to Colossians
   – Onesimus > runaway slave; subject of letter to Philemon

2. Jewish co-workers and comforters (10-11)
   – Aristarchus > fellow prisoner; from Thessalonica
   – Mark > restored to ministry; wrote the gospel of Mark
   – Justus > fellow worker for the kingdom of God

3. Epaphras, the prayer warrior (12-13)
   – founder of the church at Colosse (Colossians 1:7)
   – always wrestling in prayer (Colossians 1:9, 28-29)
   – worked hard for the churches (Colossians 2:1)

4. Good friends and traveling companions (14)
   – Luke > Paul’s personal physician; wrote Luke and Acts
   – Demas > eventual deserter (2 Timothy 4:10-12; 1 John 2:15)

5. Valued recipients (15-17)
   – Nympha > church met at her house
   – the church at Laodicea > letter exchange (perhaps Ephesians?)
   – Archippus > told to complete his ministry (cf. 2 Timothy 4:5)

6. The apostle Paul (18)
   – personal greeting in his own handwriting
   – suffering for Christ and the gospel
   – letter begins and ends with grace (Colossians 1:1-2)

       You can’t live the Christ-centered life on your own;
                           we’re all in this together!

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