peace to live by

And Being Thankful, Part 1 (TMF:2822)

Tuesday, March 03, 2026
Peace to Live By: And Being Thankful, Part 1 (TMF:2822) - Daniel Litton
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       The final part of verse 15: “And be thankful” (ESV). Putting ourselves in the context of the average Colossian’s mind, the whole new religion that has been presented to them, the whole experience of coming to know God, has undoubtedly brought a lot of thankfulness to them. To have come to know the real God must have just brought sheer joy to their hearts, and to be helped along in the all ways they were through Epaphras and the Apostle Paul. For us, as modern day Christians, we probably aren’t as aware of all the tremendous benefits that Christ has bestowed upon us, interestingly enough. Being in American society, where most of us are already wealthy to a certain degree, at least compared with most parts of the rest of the world, it can be easy to just understand our new relationship with God as having ‘spiritual benefits’ but not much else. Perhaps it has brought us a new church family, but perhaps we were already part of the church when we were saved.