Colossians Part 7: Godly Homes
Mark walks us through Colossians 3:15-4:1 and explores what healthy relationships in a Godly home can look like. He gives examples of what it can look like for wives to submit to their husbands and for husbands to love their wives emphasising that 'when you know you're loved, all truth is welcome."
Life Group Questions
Christ the King: Paul's Letter to the Colossians. Part 7. Colossians 3:15-4:1
Read Colossians 3:15-4:1
- What stands out to you?
- What do you notice?
- What surprises you or grabs you?
Watch:
Right Now Media – The Book of Colossians, Louie Giglio, session seven
Consider:
We often separate out sections of this passage into ‘church’ things like prayer and worship, and ‘home’ things like marriage and parenting relationships. The church this letter was written to met in a home and this was the space where they lived and worshipped together.
- What might be the benefits for us of a more integrated spirituality?
- How might worshipping more ‘at home’ change the way we engage with church?
- How did you find this during the COVID lockdown(s)?
In verses 3:18-4:1, there are a range of instruction about how to manage relationships.
- What parts of these do you like, and what parts make you feel uncomfortable?
- What does v.25 (applied to all of these instructions) add to the conversation?
- What would help the uncomfortable instructions to feel OK?
Act:
Share some worship together in your life group (remember it doesn’t have to be musical) and consider how this could be something you do at home. You could plan to share communion together in your life group too.