For the next four Sundays leading up to Christmas, we’re going to look at Colossians One.  I urge you to read the chapter all the way through each week, and not just the passage that’s coming up, but the whole chapter, and that way we’ll all really learn it this month, because there’s no higher picture, no loftier view, no more penetrating portrait of Christ than in Colossians One. 

And that’s why I’ve entitled this Advent series, “The Indescribable Gift.”  So what does this gospel … this Indescribable Gift … look like?  How does it function in real life?  Let me ask, have you ever wanted to add something to the gospel?  Perhaps you’ve thought that this Christianity thing would be a whole lot easier if was Jesus plus something.  And if I can just find out what that something is, then I’d surely be able to do this. 

Well, if you’ve thought like that (and most people have at one time or another), if you’ve ever wondered about that, then Colossians One is for you.  Because the Apostle Paul is writing to people who’ve been wondering about that very same thing.  They don’t really get the gospel, so they want to add to it.  They don’t really understand Jesus, so they want to improve Him somehow.  And Paul’s telling us that it just doesn’t work that way.  So, we’ll be looking at all of those questions this Sunday as we look at “Jesus, Our Gospel.”   See you then, Dr. Dave