God has given us one book that can change the entire direction of our lives, the Bible.

And in this study, journeying through scriptures, we will take a brief big-picture look at every book of the Bible,

tracing God's unfolding story from Genesis to Revelation.

Our prayer is that this journey will stir your heart to open God's word daily.

Let's join Scott Pauli for today's study.

One of the great principles of Bible study is comparing Scripture with Scripture. Someone has suggested that the greatest commentary on the Bible is the Bible itself, and I truly believe that.

We've come in our study now, in our journey, to the book of Colossians.

Now, while Colossians stands alone as a letter to believers

in Colossi, this book has actually been called a twin epistle to the book of Ephesians. Now those two

cities, Ephesus and Colossi, were only about 100 miles apart. It's even possible that Colossi

may have been evangelized from the believers in Ephesus.

But besides that fact, and besides the fact that there are distinctions to them, there are so many similarities.

It's amazing.

For example, in Ephesians, we learn what grows out of being filled with the Spirit.

Well, in Colossians, we learn what grows out of being filled with the spirit. Well, in Colossians, we learn what grows out of being

filled with the scriptures. I would challenge you, compare scripture with scripture. You're going to find

that the same things are produced. Why? Because the word of God is used by the spirit of God.

It is the sword of the spirit. And there's so many little truths like that that connect these

two books. Ephesians is mainly instruction. Colossians is more correction. Paul is writing an answer

to certain heresies that crept in. This book is written, not from a defensive position, though,

it's written from an offensive position. He combats error

by preaching truth. And I think that's a powerful principle. Some of you are dealing with someone

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