Bethany Bullet - July 23, 2013

1. St. Paul’s first letter we read this summer in Galatians had the primary purpose of declaring, “What we as Christians believe.” 
2. His second letter we will read this summer in Colossians has the primary purpose of revealing, “How we Christians will know live.” 

In the former book we used several equations such as:

Jesus + Nothing = Everything and Everything – Jesus = Nothing

In this later work, the word HOPE serves as an acrostic for understanding the content of the epistle. 

HOPE

• means we can Hold On Past the Evil
• because the Holy One has Provided Expiation
• and so Holy Ones are Personally Engaged 

We as God’s people are personally engaged in lives of humility, mercy, compassion and forbearance and through such God’s love is experienced in the world.

-Pastor Kevin Kritzer