Colossians chapter 4. And Lord willing, we'll finish
this up this morning and Lord willing, begin our studies in
the book of Genesis. I hope you're looking forward
to that. We started it several months ago, one message and quit. And we may begin that Wednesday
night. Let's read verses 7 to the end
of the chapter of Colossians 4. Paul is in prison when he
writes this and says, All my state shall Tychicus declare
unto you, who is a beloved brother, a faithful minister, and a fellow
servant in the Lord, whom I have sent unto you for the same purpose. that he might know your estate
and comfort your hearts. With Onesimus, a faithful and
beloved brother who is one of you, they shall make known unto
you all things which are done here. Aristarchus, my fellow
prisoner, saluteth you, and Marcus, sister's son to Barnabas, touching
whom you received commandments, if he come unto you, receive
him. and Jesus, which is called Justice, who of the circumcision.
These only are my fellow workers unto the kingdom of God, which
have been a comfort unto me. Epiphras, who is one of you,
servant of Christ, saluteth you, always laboring fervently for
you in prayers that you may stand perfect and complete in all the
will of God. for I bear him record that he
hath a great zeal for you, and them that are in Laodicea, and
them in Heropolis. Luke, the beloved physician,
and Demas greet you. Salute the brethren which are
in Laodicea and Nymphos, and the church which is in his house. And when this epistle is read
among you, cause that it be read also in the church of the Laodiceans.
that you likewise read the epistle from Laodicea. And say to Archippus,
take heed to the ministry which thou hast received in the Lord,
that thou fulfil it. The salutation by the hand of
me, Paul, remember my bonds, grace me with you. Amen. At first glance, this seems to
be simply a closing salutation or bidding them farewell, but
it's so much more than that. I was greatly blessed studying
this. Scripture says all Scripture is profitable for doctrine, reproof,
correction, and so forth. There are several names mentioned
here. Some of them are familiar to
us. Some are not. They all tell a
tale. They're all known by God, and
there are stories within the stories, behind the names, stories
of God's providence and saving grace to almost all of them. And I thought about the Lamb's
Book of Life, which has our names in it. Our actual names are in
the Lamb's Book of Life, as well as every incident that has taken
place in our life. That's right. And as the psalm
says, we spend our years as a tale that has been told. Already been ordered in all things,
I'm sure. We spend our lives as a tale
that has been told. Known unto God are all His works
from the beginning. So our names are in a book like
these. The first name, verse 7, Tychicus,
he says, Paul says, he'll tell you how I'm doing. And I sent
him, verse 8, for the same purpose that he might know how you're
doing and comfort you and come back and comfort me, telling
me how you're doing. Now, Paul is in prison. And it's
not one of these country club places today. It's rough. Yet he's more concerned for the
people in the churches than he is himself. He writes to comfort
them and know how they're doing. That's a good attitude, isn't
it? That's the reason the Lord blessed him so much. Would we
like to have Paul's faith and joy and peace and comfort? I would, wouldn't you? Well,
then maybe we ought to have Paul's attitude, huh? Let this mind be in you, he wrote
in Philippians 2, which was also in Christ Jesus, who became a
servant. Look not on our own things, but
the things of others. And he did just that. Our Lord
did and Paul did. And the Lord blessed him greatly.
Gave him peace that passeth understanding. Gave him comfort in the midst
of the most difficult trial and suffer. Would we have Paul's
peace and faith? May we have Paul's attitude of
thinking on others. Our Lord said it's more blessed
to give than to receive. To serve than be served. You
do so. And the Lord said, God bless
you. He promised it. He promised it. Tychicus. Do you know who Tychicus is?
Look at the end of this book in the very small print written
from Rome to the Colossians by Tychicus and Onesimus. Paul had very, very poor eyesight. He had some kind of eye problem,
affliction in his eyes that he wasn't able to write, to see
very well. Very poor eyesight and a problem. And men wrote for him. Tychicus took dictation. Onesimus, they wrote down what
he told them. to write. One of the epistles,
I forget which, was he said, you see how large a letter I
wrote to you in my own hand. He wrote that one in his own
hand. But Tychicus took this all down
like a scribe, and so did Onesimus, and hand-delivered it to the
Colossians. What a privilege. What an honor.
What an honor. Who's more important, the one
who wrote it or the one who delivered it? Neither. Neither. Both are members of the body.
Both serve Christ the head. That's really what all of this
is saying, that they're all members one of another, have the same
care one of another, all members of the body. Christ gets all
the glory. No, the body doesn't get the glory. The members don't
get the glory. Christ. They're all serving the head.
And by doing that, serve one another. But what a privilege. Verse 9, with Onesimus, a faithful
and beloved brother. Now, do you know who Onesimus
is? Anybody remember the story of Onesimus and Philemon, the
runaway slave? That slave of Philemon who who
became a rebel and probably stole from Philemon and ran away. My, my. He said, he's one of
you. I couldn't help but say, that's
right. Once wild, now he's broken by
the grace of God. Once ran to mischief, ran into
trouble, or to trouble, now he's sitting. No place he'd rather
be than sitting under Paul's preaching. Helping Paul, whatever
he could do. Paul wrote to Philemon, he's
once unprofitable to you, but now he's profitable to me and
to you. He says he's a faithful... Listen
to what the grace of God can do to a runaway, no good, worthless,
ungrateful thief and a rebel. He's a faithful and beloved brother. Amazing grace, how sweet the
sound, that saved a wretch like me. I once was lost, but now
I am found. I'm blind, but now I see. That's the grace of God. The
grace of God. And he was allowed also to deliver
this blessed epistle. Is there a more blessed epistle
in the Scripture? A more blessed passage? Scripture, God's Word,
then Colossians. Have you enjoyed it half as much
as I have? What a book. What a wonderful
book. Onesimus is allowed to play a part in delivering that.
We have it because that runaway slave, the Lord saved that slave
and made him a deliverable one. That's what I am, a deliverable
one. Verse 10, Aristarchus, my fellow prisoner, saluted thee. Aristarchus was with Paul a long
time. He was with Paul when they were
apprehended in Ephesus. Do you remember the big riot
over Diana, the goddess Diana, and the Colosseum there? Well, they grabbed Aristarchus,
who was a believer. They grabbed him and Gaius and
pulled him into that big arena that Greg told you about visiting
over there, pulled him into that big like a 50,000 seat arena,
a place where they threw people to the lions. And they would
have done so had not the Lord intervened. Paul escaped. Well,
he's still with Paul now. His life was in danger there
at Ephesus. Did that scare him? No, no, he's still with Paul. Now he's in jail with him. Would
you quit, would you, what would you do to keep the gospel? Would you hazard
your life to keep the gospel? That's a good question. What a great saint this is. What
great grace of our Lord in this man. Nevertheless, the Lord wrote
for all of us to remember that this man put his life on the
line for the gospel. We owe him a great debt, don't
we? Aristarchus, very few people know him. Boy, God knows him
and honors him, honors him. That's a good question. Would
I lay down my life for the gospel? What would I give in exchange
for it? Our Lord said, if you save your
life, you'll lose it. If you lose it for my sake and
the gospel, you'll find eternal life. John Marcus, verse 10. Marcus, that's John Mark, sister's
son to Barnabas. That's the nephew of Barnabas. Apparently, Paul wrote something
else concerning him, sent something concerning him, a commandment,
that if he comes, you receive him. Barnabas' nephew. Maybe he's unknown to you. You
know the gospel, the second gospel? John Mark wrote that. That's
who wrote that. He was, we believe, converted
under Peter's preaching. Peter said, He's my son in grace
and the Lord. Apparently, the Lord used Peter
to go back and look at Acts when Peter's preaching. John Mark
was there when the Lord raised up Paul and Barnabas to
go preach the Gospel. And we believe he heard Peter
preach. Peter seems to say that. And perhaps Peter gave him that
count of the Gospel to write down. So he had the privilege
of writing that Gospel down, like Luke, who was not an apostle.
He wrote it down. All right, verse 11 says Jesus,
which is called Justice, by the circumcision, those who
are Jews called him Justice instead of Jesus. Perhaps they changed
his name believing that, and he was agreeable to it, believing
that there's only one that deserves the name Jesus. I could understand
that, couldn't you? They changed his name. These,
Onesimus, Aristarchus, Marcus, Justice, he said, these are my
fellow workers unto the Kingdom of God, fellow workers, all workers. Mandy and I were watching some series on a British broadcasting
channel on this great house, rich landlord and lady on a great
big estate. in England back in the pre-World
War I times. And in that great house, it was
a good illustration of it, it was in that great house there
were numerous servants from the servant, the butler, the most
trusted servant. Behold, my sir, from the butler
on down, the cook, the footman, and down into the maids and the
cooks and so forth. And we enjoyed that greatly.
But it made me think about the Lord's kingdom, the great kingdom
of the Lord, as one Lord of the manners. See, everyone in that
house served Him. And no one had a more important
job than the other. No one. No one had a more important
job than the other. They all worked together. We
heard that in Hebrews where it says, He that buildeth the house
is greater than the house. And everyone else is just equal.
And Paul wrote this in 1 Corinthians 12 and other places. He said,
you know, because the foot's not the hand, it can't say I'm
not the member of the body, or the ear's not the mouth, or whatever.
No, they're all vital, aren't they? Try doing it without your
little toe. Try to do it without the nail
on your little tooth. Every member is vital, even the
ones you don't see. When your gallbladder starts
bothering you, you'll be thankful for a good gallbladder. Things you don't see are vital. Members, the unseen, the unknown,
the unacknowledged, the forgotten members. He said those are the
ones you really should bestow more on. All fellow workers,
he said, laborers, fellow workers unto the kingdom of God for the
glory of our great King. All necessary. All have a job
to do. All contribute to the care of the house, to the glory
and the honor of the Master. All do. And he said here in verse
11, they've been a comfort to me. All of them have been a comfort
to me. We're told that, aren't we? Comfort
ye, comfort ye one another. one another. Comfort ye, comfort
ye one another. Paul said, they've been a comfort
to me. Paul was a comfort to them. But
he wrote to the Corinthians, he said, who's weak and I'm not
weak? Who needs comfort and I don't
need comfort? Everybody needs comfort, don't they? We're all
people of like passions and like weakness and like temptations
and troubles and trials, everybody. We all need comfort. And so he
says, comfort ye, comfort ye one another. Listen to this. Brother Tom, I want to put this
in our bulletin for next week. He just wrote down several scriptures. He says, we're the family of
God. And we should cultivate a continual care and concern
for each family member. Believers are one body in Christ
and members one of another. And here's what the scripture
said. Be at peace with one another. Love one another. Preferring
one another. Let us not judge one another
anymore. Admonish one another. Care for
one another. These are scriptures. Bear ye
one another's burden. Forbearing one another and forgiving
one another. Comfort one another. Edify one
another. Exhort one another daily. Pray for one another. How many
times does He tell us that what we are about is the Lord's glory. We serve Him. And our Lord said,
You serve me by serving my body. Lord, what can we do for Him
who is in heaven? Nothing, really. Nothing. He doesn't need anything. He
said, if I were hungry, I wouldn't tell you. But his people are. They need it. He said, if you've
done it for the least of one of these, my brethren, you've
done it unto me. A cup of cold water. Vicki wrote
this to me and thanked me for something so minor. It was nothing. It was nothing. But she wrote me and quoted that
verse. Just a cup of cold water in a disciple's name. will receive
a prophet's reward. A cup of cold water. Who got
this? John? Thank you. Either John
or Ron, thank you. You know how good this is to
me right now? Thank you. As important as what
I'm doing. That's what the Lord said. Comfort
you. This has happened to me many
times over the years, but I was driving to Kingsport to preach
right after a service here one Sunday when they met at about
3 o'clock in the afternoon. I was driving there and after
preaching that day, which happens to me so often, I felt so miserable. I felt like I so failed, I wanted
to quit. Okay, I just wanted to quit.
Happened all the time. And I was driving down the road
just distraught. Okay? And my cell phone rang. And there was a man from Connecticut
on the phone. Can't mistake that Connecticut
accent. John Micah. And he just was calling me to
tell me to thank me for that message and how the Lord spoke
to him through that message. You'll never know what that meant
to me. It was like the voice of an angel.
It really was. That Connecticut accent was the
sweetest. He was just gushing over the message. I was about
to weep after hearing him. Comfort one another. You never
know. You know, the Lord often speaks
to His people through His people. Doesn't He? Yes, He does. If
we are always needing comfort and never giving comfort, we're
not serving the body. We're just feeling sorry for
ourselves. And the Lord won't honor that. He won't give you
the peace you need or the comfort you need. But if... You endeavor
to comfort others, the Lord will comfort you. That's a fact. That's
a fact. Would you hear that again? If
we're only receiving comfort and never giving it, the Lord
won't give it. It's more blessed to give than
to receive. And he says, if you give, the
Lord will give to you. Who will give it? Men shall give
to you. pressed down, shaken together,
for running over. That's right. That's the rule. That's what the Lord said. You
walk by this rule, the peace of God will be upon you. Epaphras,
verse 12. He's one of you. He's one of
you. A servant of Christ. He salutes
you. Always laboring fervently for
you in prayer that you may stand perfect and complete in the will
of God. I bear him record. He hath a
great zeal for you and them that are in Laodicea and them in Heraclius. Epiphas, a servant of Christ.
You know what his service was? Epiphas. He's a preacher. He's
actually the preacher there at Colossae, but he's away now.
Who was it? Archippus is preaching in his
place. But Epiphas was the preacher
there. But his greatest service, Paul
mentions, is he labors in prayer for you. You see what a premium the Lord
puts on prayer? Labors. He called prayer laboring. Do you have a difficult time
praying? Anybody besides me struggle in
prayer, have trouble praying? It's labor. Work. It's difficult at times, isn't
it? It's wrestling with the Lord. It's wrestling with yourself.
It's wrestling with, isn't it, labor. Labor. We have an old
saying, you know, it wouldn't be called work if it wasn't work. It's labor. It's not always enjoyable. But he says he labors fervently,
actively, unceasingly, continually in prayer for you. What if you
thought somebody was always laboring in prayer for you? Somebody is. Losing sleep over you. Somebody
is. I know somebody is. Laboring
fervently. Zealous, he said. He has a great
zeal for you. Zeal means heat. Zeal like water
boiling over. Zeal. Great zeal. Ever seen somebody
zealous? Like ready to boil over? Zealous. What about? What's he zealous
about? Isn't that something? You know, it's better to be overzealous
than not having any at all. That's right. The Lord loves
zeal. He said, I would that you were
hot or even cold, but not lukewarm. Not indifferent. Not uncaring. Woe unto them that are at ease
and zy and complacent. He said, He's zealous over you.
Jealous. Great desire. He has a great
desire. Epiphras. He was away and he
said he had a great desire that you hear the Word, that you believe
it, the truth, that you be grounded and settled, confirmed and perfected
and grow in grace. It's a zeal. Our Lord said, that
the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up. Would to God we
all had that zeal. But why? Why not there? The Lord help us all. Luke, the beloved physician.
Luke, he salutes you. Luke, the beloved physician.
Paul's constant companion. Luke was with Paul everywhere.
Constant companion. And that was the Lord's wonderful
providence, because Paul was beaten five times. Paul was shipwrecked. Paul was injured constantly and
in pain. You know how much pain Paul was
in all the time? He was beaten by the Mac five
times, thirty times, sliced with a whip. Five times. How many lives is that? And most
men didn't live through that. Stoned, shipwrecked all night
in the deep, and He's writing to comfort us? What's wrong with me? Where's
my faith, huh? Where's my care and concern? Lord, give me grace. I don't
deserve the name Paul. But Luke was with him. That's
the Lord's wonderful providence. He had an attending physician
with him at all times. What providence? What wonderful
providence. The Scripture says, not many
wives. Luke was a physician. Not many wives. It doesn't say
not any. Luke is sure thankful for that. Not many mighty. Not many mighty. David, sure
glad, doesn't say not any. And Demas greets you. Anybody know Demas? He wrote to Timothy, Demas hath
forsaken me, having loved this present world. Demas was with
Paul and Luke and Timothy and others quite often for years. Demas seemed to love the gospel. Demas. But he left, having loved this
present world, that is, people, things, pleasure, something,
someone, things, maybe all these things in the world. He loved
more than, well, he didn't love God at all, or he wouldn't have
lived. Oh, my. That's written on purpose,
isn't it? Demas. Like, remember Lot's wife. It's a short verse, isn't it?
Three words. Remember Lot's wife. Demas. That's a great, dire warning,
isn't it? Some say he may have written
2 Timothy before, or 1 Timothy before, 2 Timothy before he wrote
this, that the Lord called Demas back. And that would not just be like
the Lord, right? The Lord is merciful, isn't it? You know
He does that, doesn't He? He does. There are some. There
are a few. There are a few that leave for a long time. Not many, but there are a few. And the Lord brings them back. What mercy! What grace! Aren't you glad the Lord God
is God and not a man? I forget you. No. Him that cometh today. He'll
come on back. I would have no wise cast out.
We may need that later. We may need that later. My, my.
I've known several preachers get caught up making money and
quit the ministry. And it's easy to do, especially
if you're a struggling young preacher and not making much
money and you were used to it before and struggling to make
ends meet and you start making money. And I've known several
to go out and just quit and start working. That's easy. I can see
easily how they do that. Easily. No more of the responsibility
problems and so forth. Just make a living and go on
about your business. But I have known one The Lord brought him
back. And he's more dedicated than
ever now. Wonderful. That's wonderful. Now we need these words of warning
too, don't we? As well as encouragement and
comfort. So he says in verse 15, Salute the brethren which
are in Laodicea. Salute this folks meeting in
Laodicea, Memphis. The church is in his house. Salute
them. We need to, you know, and you
do when you pray. I hear John pray this morning
for the other brethren in the other churches. We need to do
that. If the Lord won't bless us, may He bless Crossville or
Fairmont, right? Sillicoga, a little church down
there. Larry Criss just went there.
Brother Tommy Robbins died, you know, and Larry Criss went down
there. Think about those people. They're
struggling. And on and on it goes. Drew Dietz out in Missouri. Just on and on it goes. You need
to think about that. Salute. Salute the church there. So the church met in this man
Memphis' house. They met in his house. What grace
that this man would have the whole church. I don't know how
many there were. There were more back then usually than there
are now. The Lord said, it feels white with harvest. Back then.
Not now. I don't know how many met in
his house, but that man opened Memphis. You never heard of him,
except this. He opened his house up to the
whole church. You know how difficult that is? Ladies, Irene, you know
how difficult that is. Mandy, you know how difficult.
Tammy and others. Nancy, you all know. Cherry,
you know how difficult this is. It's tough, isn't it? A lot of
work involved. Does the Lord bless it? Will
the Lord bless that house? Asked Obed of Edom. Obed of Edom. He said, I'll take the ark. The
ark of the covenant. He said, I'll take it. Keep it
in my house. Kept it there. How long was it?
Six months or more? And it says, The Lord bless the
house of Obed-Edom. Oh, my. But the ark's set. Brother
Greg Elmquist, you love him more now than you did, know him better,
appreciate him more. I can't tell you what they've
done for the church. I cannot tell you. Before they
had a building, they met in his home. Constantly. Screaming kids and all. And the
Lord has greatly blessed him. And so he will. So he's promised,
and so he will. Verse 16, when this epistle is
read among you, cause that it be read also in the church of
the Laodiceans. Read, read, read. Listen to Brother
Bruce preach the other day on the Word of God. He said, read
it, read it, read it, read it, and read it again. Just read,
read, read, read. Remember this? Let the Word of
Christ dwell in you richly, abundantly. How will that be? Reading. We read so much stuff. There's
so much stuff not worth reading. How many times have you read
something and thought, that was a waste of time? I don't know
how many books I've waded through reading and reading, trying to
find something I was interested in. Oh, my. The Lord have blessed
me. If the Lord will take this and
write it on the tables of our heart, if the Lord will plant
this in us, dig our ears, hide it in our hearts, peace, grace,
a wellspring springing up when we need it. At a dry time, it
might just come out from places you didn't know that it was.
Read it. Read it. Read it. and read the letter from Laodicea. We believe that's 1 Timothy.
That was written from Laodicea, or else he wrote another letter
that the Lord was not pleased to put in the canon or the collection
of Scripture. Verse 17, Say to Archippus, take heed to
the ministry which thou hast received in the Lord, that thou
fulfill it." I know that Archippus must have thought, I don't want
to do this. You know, Epaphras was gone,
Paul was gone, Epaphras who preached there was gone, and so it was
laid, necessity was laid upon Archippus. And I know exactly
what he was thinking. Who's sufficient for this? I
can't do this. I know what he was thinking. But
so Paul wrote to encourage him, if you've been given this ministry,
do it. The Lord's grace is sufficient.
Take heed. Fulfill the ministry. Tell him. Preach the Word like he told
Timothy. Timothy was a very timid young
man. Paul kept encouraging him in
both letters. Be not afraid. Don't be shy. Let no man despise your youth.
Be not ashamed of the gospel, nor of me. Take heed, fulfill
the calling that you've been called to do. Preach the word,
Timothy, in season, out of season. Approve, rebuke, and so forth. Exhort. Timothy told him to do
that. Encourage him in the ministry.
Paul tells the people. Brother John Sheasley, Sr., Always,
every time he prays in the study, he prays for Gabe. And I know
what Gabe's thinking. I know what he's, I know what's
going through his mind. He's so thankful for that. That means
so much to him. He reckoned Gabe loved John Sheeley.
It's apparent that John loves Gabe, doesn't he? Doesn't he
wrong? Every time he prays for Gabe.
Thank you for Gabe. Raising him up to preach the
Word. It's difficult. It's difficult. Encourage him. Encourage him. Tell him. Tell
him that. Tell him that. The salutation, verse 18, by
Lee Paul, by the hand of Lee Paul. Who wrote this? Paul. It's his style. His style is
all over it. If you're familiar with Paul's
writing, The Lord uses men in their personalities and their
background and so on. So Paul wrote to the Romans of the Law and the Galatians
of the Law because he knew the Law. The Lord trained him in
the Law as a Pharisee and he knew the Law. So the Lord used
him. His style also, the Lord equips
men for different occupations and different people. And Paul's
style is all over it. I've got to tell you that Don Bell
was telling me about a man from England who a little country
church in Appalachia was thinking about asking him to be a pastor.
kind of laughed, and he said, you know, that'd be about like
me going over there to preach in London, England. He said it
wouldn't work. I understand that. The Lord equips
men for where and who He puts them among. But Paul's style
is all over this, and I'm glad. I'm glad. However, no scriptures
of any private interpretation. Paul didn't write them. God did. And that's what's wrong with,
see, religion today just calls this the words of Paul, a bigoted
old woman hater. You know, he wrote so much about
women and Paul just hates women. Oh, no. This is God's Word. Not Paul's words, God's Word.
No scriptures of any private or personal interpretation. I'm
quoting scripture. But scripture, holy men spake
as they were moved by the Spirit of God. This is God's Word. It has His name all over it,
doesn't it? His hand is all over it. Do you not see His hand in
it? We see Paul's hand and style. I believe he wrote Hebrews. It seems to fit his style. No
one knows. It's not important that we do.
However, do you not see the hand of God in this Word clearly? Take what we've been looking
at so far today. Salutations. Do you not see the
infinite wisdom and amazing wisdom of our God in just saying goodbye? These names, do you? The mere mention of names and
the farewells and so forth, we see the hand of God in it, clearly
saying, God's Word, oh my, what a treasure, what a treasure.
from the greeting, from hello to goodbye. It's God's Word. Remember my bonds. Remember,
he said, remember those that are in bonds as being in bonds
with them. Those that sorrow as being sorrowful
with them. In other words, don't think of
yourself. Don't think of yourself. Remember
me. Remember, he said this, remember them that have the rule over
you. Remember, we just studied that. Pray in all ways. for us,
especially, that God will open a door of utterance. I'm your
preacher, all right? I'm sorry, but I'm all you got. And if people in this community
are going to hear the gospel, and if our children, they're
going to have to hear it through me. Is that right? I'm sorry. I really am. But that's the way it is. And
that's why I say, you pray for me. Okay? You pray that, Lord.
But every time, you've got people coming in that don't know the
Lord. Lord, bless him. Bless him. You know, I kind of believe,
I know if you ask for that, that he'll bless you. If he doesn't
bless them, he'll bless you. That's right. Remember my bonds. Oh, I can't tell you how much
I feel bound. Right, Dad? I'm bound. But the
Word of God is not bound. Poor preacher. Powerful Word.
I was so ashamed of the message I put on the radio this morning.
It was the truth, but it wasn't spoken like I wanted it to. But
God's Word will not return void. It's the truth. Though spoken
with stammering tongue and stammering lips, a clay vessel, an earthen
vessel. Yet it's a treasure. And God,
that's what God uses. That's what God uses. Remember.
Remember me. He said, Grace be with you. He's not saying, May grace be
with you. Grace be with you. God's grace is with you. The
God of all grace is with you. Yes, He is. What do we say to
this book? Amen. So be it. That's the way
I'd have it. That's the way it is. May God
bless His Word and the wonderful book of Colossians. We can start
over again, can't we? Okay.