00:00The Bible in 6 Act Over the next seven days, you will get a big-picture
00:11view of the full story of God, from Genesis to Revelation. The Bible is filled with different
00:17characters, settings, wars, plagues, history-changing events, and countless stories. It covers thousands
00:25of years of recorded history. How does it all fit together? Jesus
00:30Jesus is the common thread that ties God's story together. When Paul wrote his letter to the church
00:37in Colossae, what we know as the New Testament book of Colossians, he wrote to young Christians
00:43during a time of unrest. Colossae was a city along a significant trade route that had suffered from
00:49a major earthquake around A.D. 60-61. The church was young, rebuilding, and battling deceptive
00:57philosophies that threatened to leave it as fractured as a house built on a fault line.
01:03What does Paul write to these new believers during this critical time? He reminds them who Jesus is.
01:10The image of God, the Creator of all things. Powerful enough to hold all things together,
01:16the head of the church, that God's fullness dwells in him, and through his death on the cross all
01:22things will be reconciled to God. Over the next seven days, we'll examine the story of God in six
01:29acts, beginnings, revolt, people, Savior, church, and forever. We'll uncover the truth of Paul's
01:36words to the shaken believers. Jesus holds all things together. We will also seek to answer the
01:43question, what does God's story have to do with me? You will discover that your story connects
01:49with God's by design. You have a role to play. Your life is treasured by your Creator and of great
01:56significance for his work in the world. Reflection. Do you think of your life as something that matters
02:03to God? Why or why not? This week, will you open yourself to the idea that God has a role for you
02:10to play in his story? Prayer. Dear God, thank you for all that today's verses reveal about Jesus.
02:18Thank you, God, for revealing yourself through him and for reconciling my sin through his death.
02:25This week, help me to see how my life connects with your story. Open my heart to your Spirit's leading.
02:31Amen.
