void. You will see the harvest later. Mature believers will be ready to receive Christ when he comes. Living for others typifies Paul’s whole life. He even writes letters to Christians he has not met, like this one to the Colossians to encourage them in the gospel. We could say that his life was cruciform—formed in the pattern of the cross. He heeded Christ’s call to take up Christ’s cross and follow him. Like Christ, he suffered in obedience to God for the good of others. Is that you? Imagine what
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