Lead a Christ-Centered Study Through Colossians
The Whose Am I? Leader’s Guide was created to help you lead meaningful, Scripture-centered conversations without having to develop every lesson yourself.
Used alongside Whose Am I? The Supremacy of Christ: Verse-by-Verse Through the Book of Colossians, this guide walks leaders through the introduction and all four chapters of Colossians, emphasizing one central truth:
Christ is supreme, Christ is sufficient, and the believer’s identity and life are found in Him.
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WHAT’S INSIDE
Everything You Need to Lead the Discussion
Each session gives you a simple framework for preparing and leading your group.
Big Idea
A concise summary of the central truth your group will explore.
Key Verse
A foundational passage that establishes the focus of the session.
Teaching Points
Clear biblical truths that help you guide the study without having to prepare an entire lesson from scratch.
Discussion Questions
Questions designed to move the group beyond simply reading the text and into understanding, reflection, and conversation.
Leader Answers
Suggested responses provide direction while still allowing participants to think, discuss, and discover biblical truth together.
Application
Questions that help participants connect the teaching of Colossians with everyday Christian living.
Closing Thought
A simple way to bring each session back to its central spiritual truth.
The guide itself encourages leaders to use the questions conversationally rather than rigidly and to adapt the pace depending on the needs of the group.
THE FIVE SESSIONS
Five Sessions Through Colossians
Session 1 — Introduction: Whose Am I?
Begin with the question that runs through the entire study: Who am I?
Colossians answers that question by first showing us who Christ is—Lord over creation, Head of the church, and the One in whom believers find their identity and completeness.
“That in all things He might have the preeminence.” — Colossians 1:18
Session 2 — Colossians Chapter 1
Explore one of Scripture’s greatest declarations of the supremacy of Christ.
Your group will examine Christ as Creator, Sustainer, Head of the church, Redeemer, and the One in whom “all fullness” dwells.
Session 3 — Colossians Chapter 2
Learn why Christ is not only supreme—but completely sufficient.
Paul warns believers against substitutes for Christ, including philosophy, legalism, mysticism, and asceticism, while reminding them that they are complete in Him.
Session 4 — Colossians Chapter 3
Move from doctrine to daily life.
Discover what it means to live out the believer’s new identity in Christ by putting off the old life, putting on Christlike character, and allowing the Word of Christ to shape relationships, worship, family, and work.
Session 5 — Colossians Chapter 4
Conclude the study with practical Christian living.
Explore prayer, wisdom, gracious speech, evangelism, ministry, perseverance, and faithful service as Paul closes his letter.
WHO THIS GUIDE IS FOR
Designed for Leaders—Even If You Don’t Consider Yourself a Teacher
You do not need formal theological training to lead this study.
The Leader’s Guide is especially useful for:
- Small-group leaders
- Sunday school teachers
- Home Bible studies
- Women’s and men’s ministries
- Church discipleship groups
- Christian fellowship groups
- One-on-one discipleship
- Friends studying Scripture together
The structure gives experienced teachers room to expand while giving newer leaders enough guidance to confidently facilitate the discussion.
THE CENTRAL MESSAGE
Why Study Colossians?
The Christian life is filled with voices offering answers about identity, purpose, wisdom, spirituality, and fulfillment.
Paul’s answer in Colossians is remarkably clear:
Look to Christ.
The Leader’s Guide repeatedly brings the group back to Christ’s supremacy and sufficiency—His authority over creation, His headship of the church, His work of redemption, the believer’s completeness in Him, and the new life that flows from knowing Him.
The goal is not simply to learn more information about Colossians.
It is to help participants see more clearly who Christ is—and therefore understand more fully who they are in Him.
HOW TO USE IT
Simple to Prepare. Easy to Lead.
1. Read the corresponding section of Whose Am I?
The Leader’s Guide is intended to accompany the book.
2. Review the Big Idea and Teaching Points.
These establish the direction of the session.
3. Choose the discussion questions most appropriate for your group.
You do not have to use every question.
4. Encourage conversation.
Allow participants to answer before referring to the suggested responses.
5. End with application and the Closing Thought.
The complete study can be completed in five sessions, or leaders can slow the pace and divide longer chapters into additional meetings.
Ready to Begin?
You already have the framework.
Gather your group, open the book of Colossians, and begin discovering the incomparable supremacy and sufficiency of Jesus Christ.
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