Why all of this struggle, Paul?

Col 1:1-12, 21-29; 2:1-4, 8, 18-23; 4:12-13; Rom 12:4-8; 1Co 9:24-25; 1Ti 4:10; Php 3:7-14, 17-21.

COL-27-180225 - length: 58:57 - taught on Feb, 25 2018

Class Outline:


John Farley
Pastor-Teacher
Sunday,
February 25, 2018

Why all of this struggle, Paul?

The letter of Colossians is written primarily to persuade its audience.

Ethos: The ethical approach - establish credibility, connect with the audience.

Logos: The logical approach - rhetorical questions, facts and logic.

Pathos: the emotional approach - personal appeals, language that stirs emotions.

Ethos: The ethical approach - establish credibility, connect with the audience.

He completes all of this “ethos” work before he presents his argument or asks anything of his audience.

Logos: The logical approach - rhetorical questions, facts and logic.

COL 2:20-23

Pathos: the emotional approach - personal appeals, language that stirs emotions.

COL 2:1-4,8
COL 2:18-19

Christ is worth fighting for!

ROM 12:4-8

Why do people endure suffering, and continue to labor, struggle, strive?

They want to achieve a meaningful goal!

Mike Schultz

Aliona Savchenko

Wilma Rudolph

1CO 9:24-25

COL 1:28-2:3

They must have a great goal, a dream, something they are strenuously working to achieve.

Paul sees a prize,
off in the distance,
at the far reaches of the horizon.