Col 1:1-4:18; Luk 18:9-14; Mat 23:23-24; Mat 12:1-14.
COL-1-170716 - length: 62:10 - taught on Jul, 16 2017
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Rich Freeman will be joining us on Sunday August 20.
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Colossae, we have a problem
Colossians 1:1 - 4:18
First, every time our Lord Jesus Christ is mentioned.
Second, what is said about the problem that prompted Paul to write this letter.
This letter consists of the most exalted teachings about our Lord Jesus CHRIST…and…
It deals with a very significant and dangerous problem for the saints at Colossae.
Epaphras might have hurried to see Paul in prison. This plague of deception had hit this tiny congregation.
And the inoculation would be the supremacy of Christ.
This plague of false teaching and practices is described in chapter 2 of Colossians.
This problem statement is surrounded by statements about the SOLUTION!
1. Strategic victory
2. Problem
3. Practical victory
Strategic victory -
the incomparable CHRIST
The problem - false teaching and practices
Practical victory- walking in Christ
Paul asks the Colossians
one question
in this letter.
This question indicates where his concern reached a fever pitch.