Colossians

Colossians


What are the strengths and weaknesses in this church? This is another church in which Paul had not visited. This was a Gentile church battling a former lifestyle as well as some spiritual heresies floating around this area of the world. It seems they shared the same lack of knowledge concerning relationships that the Ephesians did. This smaller city seems not to be mentioned in the books of Acts.

What is the main idea of this epistle? The apostle does not directly argue with the Colossians about their false doctrines. Rather, beginning in the first chapter, he builds a positive case for Christian truth by showing the preeminence of Christ in everything. Nelsons Maps and Charts. And this is the key point in the book. Christ is all in all and the call He has on our life is union with Him.

What does this epistle show about the character and nature of God? Nelsons calls this book the most Christ-centered book in the Bible. He is the visible image of God in 1:15; the agent of creation in 1:16; the sustainer in 1:17; the head of the church in 1:18. And for this church it was important to know that worldly philosophy does not conform to Him, "Don’t let anyone capture you with empty philosophies and high sounding nonsense that come from human thinking and from the spiritual powers of this world, rather than from Christ. For in Christ lives all the fullness of God in a human body." Col. 2:8-9.