Today were are beginning to study from the book of Colossians and over the next few weeks we will look into some different passages from the book and see if what Paul was writing to the church at Colosse still applies to us today, and I am sure it does but sometime we just need to draw these truth out for us today less for forget. Just a little background about the church at Colosse. Epaphras, leader of the church in Colosse in Asia Minor (Colossians 4:12), came to Paul in Rome with good news and bad news about the church of Colosse. The good news was the gospel had born fruit among the Colossians (Colossians 1:6), who were continuing in the faith (Colossians 1:4) in Christ and in love for their fellow believers. The bad news was the Colossians were being troubled by a new teaching that was contrary to the gospel which Epaphras had been preaching to them. The new teaching claimed a profound knowledge apart from Christ Colossians 2:8, the new false teaching in effect denied the total sufficiency of Christ for salvation and the completeness of Christ’s atonement.
The Power of Christ
Colossians 1:15-23
Facts about Christ
- Visible image of God
- He was in the beginning
- He was part of Creation
- He is head of Church
- He reconciled
- He blood made peace
- He allows us to be friends of God
- He brings us into presence of God
- He has made us spotless and blameless
Our response to these facts
- Be Believe
- Be Firm
- Be preaching
