November 30, 2014
Colossians
Of all Paul’s letters, none so clearly heralds the divinity and supremacy of Jesus Christ as his letter to the Christians in Colossae. Colossians 1:9-23 is an unrelentingly powerful passage that makes a sensitive reader want to fall on his/her knees in worship!
Paul is concerned about some heretical tendencies he has heard about, such as Judaism (2:11; 3:11), asceticism (2:21f), angel worship (2:18), secret knowledge (2:18), and the reliance on human wisdom and tradition (2:4, 8). These are distractions from Jesus Christ. And so, Paul exalts the Lord Jesus in this letter, as in no other!
Tomorrow, we enter December and Paul’s two letters to the Thessalonian Christians!
Your fellow traveler through the New Testament,
Pastor Gary
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