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A little background on the church in this area during the first century:
Paul probably wrote this book in AD 60-61.
Colossae was located in a fertile valley known as the Lycus Valley on the road to Ephesus.
At one time it was a popular center for trade and was known for their glossy black wool.
At this time in history though, the city was in serious decline and was being engulfed by the neighboring cities of Laodicea and Hierapolis.
Col 4:7-9
These verses tell us that Tychicus and Onesimus brought the letter to them from prison.
We also learn what Paul is making as his main point in this letter.
The key to this entire letter is the Preeminence of Christ.
Paul writes this because they became confused and were approaching heresy!
Check out Colossians 2:8-23
During this time, the area included a mixture of peoples.
There were Jews, Greeks, and Phrygians; whom also most likely made up the local church at Colossae.
What's interesting about this is that whenever you get a diverse group of people together for a prolonged period of time, you get a mixture of cultures, even if it's ever so slight.
Take our music for example: We've mixed our regular singing together from very distinct time periods and cultures, and have made it a new norm.
We sing cutting edge songs from the late 1700's, songs that got musicians fired.
We sing negro spirituals from the Civil War era.
We sing spiritualized bar songs.
Our music is influenced from the Enlightenment to the Jesus Movement of the 1970's!
And what's ironic is that those from my generation lump every single song from the 1700's to the 1990's as traditional!
It's human nature to take from your culture and move it into a person's current context.
The same thing was apparently happening in Colossae regarding spirituality.
Apparently there was a trend toward what I like to call "religious soup"
Religious soup is where you take whatever you can find in the spiritual kitchen, mix it together, and you have an ideology that's pleasing to one's religious palate.
Here we have evidence of Greek speculation (Colossians 2:4) ,
What exactly did Paul say?
That their hearts would be encouraged...so that they would result in a true knowledge of Christ!
People everywhere look to unlock the "secret" meanings of the Bible.
Hidden meanings in verses, they do verse counts, saying 3 verses from this verse is the key because 3 is a holy number.
Did you know that the verse numbers in scripture are not inspired?
In fact, they were added later on to help us.
The earliest found manuscripts of Psalms are written in prose form and do not have verse numbering.
mixed with Jewish legalism (Col.
2:11-17)
and finished off with a bit of Oriental mysticism (Col.
2:18-23)
When we try to fit the Messiah, the Christ, Jesus, the one and only God into a Kentucky burgoo of religion, His person and redemptive work on the cross are completely undermined!!
Paul is showing these believers that there is no need for speculation, visions, or ritualistic regulations because Christ is sufficient.
Pray for hearts to be encouraged.
When we watch the debates, read the news, or check out social media and read news regarding the coming election many get discouraged.
In these verses, Paul writes to the church at Colossae and those in Laodicea.
Pray for true wealth
Look for true knowledge
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