Colossians (2)

General Notes

things to remember: Paul was working tirelessly in the power and energy of Christ, and his goal was to help the church MATURE…prayed for their maturity, now he is teaching them towards maturity...

—>wanting Jesu

—>wanting students to love Jesus more...

Colossians was a suburb or even a rural…Paul didn’t make it there, but the gospel did! when there is great news you can’t stop it!

Written to a young church to encourage them into grow and mature....God wants you to grow up, we want you to grow up…let this be more than just a week of camp…breaks my heart to see students give up on their faith…

why do students give up on their faith?? from bold proclamations, to absent from the church?! they forget that Christ is better, or never knew that in the first place..

Colossians and Philemon: An Introduction and Commentary a. Colosse

the Christian community there owed its origin under God to his fellow-worker Epaphras, who had brought news of Christ from Paul to Colosse and then news of a new church from Colosse to Paul (1:7–8).

Colossians and Philemon: An Introduction and Commentary 1. The Shape of the Letter

He prays, basically, that the young church may learn how to thank God for what he has done for them in Christ.

you have died with Christ, so there are things you should not be doing, and you have been raised with Christ, so their are things you should be doing...