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Part 1: Background & Colossians 1:1-14

Author: Paul & Timothy (as secretary)

Date: Probably around AD 62 (30 years after Pentecost), while Paul

is in Rome under house arrest

Recipient: Christians at a church in Colossae, a church founded by

Epaphras (1:7), who was most likely a convert of Paul’s ministry

Paul begins by establishing two things: his credibility and his

authority.

Q: Why does a 2000 year old letter still have authority and credibility

in our lives to guide our faith and conduct?

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Paul acknowledges the good things he hears:

Their faith in Jesus is strong; they have love for all of God’s people,

and they have hope which is stored up in heaven.

Paul then calls them to return to the “gospel which has come to

you…”

1. The Truthfulness of the Gospel (Vv. 5b-6a)

Paul is calling them back to the true gospel! The gospel they believed

at the beginning. A gospel of power, where Christ is sufficient.

1 John 2:24 NASB 24 As for you, let that abide in you which you heard

from the beginning. If what you heard from the beginning abides in

you, you also will abide in the Son and in the Father.

2. The Fruitfulness of the Gospel (Vs. 6)

We’re 30 years past Pentecost, and for 30 years the Gospel has

gone from a small group in Jerusalem to Syria, Asia Minor, Greece,

Italy and probably at this point to parts of Egypt, North Africa and

Persia.

Acts 5:34-39 NIV “…if their purpose or activity is of human origin, it

will fail. 39 But if it is from God, you will not be able to stop these

men; you will only find yourselves fighting against God.”

3. The Transformation of the Gospel (Vs. 6b)

This transforming gospel (which has the power to resolve this

challenge/heresy to the faith), has the following effects:

A. It fills us with the knowledge of his will and understanding

Paul is counting on the fact that this heresy in the church will be

dispelled once these Christians tap into the knowledge of God’s will

and the spiritual understanding that comes from the Spirit.

B. It enables us to live a life that pleases the Lord by:

I. Bearing fruit

II. Growing in knowledge

III. Being strengthened in God’s power which results in patience

and endurance

IV. Giving joyful thanks to the Father for the inheritance we

share

What is this inheritance that we share? What is this truth of the

gospel which has the power to transform the world and our lives?

Colossians 1:13-14 NASB 13 For He rescued us from the domain of

darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son, 14

in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

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COLOSSIANS 1:1-14 NASB

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and

Timothy our brother, 2 To the saints and faithful

brethren in Christ who are at Colossae: Grace to you

and peace from God our Father. 3 We give thanks to

God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always

for you, 4 since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus

and the love which you have for all the saints;

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5 because of the hope laid up for you in heaven, of which

you previously heard in the word of truth, the gospel 6

which has come to you, just as in all the world also it is

constantly bearing fruit and increasing, even as it has been

doing in you also since the day you heard of it and

understood the grace of God in truth; 7 just as you learned

it from Epaphras, our beloved fellow bond-servant, who is a

faithful servant of Christ on our behalf, 8 and he also

informed us of your love in the Spirit.


9 For this reason also, since the day we heard of it, we have

not ceased to pray for you and to ask that you may be filled

with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and

understanding, 10 so that you will walk in a manner worthy

of the Lord, to please Him in all respects, bearing fruit in

every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God; 11

strengthened with all power, according to His glorious

might, for the attaining of all steadfastness and patience;

joyously 12 giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified us

to share in the inheritance of the saints in Light.

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13 For He rescued us from the domain of darkness, and

transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son, 14 in

whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

BACKGROUND INFO - COLOSSIANS

Author: Paul & Timothy (as secretary)

Date: Probably around AD 62 (30 years after Pentecost),

while Paul is in Rome under house arrest

Recipient: Christians at a church in Colossae, a church

founded by Epaphras (1:7), who was most likely a

convert of Paul’s ministry

Reason: A challenge or heresy had entered the church

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Paul begins the letter by establishing two

things: his credibility and his authority.

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Paul begins the letter by establishing two things:

his credibility and his authority.

Q: Why does a 2000 year old letter still

have authority and credibility in our

lives to guide our faith and conduct?

COLOSSIANS 1:1-14

Paul acknowledges the good things he hears:

Their faith in Jesus is strong; they have love for all

of God’s people, and they have hope which is

stored up in heaven.

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COLOSSIANS 1:1-14

“The gospel which has come to you…”


1 JOHN 2:24 NASB

As for you, let that abide in you which you heard

from the beginning. If what you heard from the

beginning abides in you, you also will abide in the

Son and in the Father.

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ACTS 5:34-39 NIV

“…if their purpose or activity is of human origin,

it will fail. 39But if it is from God, you will not be

able to stop these men; you will only find

yourselves fighting against God.”

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3. The Transformation of the Gospel (Vs. 6b)

COLOSSIANS 1:1-14

This gospel has the following effects:

A. It fills us with the knowledge of his will and

understanding

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COLOSSIANS 1:1-14

This gospel has the following effects:

A. It fills us with the knowledge of his will and

understanding

B. It enables us to live a life that pleases the

Lord by:

WE PLEASE THE LORD BY…

i. Bearing fruit

ii. Growing in knowledge

iii. Being strengthened in God’s power which

results in patience and endurance

iv. Giving joyful thanks to the Father for the

inheritance we share

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What is this inheritance that we share? What is

this truth of the gospel which has the power to

transform the world and our lives?


13 For He rescued us from the domain of

darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of

His beloved Son, 14 in whom we have

redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

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