Bible Study: Colossians Part IV – Conclusion
Colossians Ch 4
We conclude Colossians beginning with the scriptural truth that while secular left insists on rules and regulations to enforce equity, the love of Christ compels equity among believers eliminating the need for the secular left to rule over us. We also get insight as to the offense of the preaching of the cross.
We look at what it means to walk toward those without, and to redeem the time by way of God’s grace and the bible’s record of the Dead Sea before it was the dead sea, and how salt serves as a warning, an invitation, and a preservative.
We’ll study a bit more about Paul’s fellowworkers Tychicus, who Paul could count on to deliver, Onesimus, the runaway slave who got saved, Aristarchus who survived the uproar at Ephesus with Paul in Acts 19, Marcus who departed with Barnabas back in Acts but returned to Paul’s side in Rome,
Then there’s Jesus called Justus, likely a Jew from Corith who saw the head of the synagogue there converted by Paul. And Epaphras who had delivered the gospel first to Colosse.and the surrounding cities of Laodicea and Hierapolis, And finally Luke, & Demas, a small group, but we have to look at the quality of the doctrine and the zeal of the ministers to deliver it properly.
Paul gives commands regarding Archippus and Nymphas, bishops of the local house churches at Colosse and Laodicea. Finally we’ll look at all of Paul’s ending salutations regarding his habit of writing them by his own hand to guard against forgeries.
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Hey Doug, Can you maybe try something different than teaching a Bible study like almost all the other ones out there?
This flipping back an forth makes it difficult to keep the overall message in context.
I haven’t a clue as to what method works the best. I’m just low IQ Bible student that looks at the big picture of things.
I know the details matter but I think the big picture gets some people to seek out the details on their own.
Just my nickels worth of poor advice.
Keep up the good work and keep up the faith.
D Piestch
Colorado
Daniel: I don’t what to be like “almost all the other ones.” If there’s someone else doing something different, and you can send me a link to check them out, I’m always open to something new regarding Bible Study!
But I’m not sure how else to study, or teach the Bible except “flipping back and forth”, (I’m sure you know the Bible is the only book in all of human history with which that can be done, with at least one thing on every page, over thousands of years of authorship, and connect the story together from the end to the beginning). I’ve always thought the “fipping back and forth” wass the definition of Bible study. But that might be my mistaken perception. Just so you know, as I read, the content leads me to explore subjects that I tend to chase down through the Bible. I’ve discovered that preparing a bible study an a regular basis and presenting it in front of other people, (even if it was just my wife) has been a great help in my spiritual growth, This Bible study is presented online because a few friends asked me to put it online. This is my Bible study. I encourage you to do your own. Post it online and I’ll listen! Let me know what you think!