Book of Colossians Summary
The book of Colossians is Paul’s letter written to the Colossian people. Paul didn’t found this church, and he had never met them. This letter was written while Paul was in prison for spreading the gospel and what the death, burial, and resurrection meant for all mankind. Epaphras was a man from the Colossian church that came to visit Paul to discuss what was all happening with the church of the Colossians. The main issue that they were facing overall dealt with spiritual intimidation. Heresies, which are ideas that deviate from the standard, were throwing in ideas to make the Colossian people question themselves as Christians.
Human philosophy was a spiritual intimidation that was going on. The heresies were saying that "it's fine to have Christ, but there is more to it than that." Paul then responded to that in his letter by saying …show more content…
Legalism is where you define your spirituality by how you keep God's laws. The heresies were saying that the Colossian people needed to keep their old testament rituals of the law and that they will get to heaven through their works. Paul's response to the heresies is that Christ canceled the bondage of the law, and put it to death on the cross. You are now saved by God's gift of grace because Jesus covered the law for you. Then Paul goes on to say "don't be beguiled, don't be tricked, don't let anybody make a spiritual judgment on you on the basis of your external behavior. Don't let anybody evaluate your spirituality on that basis."
Mysticism was the next intimidation the Colossians were dealing with. Mysticism is where the people thought they had a deeper or higher religious experience based on some personal intuition. Paul responds to this by saying, "let no one keep defrauding you of your prize by delighting in self abasement and the worship of angels, taking his stand on visions he has seen, inflated without cause by his fleshly
The book of Colossians is Paul’s letter written to the Colossian people. Paul didn’t found this church, and he had never met them. This letter was written while Paul was in prison for spreading the gospel and what the death, burial, and resurrection meant for all mankind. Epaphras was a man from the Colossian church that came to visit Paul to discuss what was all happening with the church of the Colossians. The main issue that they were facing overall dealt with spiritual intimidation. Heresies, which are ideas that deviate from the standard, were throwing in ideas to make the Colossian people question themselves as Christians.
Human philosophy was a spiritual intimidation that was going on. The heresies were saying that "it's fine to have Christ, but there is more to it than that." Paul then responded to that in his letter by saying …show more content…
Legalism is where you define your spirituality by how you keep God's laws. The heresies were saying that the Colossian people needed to keep their old testament rituals of the law and that they will get to heaven through their works. Paul's response to the heresies is that Christ canceled the bondage of the law, and put it to death on the cross. You are now saved by God's gift of grace because Jesus covered the law for you. Then Paul goes on to say "don't be beguiled, don't be tricked, don't let anybody make a spiritual judgment on you on the basis of your external behavior. Don't let anybody evaluate your spirituality on that basis."
Mysticism was the next intimidation the Colossians were dealing with. Mysticism is where the people thought they had a deeper or higher religious experience based on some personal intuition. Paul responds to this by saying, "let no one keep defrauding you of your prize by delighting in self abasement and the worship of angels, taking his stand on visions he has seen, inflated without cause by his fleshly