Book 51 The Book Of Colossians
Who wrote the book of Colossians: Paul When was it written: 60 A.D.
The book of Colossians is Paul’s letter to the Christians in Colossae. Colossae was a city in the ancient land of Phrygia, which was part of the Roman Empire’s territory in Asia Minor. The city no longer exists, but was located near the current-day town of Honaz, Turkey.
Paul wrote the book to encourage the new Christians there who were struggling to combat a group of people who were trying to steer them away from the truth.
While we don’t know exactly what false teaching was being touted as truth, we know from Paul’s writing that it revolved around the supposed need for something other than and/or in addition to Jesus in order to obtain salvation.
Colossians Bible study guide and overview
Pauli also reiterates to readers that without Christ as the center of our life, we are nothing.
What We Learn From The Book Of Colossians
The only real hope is found in Jesus. (1:5)
The message of the Gospel is meant to be shared with the world. (1:6)
We are to seek knowledge, spiritual wisdom, and understanding in order to do God’s will for our lives. (1:9)
Our life’s goal should be to live a life that honors and pleases God. (1:10)
When we depend on God and seek to do his will for our lives, we are assured of receiving strength, power, endurance, patience, and joy, and an abundance of other blessings he has to offer. (1:11)
key themes in the Book of Colossians
Our inheritance for living a life of faithful obedience is heaven—an inheritance made possible through the blood of Jesus. (1:12-13 and 1:22-23)
Jesus is God’s son and is the creator and master of all. Nothing was made that he did not make and everything was made for his pleasure. (1:16)
Christ is the head of the Church. (1:18)
We are to pray for our brothers and sisters in Christ around the world and to encourage them to remain in the truth in whatever ways we can. (2:1-5)
We are to guard our hearts and minds against false and deceptive teachers. (2:8)
We are to be buried with Christ in baptism and raised with him (immersion) to symbolize our death from sin and resurrection from sin. (2:12)
Sin is spiritual death. (2:13)
We are to set our hearts and minds on the things of Christ rather than on earthly things and worldly wealth and possessions. (3:1-2)
We are to get rid of the things God has deemed sinful so that we can appear before him in judgment with the calm assurance of spending eternity with him. These things are sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, greed, idolatry, anger, rage, malice, slander, filthy language, and lying. (3:1-9)
We are to ‘clothe ourselves’ with the character of Christ; meaning we are to be compassionate, kind, humble, patient, gentle, forgiving, helpful, and supportive of our brothers and sisters in Christ (and others), and treating one another with Christ-like love. (3:12-14)
We are to be thankful. (3:15)
Colossians message about the fullness of Christ
We are to soak up the wisdom of the Word of God, and praise and worship him through songs, and prayers. (3:16-19-17)
We are to follow God’s instructions for our personal relationships: wives are to be submissive to their husbands, husbands are to love their wives as Christ loves the church and as they love themselves, children are to obey their parents, parents are to raise their children in a loving, Christ-like manner, employees are to do their job as if they are doing it for the LORD, and employers are to treat their employees fairly and justly. (3:18-4:1)
We are to devote ourselves to prayer (4:2)
We are to be tactful but truthful when talking to non-Christians by making the most of every opportunity to ‘season our conversations with salt’. In other words what we say (or don’t say) and how we say it should reflect our faith and relationship with Jesus. (4:5-6)