Through the book of Colossians, how does Paul explain the Christology of Jesus concerning the cross?

Christology of Jesus in the Book of Colossians

Table of Contents

I . Introduction

II . Historical and Cultural Background

III . Culture 's Influence

IV . Overall Message of the Book

V . Themes of the Book

VI . Conclusion

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Christology of Jesus in the Book of Colossians

Introduction

As hints from the book 's internal evidences point (Col .1 :4 , 23 2 :1 the church at Colossae was not founded by the Apostle Paul , but rather the fruit of one of his associates ' labor

- namely , Epaphras . His words like we heard of your faith ' the gospel which you heard ' and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh ' indicate clearly that these people to whom he was writing were known by him only through means other than himself . Nevertheless , they are close to him since they are the result of Eparhras ' bringing of the Gospel in their place (Aid to Bible Understanding 1971 . Epaphras was Apostle Paul 's son in the faith much like Timothy and Titus . He had come to know the Lord through the preaching of Paul in Ephesus and eventually carried the message with him back to Colossae and the result was the founding of the church there . Like any father would feel of significant accomplishments of his son , the Apostle was exhilarated simply by reflecting on such achievement wrought by his son in the faith (Henry 1998 . Indeed , it 's quite a feat . To the eyes of a true apostle of Christ who have grasped the vision of the Lord of the harvest , nothing more and else bears the mark of indisputable success than the authentic surrender of previously rebellious sinners to the Lordship of Jesus (Walvoord Zuck 1997 . The church in Colossae is yet another landmark to the progress of the Gospel and the advancement of the kingdom of God as well . In Biblical perspective , this is true success . This letter , therefore , was Paul 's response to the report he received from Epaphras regarding the spiritual condition of the Colossians . The details of the report however , are not thoroughly positive . Concurrently , the whole scenario was one of good prospects , with regard to what they are already enjoying being in Christ , and the possibility of some of them being dragged away to religious nonsense because of the presence of false teachers among them who actively engaging them into a kind of doctrines that sidetrack them from the right focus . These false teachers are so subtle in their approach that caught the Colossians off guard . The presence of these cultic teachings in their midst brought them to a situation that is very dangerous , and Paul had to write to them a polemic on the fundamentals of the Person of Christ and what He achieved on the cross for them (Duncan

.1 The Incomparable Christ

Historical Cultural Background

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