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March 5, 2017 | Pastor John Bayles | The Context of Christian Community | Colossians 1:1-8
This letter is sent a troubled church. Troubled by efforts of false teachers to subvert the message of the mission and person of Jesus Christ. We do not know about this error directly, for Paul does not address the problem directly. However, Paul knows that the best means for putting down hearsay is to teach the truth of who Jesus Christ is and for what purpose he came to earth. There is not better antidote for the sickness of error as presenting truth. Today we will look fist at the nature of the relationship Paul had with the audience of this letter. Who was Paul writing to? How well did he know his audience? Second, and even more importantly, if Paul had never met Epaphras, the recipient of his letter nor the people who made up the church in Colossae, does that mean Paul has no relationship to them? The mystery and the beauty of Christian community is that when we are in relationship to Jesus Christ, we are in relationship His people.
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