1:2, Holiness is a sign of perfection.
1:3, Paul always prays for the Colossians, Paul knew they were not perfect, he still thanks God for them.
1:4, do not boast, everything is a gift from God. We are the receiver. Have faith, but also must have love!
1:5, Paul wanted them to know the truth of the Gospel. This is the purpose of his epistles.
1:6, The Gospel outreach was started after the sending of the Holy Spirit at the Pentecost. We must begin with the Holy Spirit.
How can we start all over again with a TR?
1:8, …..love in the Holy Spirit, add this in your doctrine. Care for one and another, rather than pulling their legs, how can you the lecturer of the Word of God, betrayed your students, who had put their trust in you, how can you because of a minor doctrine you betrayed your brothers in Christ. You attack you own students and betray what you have held on.
1:9, some are promoting Agnosticism, rather than faith. Pray, so that God may help us in working and living. Keep us in the holiest faith.
Agnosticism (Greek: α- a-, without + γνώσις gnōsis, knowledge; after Gnosticism) is the philosophical view that the truth value of certain claims — particularly metaphysical claims regarding theology, afterlife or the existence of God, gods, deities, or even ultimate reality — is unknown or, depending on the form of agnosticism, inherently impossible to prove or disprove. VPP is a kind of.
1:11, LONG SUFFERING AND FORGIVING, are the fruit of the Holy Spirit ? Yes or no ? Since we have God in control, can’t we forgiving and forbearing those brother in Christ who are reading the NIV, CUV ? Accepting those who do not accept VPP, like Christ accepted the woman caught in adultery ?
1:12, how to continue hating a brother in Christ, when we are walking in the light? Unless we are blind. And how can we said we love God when we are provoking the younger believer in anger?
1:13, 14, Redemption by the Son of God. Not by a man’s work. Not by the Scribes, not by the Pharisees, not by the High Priest, not by the theologians, even not by the 15th century reformers, (they are all the instrument of God, we must thank God for them.) But by grace, we have only one Savior, one mediator, no other name that can saved us, no other, and we are saved to do good work, this is the will of God. There is only one Kingdom of the Son, but not divided.We are moved from darkness into light, and we are free from darkness.
Martin Luther pray, that let the angels be charged for us, so that we may not be over power by the evil power.
1:15, God is a Spirit, we cannot see Him, His Son, took the image of a man, and the Word became fresh, became a perfect man, called Jesus Christ, He came to the world to magnify God himself, in Him we see God. Only through Jesus Christ, we can see God clearly.
1:18-19, beware of those school that put anything higher than Christ, those schools are the primary school, shallow in their teaching, we must go beyond those schools. We must know that Christ is the head of the Catholic Church. Abundant life from Christ, and only He is the true vine, and only He is the true life ! ANd true life giver.
1;20, when Jesus was lifted up at the Cross, there is the reconciliation between God and man. United in Him.
1:21, we needed the grace and salvation from Christ. we were enemy of God, totally true. And sometimes we are acting like that again.
1:22, since there is no condemnation in Christ. Why some of them condemning those who are holding the CUV and NKJV like us? And splitting the brotherhood in Christ.
Do they wanted to crucify Christ again on the Cross, seeing that His sacrifice and death are not enough and have no power to unite us, when we are refuting the VPP, the theologians condemned us, must Jesus died on the cross again so that BP can unite again after this, must Jesus died another time so that we are forgiven because we refute VPP ? No, Christ died once and for all. Should Jesus be crucified again just because I am reading CUV?
1:23, do not moved by false doctrine. We must not self content, in this “false perfection” promoting by some false teachers. We must pursue holiness, without holiness, no one can see God. Christ had died on the Cross, do we preach about His suffering, sacrifice, martyrdom, self denying ? Or something else like this VPP, meaningless argument.
Or we are still quarreling in the primary school ? Quarrel about what ? Who is the headmaster, how much we should praise him when he is old, and who is the second man now, how many votes he got, where is the landmarks from our forefathers, how big was my parsonage next years, how tall is my Babel, what is my position in the church committees, where is the next Bible to be defined, which preacher to be condemned, this pastor to be promoted, and what is the next reformation, this reformation, that reformation. But you forgot the Lord, we worship with our lips, but we are far away from Him.
1:25, what is the whole council of the gospel, if we know, we must preach the full gospel.
1:28, Paul said, WE HAVE PERFECTION IN CHRIST.
2:2, only the Believers have the truth and true wisdom.
2:4, Paul said, knowing Christ is the only way to know God, there is no short cut, there is no other way, beware of false doctrines, leading to destructions.
2:5, be alert, there are alarms, and there are the false doctrines. Also the false alarms like the VPP.
One of the student went to see the principal of a Bible College, and asked him, why he used the NIV in his commentary, “the Gospel of life.” And the old principal told his students, that NIV is easier to understand. Because there were many foreign students who were weak in their languages. So he quoted the NIV in his commentary of Gospel of John. The students were very happy to hear his answer, and he sees great wisdom in the principal. He is not like a false teacher in a stoicheia who is attacking the people who are reading CUV.
2:7, better take time to teach these commandments in the Bible College :
1)Rooting in Christ,
2)Building in Christ,
3)Strengthening in Christ
4)Thank giving in Christ.
2:8. the danger is in BP, not outside BP, the manipulating by the false teachers and their doctrines must be stopped.
2:10, worship Christ, do not worship the Bible.
2:14, the end of the law is Christ. Christ is the new beginning. Christ has born our sins, and our imperfections nailed them on the cross.
2:15, We have the victory in Christ. But Paul wanted us to beware those false teachers and their doctrines.
2:16, and there were heresy in Colossian. As we know, like Paul indicated to us. Most of the heresies are mere imaginations. Pride of the World is working in the heart of the teachers. Like the branches are separated from the vine, they dried off. We must unite with the true Vine. He is the life giver.
2:22, their greatest error is making the rules of man to become the commandment of God. This is their weakness.
3:1, had nothing to do with the evil force. Rather walk in the narrow way, and Jesus is the way. Only way. From Him we may go to God the Father. Remember VPP is not the narrow way.
3:5, put to death, the evil desires. Become a new creature in Christ. This is what count.
1)fornication,
2)uncleanness,
3)inordinate affection,
4)evil concupiscence,
5)covetousness
3:8, but sometimes we fall in sins these again, and we are living the old man again.
1.)anger
2.)wrath,
3.)malice,
4.)blasphemy,
5.)filthy communication….
3:9, and we lived in lies….then we will create untrustworthiness among BP, doubt one another, and then the church split like what the theologian did! Are we aiming that way now, VPP is the wrong way, let's take a u-turn. This is not our goal. When we are new in Christ, we must a new goal.
3:11, When we are anew in Christ, then there is all equal in Christ. Not matter what languages you speak, read your Bible in your languages or mother tongue, and believe in Christ, you are saved, there is a higher plain we aim, Christ is the Rock. Do you believe there are no enemies in Heaven, BP and BP, BP and Methodist... even now you do not want to forgive someone here on earth, there is no enemy you find in heaven? Forgive them now on earth, do just try, say "yes", do not say "no."
3:14, and above all these things, put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness. Practice love. Abundant life is a life full of love. United because of love.
3:16, praise and thank the Lord. Do this, put away VPP. Put away!
4:2, cease the quarrel, and continue in praying. Watch. The coming of the Lord is nearer. The lamb of God has been slain.
4:5, be careful, what life we are living. We are the Jesus’ witnesses. Thank God, He gives time for us to live, let us preach the gospel, spread the truth, and continue to serve the Lord.
4:6, Be the salt and light in the world. Let us edify the church, by the truth, we are building, even salt can sanctify too.
4:7-8, Paul talks about his co-laborer. Do you?
4:10, Paul forgave Mark, the younger man. Do you?
4:11, the name of Jesus is mentioned here, a common name in the Jewish community. Do you?
4:14, Luke, a good doctor. Do you?
4:15, home church, house church. Do you?
4:18, Paul was imprisoned for the sake of the Gospel. Do you?
Conclusion:
Help me to be like Paul, and like Christ.
