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Paul is writing this letter to the church at
Colossae. He didn’t plant this church nor had he ever
been in that city. The church in Colossae was planted
by Epaphras who had heard the gospel when Paul was
in Ephesus. He was radically saved by the gospel and
he eagerly brought the good news to the people in the
city of Colossae. At this point the church was thriving,
their faith was well known and they were constantly
bearing fruit and increasing.
Paul is writing because Epaphras came to him
with news; though the church was healthy and strong,
false teachers had come into the church and there was
danger that they could cause real damage, so Paul
sends this letter to lay down a strong foundation of the
truth. He intends to strengthen their faith, to refute
false teaching, and encourage them to keep growing in
their relationship to Christ and maturity of faith.
Last week we read that Paul was praying for
them. That prayer is also a call for each one of us to be
strengthened in faith and to live out that faith in our
lives.
“Be filled with real knowledge of His will in all
spiritual wisdom and spiritual understanding… so that
you may walk in a manner worthy of the Lord,
pleasing Him in all respects, bearing fruit in every
good work and increasing in the knowledge of God,”
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Paul prayed. In other words, when there is true revival
in your heart and the Spirit is strengthening you in the
inner man, it transforms how you live.
In contrast, the problem with the false teaching
that was coming into the church was that it gave no
hope of eternal life or the forgiveness of sin, the inner
man was not strengthened by the Spirit, and it was of
no value against fleshly indulgence. (Verse 2:23).
In chapter 3, Paul speaks of the practical
transformation that comes to a believer who is
strengthened by the Spirit in the inner man. He uses
the picture of putting off the old and putting on the
new. His point is that spiritual transformation is of
great value against fleshly indulgence, and the Spirit
encourages us to desire that victory in our lives. “Keep
seeking the things above… Set your mind on the things
above, not on the things that are on earth,” Paul wrote.

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