heart, yet that was the very reason for the letter itself CHART 88: COLOSSIANS: CHRIST IS ALL AND IN ALL This segment is of two paragraphs: Thanksgiving 1:3-8 Intercession 1:9-12 Read each paragraph, and observe what constituted Paul’s thanksgiving and intercession B PERSON AND WORK OF CHRIST (1:13 —2.3) A major burden of Paul in writing this epistle was to exalt Jesus as God and Savior The reason for this is that one of the heresies at Colossae was the worship of angels, with its denial of Christ’s deity Before Paul exposed such heresies speci cally (2:4—3:4), he chose rst to proclaim the positive countertruths about the Person and work of Christ The passage itself is the major doctrinal section of the epistle Read the Bible text and record everything written about: who Christ is (Person) what Christ does (work) A key phrase of this passage is “in Him all things hold together” (1:17) The statement is sometimes referred to as the Colossian law The phrase “all things” no doubt refers to every realm, including the spiritual and physical Concerning the latter, it is interesting that the physical scientist is ba ed by his observation that the atoms of the universe remain intact, when all the physical laws say some of their parts (electrons, protons) are mutually repellant In one scientist’s words, “Some in exible inhibition is holding them relentlessly together.”3 The Scripture of Colossians 1:17, by the hand of Paul, reveals that Christ is the binding force of all things C HERESIES EXPOSED (2:4—3:4) Paul here writes speci cally about the heresies that threatened the life of the churches of the Lycus Valley He does not name individual persons or groups as such ... “Some in exible inhibition is holding them relentlessly together.”3 The Scripture of Colossians 1:17, by the hand of Paul, reveals that Christ is the binding force of all things C HERESIES EXPOSED... Concerning the latter, it is interesting that the physical scientist is ba ed by his observation that the atoms of the universe remain intact, when all the physical laws say some of their parts... (2:4—3:4), he chose rst to proclaim the positive countertruths about the Person and work of Christ The passage itself is the major doctrinal section of the epistle Read the Bible text and record everything