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by Dr. Ralph F. Wilson
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To the immature, rule-keeping can feel more "religious" than
a spiritual devotion to Christ himself.
That was the temptation the Colossian church was facing.
Their pastor trekked one thousand miles to Rome from what is now Turkey to find
Paul and ask him to write a letter that would lay out true Christianity for his
church members, in order to protect them from false teachers intent on picking
them off and persuading them to adopt another faith.
The letter that Paul wrote in response to Epaphras' plea has
been preserved as Paul's Letter to the Colossians. Outward religion, is not the
answer, says Paul. Christ is both supreme and sufficient -- we need nothing
beyond him to complete our faith.
The letter provides us with one of the most compelling
visions in all the New Testament of who Jesus Christ actually is, in all his
majesty and glory -- the image of the invisible God, existing before all things,
Creator of everything, Sustainer, Head, Beginning, First-to-Be-Resurrected -- the fullness of God in bodily form. Christ is preeminent!
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Dr.
Ralph F. Wilson
Loomis, California
April 16, 2010
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