Jensens survey of the old testament adam 511
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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:
1. who Christ is (Person)
2. 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.
