Bible Study: Colossians Part IV - Conclusion

We conclude Colossians beginning with the scriptural truth that while secular left insists on rules and regulations to enforce equity, the love of Christ compels equity among believers eliminating the need for the secular left to rule over us. We also get insight as to the offense of the preaching of the cross.

We look at what it means to walk toward those without, and to redeem the time by way of God's grace and the bible's record of the Dead Sea before it was the dead sea, and how salt serves as a warning, an invitation, and a preservative.

We'll study a bit more about Paul's fellowworkers Tychicus, who Paul could count on to deliver, Onesimus, the runaway slave who got saved, Aristarchus who survived the uproar at Ephesus with Paul in Acts 19, Marcus who departed with Barnabas back in Acts but returned to Paul's side in Rome,

Then there's Jesus called Justus, likely a Jew from Corith who saw the head of the synagogue there converted by Paul. And Epaphras who had delivered the gospel first to Colosse.and the surrounding cities of Laodicea and Hierapolis, And finally Luke, & Demas, a small group, but we have to look at the quality of the doctrine and the zeal of the ministers to deliver it properly.

Paul gives commands regarding Archippus and Nymphas, bishops of the local house churches at Colosse and Laodicea. Finally we'll look at all of Paul's ending salutations regarding his habit of writing them by his own hand to guard against forgeries,