Senior Class Notes – April 28, 2024

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Spring 2024 Unit 2 Session 3 – Growing in Christ; Colossians 1:9-14, 21-29 PSG 108-117 CSB.

April 28, 2024

The Point We should encourage and help one another grow in Christ.

Inspirational verse: “Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.” (John 8:12).

Colossians 1:9 For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;

For this cause harks back to Epaphras good report about the Colossian believers’ faith in Christ (v. 7-8).16 Epaphras was originally from Colosse (Colossians 4:12). At some point he was jailed with Paul (Philemon 23). Apparently, he acted as Paul’s representative in founding the church in Colosse.19 The word filled (the passive verb indicates God as causal agent) typically conveys the sense of “completeness” in Colossians. All wisdom and spiritual understanding expresses the means through which full knowledge of God’s will comes. This wisdom and understanding are spiritual in nature.16 Wisdom is the practical outworking of knowledge (James 3:17), and that knowledge cannot be separated from the spiritual understanding that comes through the discernment given by the Holy Spirit.18 Paul did not question the Colossians’ faith and commitment. Rather, his concern was for greater knowledge and wisdom and understanding. Their region abounded with religious teachers, both Jewish and pagan. In this somewhat isolated smaller town, far from other churches, ideas from some of those teachers had mixed with correct doctrine. Paul wanted to give the Colossians every chance to be correct in their doctrine and faith.19 Wisdom is an accurate perception into the true nature of things. Understanding is the skillful application of this wisdom in practical situations.14

Colossians 1:10 That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God.

The purpose of Paul’s prayer was that all their conduct would please the lord. Such behavior involves the performance of good deeds and continuous spiritual growth.16 Walk worthy of the Lord. Paul wanted the Colossians to live in a manner that adequately reflected what God had done for them and was doing in them. Being “worthy of God” is a phrase that occurs in ancient pagan inscriptions throughout Asia. It pictures someone’s life being weighed on scales to determine its worth.18 Part of the ‘writing on the wall’ that Daniel interpreted, “TEKEL – Thou are weighed in the balances, and art found wanting” reflects this motief.12 Paul prays for two things for the Colossians:

  1. That his readers would have a full knowledge of God’s will.
  2. That, as a result, they might live in a manner worthy of the Lord.

Both are necessary. Verse 9 without verse 10 is incomplete and falls short of the will of God, but verse 10 without verse 9 is impossible.17 This verse – verse 10 – expresses the reason that in verse 9 Paul wants the Colossians to obtain a knowledge of God’s will. It is that they may walk (live) properly and fully please God. In Greek the four explanatory participles of verses 10b-12 spell out and precisely define what a worthy walk entails: the believer is:14

  1. Fruitful in every good work, productive in Christian service.14
  2. Constantly increasing in the knowledge of God, ever coming to know the Lord better.14
  3. Always “Strengthened with all might,” becoming spiritually stronger and stronger.14
  4. And in the habit of giving thanks, sincerely expressing gratitude to God in both the pleasant and unpleasant experiences in his life.14

Colossians 1:11 Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness;

That they have dependence on His glorious power resulting in endurance, patience, and joy.16 Patience is persevering through problems, trials, tribulations, and so forth. Longsuffering is forbearing the faults and offenses of others.14 It has been said that longsuffering means “suffering long.” That is a good answer, but a better definition is needed. The word longsuffering in the Bible is made up of two Greek words meaning “long” and “temper;” literally, “long-tempered.” To be longsuffering, then, is to have self-restraint when one is stirred to anger. A longsuffering person does not immediately retaliate or punish; rather, he has a “long fuse” and patiently forbears. Longsuffering does not surrender to circumstances or succumb to trial.54

Colossians 1:12 Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:

And that they express gratitude for all things because God enables believers to share in the saints’ inheritance.16 Made us meet. This means to be able or qualified for a task. Believers can never be qualified on their own; instead, God must make them sufficient through Jesus Christ. the tense of the verb points to “qualifying” as an act in the past rather than a process.18 Paul moves from thanksgiving to petition. Paul’s prayers are not only brief and explicit but spiritually strategic in nature. To counter the false knowledge of the heretics, Paul prays for a full and more penetrating knowledge of God’s will.17 This verse also might be translated “thanking the Father, for He made us fit to share in the salvation belonging to the saints who are in the light.” Light is the ethical condition in which God’s children live, namely, that of spiritual understanding, with is accompanying morality and happiness.14

Colossians 1:13 Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:

Being delivered and translated evokes Old Testament imagery of God rescuing His people from the grip of hostile oppressors. (Exodus 6:6; 14:30; Judges 6:9; 8:34; Psalms 18:19; 79:9; 86:14). Believers have been set free from the realm of Satan’s oppression by having been transferred to the realm of Christ, a kingdom “in light” (v. 12).16 Delivered . . . translated. God has liberated believers from the dominion of darkness. The apostle uses the common symbolism of light and darkness for good and evil, for God’s kingdom and Satan’s kingdom, that is found throughout the New Testament. The kingdom from which believers have been rescued is the kingdom of darkness.18 What was the power of darkness from which people must be delivered? In Paul’s view it was a combination of ignorance and sinfulness. Those who have not been enlightened by the truth stumble around in moral darkness without understanding God’s will for their lives (see Psalm 82:5) “They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course.” Paul taught that such ignorance is common (particularly among Gentiles). Paul viewed the combined influences of ignorance and sin as a way that unbelievers are spiritually controlled by Satan and “the rulers of the darkness of this world” (Ephesians 6:12).19 Darkness is the religious state in which unbelievers exist, namely, that of spiritual ignorance with its attending immorality and misery.14

Colossians 1:14 In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:

The means of this exodus was their redemption through the forgiveness of sins because of Christ’s atoning work (vv. 15-22). These verses (vv. 15-23) are a poem or possibly a hymn expressing Christ’s supremacy as Creator and redeemer. Paul’s high Christology countered the false teaching that had infiltrated the Colossian church.16 Redemption: The Greek word for redemption points naturally to the payment of a price or ransom for the release of a slave. They are freed from bondage to sin by forgiveness through the blood of Jesus “In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace.” (Ephesians 1:7).18 Blood reminds the Colossians of the enormous price and sacrifice paid to secure their redemption. Redemption, then, is achieved by the atonement wrought by Jesus’ death.14

Colossians 1:19 For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell;

Verse added for clarification. Fulness: The opponents of Paul, and later the Greek Gnostics, seem to have used this word as a technical term for the sphere between heaven and earth where a hierarchy of angels lived. The Gnostics viewed Christ as one of many spirits existing in this hierarchy between God and all people. However, Paul used the term fulness to refer to the complete embodiment of God.18 For gives two reasons for Jesus’ “preeminence” (v. 18):14

  1. All the fulness of deity is in Him. Since He is fully God, He ought to be preeminent.
  2. By Christ’s death God reconciles the universe to Himself (v. 20).

Colossians 1:21 And you, that were sometimes alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works yet now hath he reconciled

Paul explained the need for reconciliation to God by appealing to the Colossian believers’ spiritual condition before their salvation. Corrupt thinking results in immoral behavior, which in turn produces more wrong thinking and further estrangement from God.16 God is pleased that His “fulness” (v.19) dwells in Christ. Fulness means “the sum total.” Dwell means “to reside, to settle down.” Most expositors understand this as a powerful affirmation of Christ’s deity (which it is), but the context of this verse is about the works of reconciliation. Paul is declaring that the fullness (fulness) of God’s saving provision resides totally in the work of Christ through His blood on the cross. Nothing else can be added to the work of the Son.17 Jesus pays the price – Salvation is a free gift, but it is not a cheap one. It cost us nothing, but it cost God dearly – it cost Jesus His life. In physically dying on the cross, Jesus sacrificed Himself and satisfied the debt that we had incurred through sin, so that it is possible for God and man to be reconciled.18 Reconciliation is the act whereby God, through Christ’s atonement, brings men who are at odds with Him back into a peaceful, proper relationship with Himself.14

Colossians 1:22 In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight:

Paul contrasted the Colossian believers’ former life with their current salvation. The reference to Jesus’ physical body highlights His humanity, whereas verse 19 expresses His divinity. The purpose of this is so that believers may be presented holy, faultless, and blameless instead of “enemies” practicing “wicked works” (v. 21). As Jesus hung on the cross, He cried, “My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?” (Matthew 27:46). Jesus was separated from God the Father so that we do not have to be. This is the heart of the atonement (becoming at one with God). The marvel of it all is that He did this while we were His enemies: “But God commended his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us” (Romans 5:8). Holy and unblameable and unreproveable. We who were once enemies of God and alienated by our own wicked works will one day be presented as above reproach on account of Christ’s death for us.18 In the body of his flesh through death (or, “by His fleshly body through death”): The Colossian heretics may have argued that Jesus’ humanity and death indicate His inferiority to the angelic beings in the universe. Paul turns this argument against them, showing that His death points to His superiority; for His death is the divine means of achieving reconciliation to God. To present you holy . . . in his sight (or, “to bring you holy . . . into His presence”): This expresses the ultimate purpose of reconciliation: it is to eventually usher the believer, made perfectly holy, into the heavenly presence of God.14

Colossians 1:23 If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister;

Believers will be presented holy, faultless, and blameless only if they do not abandon their faith in Christ as presented in the gospel. Faith refers to the content of the gospel with Jesus as the object (vv. 4, 23; 2:5, 7,12). Paul warned the believers at Colossae about their adoption of syncretistic (the combination of different forms of belief or practice24) beliefs that perverted the true message of the gospel, subsequently abolishing their hope (v.5).16 If ye continue in the faith. The perseverance of the Colossians was proof of the reconciling work of Christ on their behalf. To every creature which is under heaven. Paul uses this exaggeration to illustrate the rapid spread of the gospel. Compare Acts 17:6 where the apostles are said to have turned the world upside down, even though their ministry, up to that point, had been limited to a small portion of the eastern Mediterranean region.18

Colossians 1:24 Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body’s sake, which is the church.

Paul’s sufferings (Romans 8:18; 2 Cor. 1:5) benefited the church. By suffering Paul was completing in his flesh what was lacking (behind) in the afflictions of Christ. This enigmatic phrase cannot mean that something was lacking in Christ’s atoning work (v. 20). Rather, Paul suffered for the church by promoting the spread of the gospel. Paul wrote Colossians during his first Roman imprisonment in the early A.D. sixties. Together with Philemon, Philippians, and Ephesians, Colossians is commonly classified as a “prison epistle.”16 This imprisonment would certainly be the source of Paul’s rejoicing in my sufferings for you. For it also allowed him the time needed to write these epistles.12 Paul is making the point that a Christian will endure the sufferings that Christ would be enduring if He were still in the world (2 Cor. 1:5; 4:11).18 Paul then moved from the redemptive work of Christ to his own role in Jesus’ work. Proclaiming the gospel.16

Colossians 1:25 Whereof I am made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which is given to me for you, to fulfil the word of God;

God’s dispensation (Ephesians 1:10; 3:2,9) pertains to God’s plan for Gentiles to receive salvation and to share in the inheritance of God’s people. Paul’s role was to make this message fully known (see note at verse 9).16 The expression according to the dispensation of God might be rendered “because of the divine assignment.” Paul was a minister or servant to the church because of the divine assignment given him. That assignment was to fulfil the word of God, that is, to preach the gospel over a wide geographical area, winning converts to Christianity. The Greek word translated here as “fulfil” is rendered in Romans 15:19 as “fully preached.”14

Colossians 1:26 Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints:

Mystery refers to something that was previously hid in God’s plan but has now been made manifest. Here it relates to the inclusion of the Gentiles into the people of God.16 In Greek pagan religions, a mystery was a secret teaching reserved for a few spiritual teachers who had been initiated into an inner circle. Paul uses the word to refer to knowledge that had been “hid from ages and from generations” but was now being revealed by God. The mystery is that Christ now lives within Gentile believers.18 Mystery is a divine truth which, because it is too profound for man to discover and comprehend without help, was previously unknown but is now disclosed to man by God through His apostles and prophets.14

Colossians 1:27 To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:

The words riches and glory jointly connote the wonder and blessings associated with this mystery. In you could mean “among you,” or more likely, refer to Christ’s indwelling of believers:16

  1. “And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the spirit is life because of righteousness.” (Romans 8:10).16
  2. “Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except you be reprobates?” (2 Corinthians 13:5). Reprobates – to refuse to accept.16
  3. “I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.” (Galatians 2:20).16
  4. “That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breath, and length, and depth, and height;” (Ephesians 3:17-18).16

Colossians 1:28 Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus:

Whom we preach. Paul did not proclaim precepts, a creed, a code of ethics, rules or regulations, not a plan, not a program, but a person (2 Tim. 1:12). Warning. Addressing, admonishing the heart; reproving and convincing of error. This refers to conduct and leads to repentance. Teaching. Addressing the intellect; informing, and instructing in faith and morals. This refers to doctrine.13 The words warning and teaching express the manner of their proclamation, which is further characterized as being in keeping with all wisdom. The purpose of this ongoing ministry was maturity in the work of reconciliation (v. 22).16

Colossians 1:29 Whereunto I also labour, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.

Paul viewed his work along the same lines as Christ’s work of purifying and maturing the church. This was not something that Paul accomplished in his own strength but in conjunction with the work of Christ operating in him.16 Paul was God’s instrument to do God’s work, through God’s power, and for God’s glory.13

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