PRISON & PASTORAL LETTERS. Philippi PHILIPPIANS Power through weakness.
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PRISON & PASTORAL LETTERS
Philippi
PHILIPPIANS
Power through weakness
PHILEMON
Freedom for Relationship
Colossae
Free
Slave
Free
SlaveBrother
PHILEMON: Freedom for Relationship
COLOSSIANS
Question of Lordship
MESSAGES AT COLOSSAE (2:16-21)
They say we must keep the powers that rule the world happy, since they govern our lives and our fate.
They say do not handle. Do not taste. Do not touch. Eat nothing that is forbidden.
They say we must strive to make ourselves pure, for only then can we call on the angels and expect them to listen.
They say that certain times of year are more favorable than others for obtaining God’s favor.
They say we need a higher spiritual experience. They say we must fast until we see visions, for only then will we reach spiritual fullness.
MESSAGES AT COLOSSAE
Colossians 2:16-21. What messages are being given?
(They say we must keep the powers that rule the world happy, since they govern our lives and our fate, etc.)
What are the messages that keep telling you what you must toto lead the right kind of life?
(e.g., They say we must keep the powers that rule the world happy,Since they govern our lives and our fate.Get into the right school and join the right clubs,be seen with the right people, and then you will arrive.Eat the right food and wear the right clothes,so that you achieve the right look, and then you will arrive.Shop in the right stores and live in the right place,invest at the right time, and then you will arrive.)
HYMN AT COLOSSAE
Colossians 1:15-21 What are the main themes in this hymn?
How might this hymn shape the Colossians lives differentlythan the other messages they are hearing?
Is there a hymn that is especially important to you?
What are the themes in your special hymn?
Why is this hymn particularly helpful?
How is the hymn’s message different
from the other messages that you hear in daily life?
Colossae from Laodicea Colossians 4:13
Hieropolis from Laodicea Colossians 4:13
Hieropolis Colossians 4:13
EPHESIANSPeace and Resistance
Faith means peace:Dividing wall broken
Ephesians 2
Faith means peace:Dividing wall broken
Ephesians 2
Faith means conflictwith evilEphesians 6
CreteTITUS: Structure vs. Confusion
Episkopoi Presbyterioi
Bishops Elders=
Church Structure in the Pastoral Epistles
1 TIMOTHY
Structure vs. ConfusionEphesus
Church as Bulwark of Truth 1 Timothy 3:15
2 TIMOTHY
Keep the Faith
Share in sufferinglike a good soldierin Jesus Christ
2 Tim 2:3
In the caseof an athlete,no one is crownedwithout competingaccording to the rules. 2 Tim 2:5
Timothy
Share in sufferinglike a good soldierin Jesus Christ
2 Tim 2:3
In the caseof an athlete,no one is crownedwithout competingaccording to the rules. 2 Tim 2:5
I have foughtthe good fight.
2 Tim 4:7
I have finished the race.I have kept the faith.From now on there is is reserved for me the crown of righteousness
2 Tim 4:7-8
Timothy Paul