Colossians 1:15-23

Having complimented them & expressed his prayer for them
Paul know gets to the purpose of his polemical letter

5 False Teachings that seem to have been in Colosse
1. Matter is evil
2. God would never become flesh
3. Christ was not unique
4. Christ is not the source of salvation
5. Angel worship

Paul emphasizes the truths that reject each of these false teachings
If Paul were writing to the American church today, what false teachings would he confront?
The content of these verses corresponds to today's false teachings as well

1. Image of the invisible God (confronts mormon theology)
2. Firstborn over all creation (confronts watchtower theology)
3. By him all things were created (confronts naturalists agenda)
4. In him all things hold together (confronts deist theology)
5. Firstborn from among the dead (confronts hyper-preterist theology)

God's Plan
1. Put all His fulness into 1 man
2. Reconcile all things by the cross

How does He accomplish this?
It's as simple as ABC

A- Admit that youwere aliens & seperated from God (21)
B- Believe in your reconcilation by the cross of Christ (22)
C- Continue in the faith (23)

Paul says of these 3 points, 'this is the gospel'

The section ends by declaring that the Gospel had been proclaimed to every creature under heaven. What other verses in the NT support this claim?

Acts 2:5
And there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men, from every nation under heaven.

Colossians 1:5-6
You have already heard about in the word of truth, the gospel that has come to you. All over the world this gospel is bearing fruit and growing

Colossians 1:23
This is the gospel that you heard and that has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven

Romans 16:25-26
The revelation of the mystery kept secret since the world began but now made manifest, and by the prophetic Scriptures made known to all nations