12/15/2023 0 Comments Alkitab companionLuke would have been both physically and spiritually helpful to Paul.ĭemas later forsook Paul ( 2 Tim. "At this time medicine was only just becoming a subject of systematic instruction." 184 Blessed is that church which has such a praying shepherd." 183Ĥ:14 Paul identified Luke, the writer of the third Gospel and Acts, only as a physician. ![]() His was a ministry of power and his people reflected the grace of God upon them. He called each member by name as he poured out his heart to God for his flock. ![]() The old pastor was seen to kneel at each pew and pray for every member of the family that was to occupy it on the Lord's Day. It was in the days when the family pew was an institution of the church. Someone's curiosity was aroused enough to follow one day and watch through a window. "It is related of an old pastor who every Saturday afternoon could be seen leaving his study and entering the church house by the back door, and about sundown he would be seen going home. "There are many things outside the power of ordinary Christian people, and great position, wide influence, outstanding ability may be lacking to almost all of us, but the humblest and least significant Christian can pray, and as prayer moves the Hand that moves the world,' perhaps the greatest power we can exert is that which comes through prayer." 182 "Epaphras grasped, what many of us are slow to realize, that the tactics of the Christian battle are born of the strategy of prayer." 181 The passage quoted above may well be called his diploma of success in this ministry." 180 "Epaphras holds the unique distinction among all the friends and co-workers of Paul of being the only one whom Paul explicitly commended for his intensive prayer ministry. Epaphras' concern for the Christians in the other towns near Colosse suggests the possibility of his evangelizing these communities too. This is spiritual work that only God can do. Luke 22:44) reflects his understanding that God would provide illumination and continued growth in proportion as people requested these of Him ( James 4:2). Epaphras' fervent agonizing in prayer (cf. These concerns are the burden of this epistle. His concern for the Colossians is clear from his zealous prayers for their maturity and their full perception of God's complete will for them. Epaphras had evidently been instrumental in the founding of the church at Colosse ( 1:7). These fellow-workers were preparing for that future kingdom by their present service.Ĥ:12-13 The following three fellow-workers had Gentile backgrounds. The "kingdom of God"here probably refers to the future messianic (millennial) rule of Christ on the earth (cf. Paul's mentioning them helped the Colossians realize that what he had written about Jews and Gentiles being equal in Christ was a reality in his ministry. ![]() These three men were Jewish Christians as is clear from their names. He got back into the ministry and proved himself faithful to the Lord and to the Apostle Paul." 179Ĥ:11 Jesus Justus' name occurs only here in the New Testament. "John Mark is an encouragement to everyone who has failed in his first attempts to serve God. This Mark wrote the Gospel that bears his name (cf. The Colossians knew his cousin Barnabas better. John Mark ( Acts 12:25) had rejoined Paul after their separation during Paul's first missionary journey ( Acts 13:5, 13). It probably means prisoner to the will of God rather than prisoner of Caesar (cf. 10) is the translation of an unusual Greek word (lit. ![]() Paul mentioned six individuals five of whom he also named in Philemon.Ĥ:10 Aristarchus came from Thessalonica ( Acts 20:4), had been with Paul in Ephesus ( Acts 19:29), and accompanied him to Rome ( Acts 27:2).
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