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