Sunday Notes: Colossians 4:7-18
- (Col 4:7 ESV) _______________ will tell you all about my activities. He is a beloved _______________ and faithful _______________ and fellow servant in the Lord.
- Tychicus
- 2 Timothy 4:9-12, Ephesians 6:21-23, Acts 20:4
- Over and over we see Paul sending Tychicus
- To fill in for Timothy in Ephesus
- To encourage those in Colossae
- Paul trusted this man greatly
- (Col 4:8 ESV) I have sent him to you for this very purpose, that you may know how we are and that he may encourage your hearts,
- Tychicus would spend some time with the Christians in Colossae
- And with him were several other letters
- This book of _______________
- Likely the book we know as Ephesians
- A lost letter to the church in Laodicea
- To Philemon regarding Onesimus
- Do you think he had any idea what he was carrying in his bag?
- Tychicus has another task also: And that he may _______________ your hearts
- To instruct and teach
- Colossians 2:2, 1 Timothy 3:1, 1 Timothy 2:1, 1 Timothy 5:1, 1 Timothy 6:2, Jude 1:3
- Tychicus was a teacher and _______________
- (Col 4:9 ESV) and with him _______________, our faithful and beloved _______________, who is one of you. They will tell you of everything that has taken place here.
- Onesimus
- Mention in _______________
- In fact, this is the same _______________ Paul sent back with the letter
- Requesting forgiveness from the master, Philemon who was now a Christian
- (Col 4:10 ESV) _______________ my fellow prisoner greets you, and Mark the cousin of _______________ (concerning whom you have received instructions–if he comes to you, welcome him),
- Aristarchus
- Acts 19:29, Acts 20:4, Acts 27:2
- And _______________ the cousin of Barnabas
- Barnabas and Paul were in ministry together early on until an agreement rose over who would be in their missionary team.
- That disagreement was over a guy named John Mark
- The cousin of Barnabas.
- Acts 13:13, Acts 15:35-40
- He is the writer of the gospel bearing his name, _______________
- (Col 4:11 ESV) and Jesus who is called _______________. These are the only men of the circumcision among my fellow workers for the kingdom of God, and they have been a comfort to me.
- Jesus who is called Justus
- Is Paul sending Jews to dispel the idea of Jewish customs applying to Christiantiy?
- (Col 4:12 ESV) _______________, who is one of you, a servant of Christ Jesus, greets you, always struggling on your behalf in his prayers, that you may stand mature and fully assured in all the will of God.
- Epaphras who is one of you
- Epaphras we encountered at the beginning of this study
- He encountered the gospel while traveling through _______________
- And brings the message back home to _______________ where a church is planted in that area from his work
- (Col 4:13 ESV) For I bear him witness that he has worked hard for you and for those in Laodicea and in Hierapolis.
- Working hard in sharing the _______________
- Working hard in _______________
- Working hard in building up the church in Colossae
- And the other churches sprouting in this area.
- (Col 4:14 ESV) Luke the beloved _______________ greets you, as does _______________.
- Luke the beloved physician greets you
- A doctor and writer of the book of _______________ and the book of _______________
- As does Demas
- Who was on the team, but not for good
- As Jesus had _______________
- _______________ had Demas
- (Col 4:15 ESV) Give my greetings to the brothers at _______________, and to _______________ and the church in her house.
- Laodicea
- Where another church was
- And to whom Paul wrote another letter
- Nympha
- And the church in her house
- Nympha is a woman’s name
- And we know nothing else of her
- She had a church meeting in her house
- As so many of the early church did
- (Col 4:16 ESV) And when this letter has been read among you, have it also read in the church of the _______________; and see that you also read the letter from Laodicea.
- Pass this letter along to others
- As most of Paul’s writings were done
- (Col 4:17 ESV) And say to _______________, “See that you fulfill the _______________ that you have received in the Lord.”
- And say to Archippus
- His name means “master of the _______________”
- Mentioned here and in _______________
- Philemon 1:1-2, Philippians 2:25-26
- See that you fulfill the ministry that you have received in the Lord.
- See to it, Stay at it, Keep going
- Fulfill the ministry you have received in the Lord
- We don’t know what that ministry is and we don’t need to
- The same is true of each believer today
- We are called to Christ
- We are given a ministry to fulfill
- All of us in _______________ are ministers of the gospel
- As Jesus did, as Paul did, as we should
- (Col 4:18 ESV) I, _______________, write this greeting with my own hand. Remember my _______________. Grace be with you.
- 1 Corinthians 16:21, 2 Thessalonians 3:17
- Remember my chains
- A _______________ request I think from Paul
- But also an _______________
- And maybe even some _______________
- Each of us like all those named in this greeting
- Lead lives in Christ called according to His work
- Today is your opportunity
- Tomorrow is your ministry
- What are you going to do with it?
