Christ All-Sufficient: Colossians and Philemon Simply Explained (Biblia.com)

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Paul, under house arrest in Rome, wrote two letters which were both sent to Colosse at the same time and by the same messenger, a man named Tychicus. One of the letters we know as the epistle to the Colossians. It is packed with good things. Not a word is wasted. There was a problem in the church at Colosse, and it was this that prompted Paul to write. It seemed that there was a real danger that...

The believers in Colosse needed to stand in awe of the surpassing greatness of Christ, so, in words packed with significance, the apostle held him up before their astonished gaze. Are your senses reeling? And this magnificent, lordly, kingly Sovereign is your Saviour and Friend. If he is truly ours, what could possibly be missing? As Paul develops his argument, the focus shifts from Christ as Creator to Christ as Redeemer.

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