Colossians Background - Corps Night - March 28 - 1984
Background of Colossians March 28, 1984 OK, let's turn to Colossians chapter four. We're into the last church epistle, the only one that has not been covered on a Corps night yet and I'm excited about getting into this. So we are going to start at the end and work our way back to the beginning. Now, we're going to chapter four. I was thinking how those of you, especially at Indiana and Emporia who are in your first year in-residence about this time, these workings of the Word ought to become real alive and vital to you. I've heard more of the Interim Corps talk to me this year as well as the people that are in their second in-residence year about, how much more they learn now than they did before. I think this is the general consensus. It's not that I teach any differently than Dr. Wierwille did or that I teach any differently this year than I did last year. I think it's your growth in the Word. And I think as perhaps this time in the year for those of you that are in your first year in-residence, these things ought to start taking on a new picture. And you get the greatness of God's Word living in your heart and you start working it for yourself. And it's not just another class. But it's the greatness of God's Word. I was thinking how the first and great commandment is to love God with all your heart, soul, mind and strength. But you've also got to love God's Word. It's one thing to just look at the Word and say boy isn't that great. And you have a desire to teach it. You have a desire to be able to present it to others, share it. But you've got to love it. It's God's Word. And just to see how it fits together and patterns in your life. And you've got to love people the same way. And then, you've got to fight for your own mind first of all, you've got to fight for the other believers in the Body of Christ, and you've got to fight for the Mystery and that's where the Colossians fell short, is that they were not fighting for the Mystery. And perhaps they weren't figh
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Maeander, did I spell that for you, M-a-e-a-n-d- e-r. Maeander. Now, they lie very close together, these three cities. Hierapolis lies on the north side of the valley, about six miles from Laodicea. Laodicea lies on the south side of the valley and also to the south side of the river. Colossae is south east of both towns lying thirteen miles from Hierapolis and ten miles from Laodicea. Now, that whole area, the Lycus valley was subject to violent earthquakes. Although large portions of Asia Minor have always been in danger of earthquakes. The region around the Lycus valley is noted by ancient writers as a chief theater of earthquake activities. Major earthquakes were recorded in this region around 125 B.C., 12 B.C., 60 A.D. and 235 A.D. There was one in 1720 A.D. that killed about 12,000 people, but there have been others too. It's interesting that one happened in 60 A.D. which was eithe