Abc Messages Featuring Pastor Ben Poole

What’s Real? The Church in Colossae. Colosse was located about 120 miles east of Ephesus, in the province of Asia (Now Turkey) When Paul was in Ephesus people from all over Asia heard about Jesus. Ephesus was like the capital of the area. Paul writes to the new church about some of the problems they were facing. 1. False Teachers who focused on lineage of spiritual rulers and authorities. And spiritual powers of the world. Demons, etc. Strict Observance of Sabbath New moon festivals Following rules about their bodies. Asceticism- Spiritual beings putting emphasis on self control and spiritualism. 2. They also had problems with idols that were there far before believer sin Jesus. If you stop worshiping the city or village god’s bad stuff could happen. A strong desire to add Jesus to the other gods. They are also on the highway to Rome. Which means every world philosophy and their religions are riding by everyday. The problem is you can’t follow Jesus and any other Gods. Jesus makes it very clear th