DISCOVERING
PHILIPPIANS
AND
COLOSSIANS The Guideposts
Home Bible Study Program Hardback book COPYRIGHT © 1986 by GUIDEPOSTS ASSOCIATES, INC. According to the Publisher's Introduction to Philippians: " Our studies bring us now to one of Paul's most personal letters with the exception of Philemon. The Christians in the church at Philippi were much loved by Paul, and they felt a strong attachment to and love for him. " " Undoubtedly Paul's special feelings for his Philippian friends had its roots in the dramatic scene Luke pictured for us in Acts 16. He recounted how Paul, while on his second missionary journey, saw a vision one night in Troas-"There stood a man of Macedonia, and prayed him, saying, Come over into Macedonia, and help us." " " Immediately obedient to what he felt was a call from God, Paul, along with Silas, Timothy, and Luke, engaged passage on a ship bound for Neapolis, a port on the Aegean Sea, in northeast Macedonia (now part of Greece). Upon arriving there, they traveled the ten miles inland on the Egnation Way to the important city of Philippi. At Neapolis, Paul's feet touched the continent of Europe for the first time, and it was in Philippi that he first witnessed to a European audience. The year was A.D. 49. " " By our standards, Philippi was an old city even at the time Paul arrived.
It was founded in 358 B.C. and was named after Philip II, the father of Alexander the Great.
The city was strategically located on the Via Egnatia, the primary highway that connected the Imperial city of Rome to the eastern provinces of the empire.
It was here that Paul, under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, established the Christian beachhead in Europe. " Contents includes: " LESSON 1
PHILIPPIANS 1
Courageous Faith LESSON 2
PHILIPPIANS 2
The Hymn of Gratitude
to the Servant Lord LESSON 3
PHILIPPIANS 3
The Grand Design-
Paul as Our Model LESSON 4
PHILIPPIANS 4
Farewell Instructions " According to the Publisher's Introduction-Colossians: " Geographically, our scene shifts dramatically from the city of Philippi in Northeast Greece (Macedonia) to a point in Asia Minor, roughly one hundred miles east of Ephesus in the Valley of the River Lycus. It was here, within just a few miles of each other, that the cities of Colossae, Hierapolis, and Laodicea were located.
And it was to these Christians that Paul's letters to the Colossians was written. " " While Paul had neither founded nor visited these churches, he felt a close relationship with them because undoubtedly they were a mission outgrowth of the church at Ephesus where he had spent three years in ministry.
Indirectly, at least, these young Christians were his children in the Lord. " " As with all of the young churches of that time, the Colossian Christians were just a short step from the pagan practices and worship that had been so much a part of their earlier life. There had been little opportunity for the kind of teaching that firmly established Christians in their faith.
For this reason they needed all the encouragement and advice they could get. " Contents includes: " LESSON 5
COLOSSIANS 1
A Message for Young Christians LESSON 6
COLOSSIANS 2
A Theology of Encouragement LESSON 7
COLOSSIANS 3-4:1
Life in Christ and Practical Rules
Christian Behavior LESSON 8
COLOSSIANS 4
Relationships:
With God and Others " This book is in very good condition with minor edgewear to the cover.
No torn or ripped pages.
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