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[[Image:Cross sunrise.jpg|thumb|The [[cross]] representing a [[God]] who has redeemed us is central to [[Christianity]].]]
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[[Image:Paul's Missionary Journeys Small.jpg|thumb|a map of the regions that [[apostle Paul|Paul]] travelled. Colossae is in grid I-4]]
===[[Essence of Christianity]]===
 
  
[[Christianity]] is about [[God]] reaching out his hand in friendship to mankind. [[Christian]]s believe that the everything within the universe was [[creation|created]] by God. God is a personal being, and by some mystery that we cannot understand, he is three, yet one: [[God the Father|Father]], [[Jesus|Son]] and [[Holy Spirit|Spirit]]. He created people in his image, to [[love]] him. Yet every person has rebelled against God. But instead of turning his back on us, God the Son, became a man, Jesus, and lived among us, dying because of us - the death that we should have died. [[Death of Jesus|Jesus was crucified]] on a cross, but [[Resurrection of Jesus|he rose from the dead]], and now calls us to trust him, to love him and to [[repent]] of our rebellion. If we do this, then our relationship with God becomes restored, and God the Spirit lives within us, assuring us of the promise of everlasting life.
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The [[Epistle to the Colossians]] is a book of the [[New Testament]]. It was a letter written by the [[apostle Paul]] to the [[church]] in [[Colossae]]. A major object of the letter, it seems, was to counteract certain false teaching that had arisen within the church of Colosse. These teachings are sometimes referred to as the [[Colossian heresy]]. The false teaching appears to have been teaching that attempted to combine the doctrines of Eastern [[mysticism]] and [[asceticism]] with [[Christianity]], thereby promising believers enjoyment of a higher spiritual life and a deeper insight into the world of spirits. Paul argues against such teaching, showing that in [[Christ]] they had all things.  
  
 
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a map of the regions that Paul travelled. Colossae is in grid I-4

The Epistle to the Colossians is a book of the New Testament. It was a letter written by the apostle Paul to the church in Colossae. A major object of the letter, it seems, was to counteract certain false teaching that had arisen within the church of Colosse. These teachings are sometimes referred to as the Colossian heresy. The false teaching appears to have been teaching that attempted to combine the doctrines of Eastern mysticism and asceticism with Christianity, thereby promising believers enjoyment of a higher spiritual life and a deeper insight into the world of spirits. Paul argues against such teaching, showing that in Christ they had all things.

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