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Epaphras - The Faithful Minister, Part 1 (TMF:2509)

Thursday, December 19, 2024
Peace to Live By: Epaphras - The Faithful Minister, Part 1 (TMF:2509) - Daniel Litton
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       In verse 7, Paul says, “…it is bearing fruit and increasing—as it also does among you, since the day you heard it and understood the grace of God in truth, just as you learned it from Epaphras our beloved fellow servant. He is a faithful minister of Christ on your behalf and has made known to us your love in the Spirit” (Colossians 1:6-8, ESV). Now we come to understand by whom the truth came. Sure, it originally came from Paul to the Gentile world. Recollect, it is with the Gentile world that he is dealing with in this letter. This message somehow made it to the hands on one named Epaphras, who is called “a faithful minister.” So he is the head of the that church in Colossae, presumably, the primary pastor if you will. And we really don’t know much about this man. Nevertheless, he is said to be Paul and Timothy’s “beloved fellow servant.” We note he was viewed with high respect by them. We can also note about his character that he was “a faithful minister of Christ on [their] behalf.”