Part 2: What Matters Most
We engage in all sorts of ideological debates. Most of them are irrelevant (remember the “War on Christmas”?). But some ideas are worth dying for. No idea is more important than the identity of Christ. That doctrine was under attack in Colossae, which is why Paul wrote this letter. So what do people need to know about Jesus?
If we are the Temple where redemption happens, what is our plan to draw people to Him? The answer is to relearn an ancient, almost forgotten practice: Hospitality. In a time when loneliness is an epidemic, when few people know their neighbors, something as simple as a meal together can be the starting place for something beautiful to happen.
When our bond with God was severed by our sin, He didn’t give up on us. He made a second Eden, a place for us to meet with Him and be redeemed. That place was the Temple, and the events that happened there teach us about a God who is mighty to save, the cost of our sin, and His plans for us.
