24.04.08
Colossians (20): The Early Church - Colossians 4:15-18
It has always, and always will be, tempting to look back and to live wishing that the good days would return. So you say, even to yourself if not out loud, “I wish it was like it was in the good old days”. The problem is that the good old days were not as good as we thought they were – time has erased the problems. Never is that more true of the way we view the early New Testament Church – a church which was exponentially growing but had all different kinds of problems. Were these the good old days, or were the days old, but no better than today? I want tonight to conclude our studies in the book of Colossians by looking at the church of the truly good old days – the early church and to compare it with the way we see Church today and perhaps to learn some lessons, both things to avoid and things to imitate. I want to see three things: first, it’s location, second, its leaders, and third, it’s everything.