Ministry of the Church (175)
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  1. The epistle text from Colossians 1 declares how the great drama of redemption and human history ends.
  2. Whatever else may be said about the Last Day it consists of these two inseparable things: Christ’s coming and His kingdom people being gathered to Him.
  3. Jesus speaks His Word, and a new world order emerges, with the possibility of uniting disparate parties in the true faith.
  4. The Word and the Spirit go together. The Spirit, the breath of God, illumines and makes alive through the Word of God; both written and external, that is, preached and sacramented.
  5. Paul is talking about military-level allegiance here, the strongest kind of allegiance sworn to a king.
  6. This ministry of the Gospel, this standing in the stead and by the command of our Lord Jesus Christ, is demanding business and is entirely unsuitable for the weak-willed or those who compromise with the zeitgeist of the day.
  7. St. Paul extends to us the call to arms. In particular, there is one weapon which is effective against so elusive an enemy. The weapon is prayer.
  8. The one who embodies the dove, that is, the Holy Spirit will be mounted upon the staff of Calvary.
  9. Being the baptized just may be the last, great resistance.
  10. As the Spirit does His work, He produces new ways of living for individuals, households (like Philemon’s) and communities, that is, the Church.
  11. Love for the brethren should be the hallmark of the Christian Church. It is basic to our witness to an unbelieving world .
  12. We need to know the Christian faith—such as it does not capitulate with Zeitgeist—always comes with a price of being maligned, persecuted, marginalized, blamed, you name it.
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