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What kind of church made an apostle rejoice?

. . . rejoicing to see your good order and the firmness of your faith in Christ.  Colossians 2:5

Paul saw two things in this imperfect church that made him rejoice:

1.  Good order, as opposed to scatteredness and chaos.  Good order means the people in the church are marching forward together as one, with clear intentionality.

2.  Firmness of faith, as opposed to uncertainty and hesitation.  Firmness of faith means the people in the church cherish glad-hearted biblical convictions, without apology.

C. F. D. Moule points out that Paul is using military terms here.  He paraphrases: “. . . your orderly formation and the firm front which your faith in Christ presents.”

A church may have many weaknesses, and inevitably does, but coordinated effort and firm convictions make a church an apostle would rejoice over.

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